The T-12 was influenced by two design schools: the American and the French. The layout was largely borrowed from the M1921 Christie tank, built in 1921 and not mass produced. It rejected the rhomboid layout of WWI tanks had a layout that would soon become classic: driver's compartment in the front, fighting compartment in the middle, engine and transmission in the rear. It was likely that the layout was taken from unclassified sources, such as American popular science magazines, where American designers often published advertisements.
The T-12 had a machine gun was placed in a separate cupola, which was placed on top of the main turret in order to save on space and mass. This created certain issues for the crew and increased the height of the tank, but engineers went to further lengths to save on weight.
The influence of the French school can be seen in the suspension. It almost completely repeats the design of the T-18 (MS-1), which, in turn, was a copy of the French Renault NC-27.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
The T-12 had a machine gun was placed in a separate cupola, which was placed on top of the main turret in order to save on space and mass. This created certain issues for the crew and increased the height of the tank, but engineers went to further lengths to save on weight.
The influence of the French school can be seen in the suspension. It almost completely repeats the design of the T-18 (MS-1), which, in turn, was a copy of the French Renault NC-27.
The file contains the unit and pcx files. Model is not my own creation. Wyrmshadow helped with the animation files. I merely put the pieces together and cleaned up the model for CivIII and added some what if pieces. A big thanks to everyone that helped out!
