![]() They placed them on the outer edges of their vehicle to try and provide some way of minimising the obscuration which occurred on firing. The Germans in the 1980s experimented with several leopard based hulls which carried twin 105mm or 120mm guns which were fixed in a casement structure. In battle, the amount of dust and other crap that is thrown up at the end of the barrel is quite large and that has to clear before you can acquire or reacquire your target. ![]() In the end, it comes down to how fast do you want to fire your gun. I suppose multi-barrel turrets are feasible (and used to be the norm) in ships is because the can handle the recoil far better than an MBT could. ![]() See 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV prototype or AMOS 120mm twin-barrelled mortar. You don't have to able to hit the same spot with the second shot (you don't want to, actually), so accuracy (paramount in an MBT) can be traded for increased rate of fire (in case you want to pop off a few rounds and get the hell outta Dodge before counter-battery fire can reach you) or longer sustained fire. It's probably a bit different for artillery pieces. If you are unsure your main gun will be able to take out a target with a single shot, it's probably more easier to devise a bigger or more precise gun than it is to cram in another gun of the same size. So rate of fire is not limited by the speed of the loader, but by the ability to (re-)acquire a target after the first shot in such a manner that it will be able to engage another target with precision. I reckon it will take a skilled loader about as long to load another round as the tank needs to right itself after the first shot and for the gunner to (re-)acquire a target. To engage targets independently, it will need to be even more complex. You'd need a second gun, possibly a second loader or autoloader (or a more complex autoloader), all of which will make your tank bigger and heavier (and more expensive), while possibly making it less mobile (assuming engine and suspension are rated up as well) and harder to conceal. All vehicles are not only correct from an engineering point of view, but have also retained the visual features of the Soviet tank-building school.I suppose there simply hasn't been any need for a near-instantaneous second shot capability. For example, all double-barreled tanks have an extended track platform, improved chassis, enlarged turrets, etc. In creating these vehicles, we’ve taken into account many nuances and tried to comply with all principles of the construction of such tanks. They would have had a higher chance of successfully defeating a target and were designed to play an important role on the battlefield - to break through the enemy's defenses or to hold back their advance.īoth of the above constraints were not in-game obstacles for creating a new branch, so we’ve reinforced and developed the ideas of the Soviet engineers. However, double-barreled tanks were considered an innovative and breakthrough technical solution for their time. High manufacturing cost. Taking into account the costs of developing and creating new production lines, it was more economical to make two "regular" single-barrel tanks than one double-barreled colossus.Due to the complexity of the design, the probability of their failure was also higher. Inconvenient and complex operation and maintenance. The ergonomics of these vehicles were worse than those of standard single-barrel tanks.Two key factors prevented Soviet engineers from bringing them to life in metal: Why Did These Prototypes Never Leave the Drawing Board? In 1939, testing of the first Soviet double-barreled tank, which received the KV-U-0 index, was successful, and by 1941, there were two projects: the T-34-3 and the KV-7. The greatest progress in this field was achieved by Soviet engineers who developed several projects of double-barreled tanks during World War II. The development of armored vehicles with twin guns began between the First and Second World Wars.
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