TV1000 Rhino – Rondlopen

Photo gallery of a TV1000 Rhino, It was designed by the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment in Surrey in 1959 mainly as a test rig for various transmission systems and was remarkable, for its time, in that it skid steered like a tracked vehicle rather than the conventional method, like a car. It is powered by a Rover Meteorite V8 petrol engine rated at 535 bhp and was reckoned, in its day, to be the most powerful wheeled vehicle in the world. The wheels are fitted with huge (1800×24) heavy duty cross-country tyres which, originally, had variable pressure control. Although it was never intended to be a combat vehicle in its own right Neushoorn werd in Lulworth getest als een rivaal op wielen van Contentious, een tankjager. Er werd een pistool gemonteerd en de bestuurder kreeg de opdracht om te proberen een doeltank in het vizier te houden terwijl hij Rhino door het land reed - het bleek vrijwel onmogelijk.

Bron: Tank-Museum