TV1000 Rhino – Gå runt

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 Noshörning testades i Lulworth som en hjulförsedd rival till Contentious, en stridsvagnsförstörare som kunde flyga. Ett kanonsikte monterades och föraren instruerades att försöka hålla en målvagn i sikte när han körde Rhino genom landet – det visade sig vara praktiskt taget omöjligt.

Källkod: Stridsvagn-Museum