SEA031 Zebrano 1/72 Tank Lebedenko "Tsar Tank"

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the Idea of a new combat vehicle for the breakthrough of the German front belonged to the head of the secret laboratory of the Ministry of War Nikolai Lebedenko. For its size the war machine Lebedenko got the unofficial nickname "King-tank", perhaps this was facilitated by the fact that the funding for the project was approved personally by Emperor Nicholas II, who was very impressed with the current layout of the future car.
on the development and construction of the machine GWTW and the "cities Alliance" was spent so the amount of 210 000.

Outwardly, this prototank resembled a repeatedly enlarged gun carriage with two large wheels in front and one swivel-support roller in the back. Each of the front wheels was driven by an independent engine. In creating the machine were involved in such scholars as N. Zhukovsky, Boris Stechkin, and engineer-Motorostroitel A. Mikulin.

the Building was carried out in secrecy, the work was carried out first at the site of the arena in Khamovniki in Moscow, and then in a clearing in the forest near the town of Dmitrov (station Rudieva). In the fall the car was built. It had wheels with a diameter of 9 meters and a weight of 40 tons. During the tests, she moved forward, knocked down the huge tree in front of her and tied the rear roller in the ground.