The Tsar Tank - The Strangest Tank Ever?

Join us in World of Tanks now for free and use the code ‘TANKMANIA’ to access the Tiger tank 131 and other cool stuff by clicking the link here: https://tanks.ly/2LkqJbR With the outbreak of the First World War, the idea of creating an armored fighting vehicle was born as a solution to the static nature of trench warfare. It was the beginning of the Age of Tanks. These first tanks, even though unwieldy and capricious, paved the way towards the tanks that would become a dominant force on the battlefield. On the other hand, in these early days of tank development, there were also concepts completely different to tanks that we know today. One such model was the Russian Tsar Tank - an armored vehicle whose name did not live up to its awkward design. Become a Simple History member: https://www.youtube.com/simplehistory/join Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/simplehistory Copyright: DO NOT translate and re-upload our content on Youtube or other social media. SIMPLE HISTORY MERCHANDISE Get the Simple History books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner-%60/e/B00H5TYLAE/ T-Shirts https://teespring.com/stores/simple-history-official-merch Simple history gives you the facts, simple! See the book collection here: Amazon USA http://www.amazon.com/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ Amazon UK http://www.amazon.co.uk/Daniel-Turner/e/B00H5TYLAE/ https://www.facebook.com/Simple-History-549437675141192/ https://twitter.com/SimpleHistoryYT Credit: Created by Daniel Turner Script: Dejan Milivojevic Narrator: Chris Kane https://vocalforge.com/ Music Credit: Five Armies Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ sources: https://pastebin.com/HxXT2mgD