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Bismark, the most heavily-armored armored car ever made
the Bismark basically was a wheeled tank. Some of the specifications provided to me were that it was built in 1982/3 by Sandock Austral and had a crew of 4. It weighed 41 tons, without turret I assume as the gentleman I got this from informed me that most of the pictures he has is without a turret. The images here show it with a 105mm turret from the Olifant Mk1B, which is a tank approaching 60 tons in weight. As the G6 approaches 47 tons, this may have been even heavier in the end, although this is speculation on my part. Certainly it's tyres are huge.
This turret was fitted for weight trials according to him, so a different turret might probably have been invisaged. Bismark was to be armed with a 105mm L7, 2 Mg's, and 8x81mm smoke launchers. It had a turbo charged liquid cooled diesel delivering 588kw at 2400rpm. It had an automatic transmission (4 forward, 1 reverse) with hydro pneumatic suspension delivering a speed of 86km/h and a range of 1000km.
This vehicle was tested just as the final developmental type of Rooikat was selected, so also was not selected.
This vehicle is currently at the armour museum in Bloemfontein.
the Bismark basically was a wheeled tank. Some of the specifications provided to me were that it was built in 1982/3 by Sandock Austral and had a crew of 4. It weighed 41 tons, without turret I assume as the gentleman I got this from informed me that most of the pictures he has is without a turret. The images here show it with a 105mm turret from the Olifant Mk1B, which is a tank approaching 60 tons in weight. As the G6 approaches 47 tons, this may have been even heavier in the end, although this is speculation on my part. Certainly it's tyres are huge.
This turret was fitted for weight trials according to him, so a different turret might probably have been invisaged. Bismark was to be armed with a 105mm L7, 2 Mg's, and 8x81mm smoke launchers. It had a turbo charged liquid cooled diesel delivering 588kw at 2400rpm. It had an automatic transmission (4 forward, 1 reverse) with hydro pneumatic suspension delivering a speed of 86km/h and a range of 1000km.
This vehicle was tested just as the final developmental type of Rooikat was selected, so also was not selected.
This vehicle is currently at the armour museum in Bloemfontein.
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