sentences.text: The Tsar Tank, also known as the Netopyr' (, Pipistrellus bat) or Lebedenko Tank, was an unusual Russian armored vehicle developed in 1914 1915 by N.Lebedenko, Nikolai Zhukovsky, Boris Stechkin, and Alexander Mikulin.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: Tsar
sentences.text: Tank
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: known
sentences.text: as
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Netopyr
sentences.text: '
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Pipistrellus
sentences.text: bat
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: or
sentences.text: Lebedenko
sentences.text: Tank
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: an
sentences.text: unusual
sentences.text: Russian
sentences.text: armored
sentences.text: vehicle
sentences.text: developed
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: 1914
sentences.text: 1915
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: N.Lebedenko
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Nikolai
sentences.text: Zhukovsky
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: Boris
sentences.text: Stechkin
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: Alexander
sentences.text: Mikulin
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The project was scrapped after initial tests deemed the vehicle to be underpowered and vulnerable to artillery fire.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: project
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: scrapped
sentences.text: after
sentences.text: initial
sentences.text: tests
sentences.text: deemed
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: vehicle
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: underpowered
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: vulnerable
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: artillery
sentences.text: fire
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The tank was different from modern tanks in that it didn't use caterpillar tracks rather, it used a tricycle design.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: tank
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: different
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: modern
sentences.text: tanks
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: that
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: did
sentences.text: n't
sentences.text: use
sentences.text: caterpillar
sentences.text: tracks
sentences.text: rather
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: used
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: tricycle
sentences.text: design
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The two front spoked wheels were nearly 9 metres (27 feet) in diameter; the back one was a smaller, only 1.5 metres (5 feet) high, triple wheel, to ensure maneuverability.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: two
sentences.text: front
sentences.text: spoked
sentences.text: wheels
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: nearly
sentences.text: 9
sentences.text: metres
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 27
sentences.text: feet
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: diameter
sentences.text: ;
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: one
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: smaller
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: only
sentences.text: 1.5
sentences.text: metres
sentences.text: (
sentences.text: 5
sentences.text: feet
sentences.text: )
sentences.text: high
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: triple
sentences.text: wheel
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: ensure
sentences.text: maneuverability
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The upper cannon turret reached nearly 8 metres high.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: upper
sentences.text: cannon
sentences.text: turret
sentences.text: reached
sentences.text: nearly
sentences.text: 8
sentences.text: metres
sentences.text: high
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The hull was 12 metres wide with two more cannon in the sponsons.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: hull
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: 12
sentences.text: metres
sentences.text: wide
sentences.text: with
sentences.text: two
sentences.text: more
sentences.text: cannon
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: sponsons
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: Additional weapons were also planned under the belly.
sentences.text: Additional
sentences.text: weapons
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: also
sentences.text: planned
sentences.text: under
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: belly
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The vehicle received its nickname because its model, when carried by the back wheel, resembled a bat hanging asleep.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: vehicle
sentences.text: received
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: nickname
sentences.text: because
sentences.text: its
sentences.text: model
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: carried
sentences.text: by
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: wheel
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: resembled
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: bat
sentences.text: hanging
sentences.text: asleep
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The huge wheels were intended to cross significant obstacles.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: huge
sentences.text: wheels
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: intended
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: cross
sentences.text: significant
sentences.text: obstacles
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: However, due to miscalculations of the weight, the back wheel was prone to be stuck in soft ground and ditches, and the front wheels were sometimes insufficient to pull it out.
sentences.text: However
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: due
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: miscalculations
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: weight
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: back
sentences.text: wheel
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: prone
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: be
sentences.text: stuck
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: soft
sentences.text: ground
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: ditches
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: and
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: front
sentences.text: wheels
sentences.text: were
sentences.text: sometimes
sentences.text: insufficient
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: pull
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: out
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: This led to a fiasco of tests before the high commission in August 1915.
sentences.text: This
sentences.text: led
sentences.text: to
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: fiasco
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: tests
sentences.text: before
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: high
sentences.text: commission
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: August
sentences.text: 1915
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: The tank remained in the location where it was tested, some 60 kilometers from Moscow until 1923 when it was finally taken apart for scrap.
sentences.text: The
sentences.text: tank
sentences.text: remained
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: location
sentences.text: where
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: tested
sentences.text: ,
sentences.text: some
sentences.text: 60
sentences.text: kilometers
sentences.text: from
sentences.text: Moscow
sentences.text: until
sentences.text: 1923
sentences.text: when
sentences.text: it
sentences.text: was
sentences.text: finally
sentences.text: taken
sentences.text: apart
sentences.text: for
sentences.text: scrap
sentences.text: .
sentences.text: A model of the Tsar Tank features in a montage sequence depicting the slaughter of WWI in Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October: Ten Days That Shook the World.
sentences.text: A
sentences.text: model
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: Tsar
sentences.text: Tank
sentences.text: features
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: a
sentences.text: montage
sentences.text: sequence
sentences.text: depicting
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: slaughter
sentences.text: of
sentences.text: WWI
sentences.text: in
sentences.text: Sergei
sentences.text: Eisenstein
sentences.text: 's
sentences.text: 1927
sentences.text: film
sentences.text: October
sentences.text: :
sentences.text: Ten
sentences.text: Days
sentences.text: That
sentences.text: Shook
sentences.text: the
sentences.text: World
sentences.text: .
text: The Tsar Tank, also known as the Netopyr' (, Pipistrellus bat) or Lebedenko Tank, was an unusual Russian armored vehicle developed in 1914 1915 by N.Lebedenko, Nikolai Zhukovsky, Boris Stechkin, and Alexander Mikulin. The project was scrapped after initial tests deemed the vehicle to be underpowered and vulnerable to artillery fire. The tank was different from modern tanks in that it didn't use caterpillar tracks rather, it used a tricycle design. The two front spoked wheels were nearly 9 metres (27 feet) in diameter; the back one was a smaller, only 1.5 metres (5 feet) high, triple wheel, to ensure maneuverability. The upper cannon turret reached nearly 8 metres high. The hull was 12 metres wide with two more cannon in the sponsons. Additional weapons were also planned under the belly. The vehicle received its nickname because its model, when carried by the back wheel, resembled a bat hanging asleep. The huge wheels were intended to cross significant obstacles. However, due to miscalculations of the weight, the back wheel was prone to be stuck in soft ground and ditches, and the front wheels were sometimes insufficient to pull it out. This led to a fiasco of tests before the high commission in August 1915. The tank remained in the location where it was tested, some 60 kilometers from Moscow until 1923 when it was finally taken apart for scrap. A model of the Tsar Tank features in a montage sequence depicting the slaughter of WWI in Sergei Eisenstein's 1927 film October: Ten Days That Shook the World.