# You have infinite money, how do you make unbeatable tanks?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 13, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-infinite-money-how-do-you-make-unbeatable-tanks/822903 "2018-10-13T14:59:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-infinite-money-how-do-you-make-unbeatable-tanks/822903/61 "2018-10-16T04:22:09Z")

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> [@TSBG](#):
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> I don’t get the manhole joke, please explain for unhip guy.

I think it’s a reference to the plate launched as a side effect of Operation Plumbbob. The detonation of the nuclear device launched the metal plate upwards at a ludicrous speed.

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**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-infinite-money-how-do-you-make-unbeatable-tanks/822903/62 "2018-10-16T14:22:10Z")

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> [@Sloe\_Moe](#):
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> Make it turretless so it won’t stand out more than 5 feet above the ground. Give it the most powerful engine so it can scoot at least 10 mph faster than other MBT’s over rough ground. Speed and low profile; the formula for survivability back in WW2.
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> Arm it with multiple elevating ramp launchers for autonomous anti-tank missiles that can fire in a 360-degree coverage toward at least 4 designated targets at any given time.

So if we’re recreating the WWII tank destroyer/assault gun, why not arm it with something crazy like a railgun or 145mm gun firing APFSDS rounds?

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-infinite-money-how-do-you-make-unbeatable-tanks/822903/63 "2018-10-16T14:31:06Z")

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The thing would have to be enormous to use either of those…making it a hell of a big target.

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