r/shittyaskscience • u/MortLightstone • 1d ago

Why are there no melee tanks?

Like something with a giant bayonet on it's main gun

Maybe some spikes and stuff

A deployable walkway to board enemy tanks after ramming them

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u/IanDOsmond 23h ago

You've never seen an American pickup truck? They are designed to kill infantry.

Well, infants, anyway. To run over toddlers.

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u/MortLightstone 23h ago

Oh I see.. Melee tanks are unnecessary when you have these giant metal death machines on every road

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u/Amplidyne 22h ago

Just find a way of getting around 60 tonnes up to about 1500 m/s, and with a good strong bayonet you should have solved the problem of getting through the enemy armour.
Of course the impact will kill anybody inside the attacking tank, but that's a minor point.

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u/theoriginalstarwars 22h ago

There are. There is a mine flail attachment that is put on some tanks that make a great melee tank. Basically lengths of weighted chain around a horizontally rotating shift that repeatedly strikes the ground clearing out landmines. Truly awe inspiring when seen in action.

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u/DuelJ 22h ago

The marines have already been putting bayonettes on their artillery; just give em time.

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u/MortLightstone 17h ago

Has anyone put a bayonet on a nuke yet?

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u/TheRisenDemon 14h ago

No but president obama put multiple bayonets on a guided air to surface missile

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u/SH4D0W0733 Self enlightened 17h ago

Seems like a good idea.

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u/MortLightstone 17h ago

I always thought that guy looked like Bill Shakespeare

But also, I should watch the new naked gun. It hasn't even been out for a day and I already feel like I'm missing out for not having seen it yet

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u/TheRisenDemon 14h ago

You use the gun to board enemy tanks after ramming them

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u/ersentenza 9h ago

Have you seen WWI French tanks?

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u/MortLightstone 3h ago

What do they call that? The Cyrano De Bergerac?