Designed as a special-purpose heavy tank of the Panzerwaffe. Entered service very late in the war in 1947. Only around 100 vehicles were made with only one surviving example currently at Panzermuseum Thun in Switzerland.
It was conceived as a combination between the E-50 and E-75 projects meant to increase the firepower and armor while offering reasonable cross-country performance and great reliability.
The first prototype was built in mid-1946 and passed all tests. Soon, all upgrades for E-50 and E-75 were canceled and an order of 250 E-65 tanks was put.
As its name suggests, the tank was weighing around 60-75 tons. It was armed with a modernized version of the 128mm Kw.K. 44 L/55 gun which was fitted with a bore extractor and a semi-automatic breech system that used single-piece ammo. This greatly reduced reloading times and allowed for a faster rate of fire.
The overall dimensions were similar to those of the E-50 but featured substantially improved armor. In order to keep a reasonable weight, much of the rear armor was halved. A field kit with applique armor was available for tank crews to increase the protection against new HEAT/HESH shells.
It entered service too late to make an impact. A confirmed 143 kills (most of them Russian T-54 tanks) were claimed by the 100 tanks that were produced from February-August 1947. Most of them were destroyed by their own crews so that they wouldn't fall into enemy's hands. Only one tank survived and is currently undergoing a restoration process at the Panzermuseum Thun in Switzerland.
Specifications
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General Characteristics
- Created On Windows
- Wingspan 19.6ft (6.0m)
- Length 53.5ft (16.3m)
- Height 16.7ft (5.1m)
- Empty Weight 126,165lbs (57,227kg)
- Loaded Weight 133,773lbs (60,678kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 2.015
- Wing Loading 3,650.0lbs/ft2 (17,821.1kg/m2)
- Wing Area 36.6ft2 (3.4m2)
- Drag Points 18274
Parts
- Number of Parts 583
- Control Surfaces 0
- Performance Cost 2,060
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This tank isn't real, i watched on the side of the tankmuseum in thun and they dont have a tank like this and there are no informations of this tank...
And hey, maybe it could be where mine and yours were in a competition, and the Von Krupp design (mine in this case) lost to Adtler (yours). I'll have reasons why if this is the case. @PhantomBladeCorp
We both uploaded tanks called "something 65"! @PhantomBladeCorp
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@BogdanX Mods won't allow iOS plebs to download it... cause, you know, let's buy an iPhone cause it looks good! Who cares if you can't do jack shit on it and mess around with the files? It's good for selfies so that's totally OK!
And yes, we need more than just a heavy gun.
@BogdanX I always use wing guns as I can modify them as I wish. I can modify caliber (this doesn't matter much though), shell weight, speed, bullets/clip, reload and so on. Rockets are extremely slow and bombs can be fired one after the other without any sort of delay. Plus, this would limit the total ammo count to a maximum of 8 or a multiple of 6, taking away the realism (speed and handling are already unrealistic so keep at least this as realistic as possible).
As for the cockpit inside the barrel... well, fine, maybe next time.
@BogdanX There was a cockpit on the turret but I then replaced it at the front. It was inside the red flashlight.
@BogdanX Agreed. On ground vehicles with weapons turrets, I install the cockpit either in the gunsight or in the gun mantlet.