VK 36.01

     
Název:
Name:
VK 36.01 VK 36.01
Originální název:
Original Name:
VK 36.01
Kategorie:
Category:
těžký tank heavy tank
Výrobce:
Producer:
DD.MM.1942-DD.MM.1942 Henschel & Sohn GmbH, Kassel /
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.1942
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
1 kompletný podvozok (1 complete chassis) + 7 dodaných korieb (7 hulls)
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:
DD.03.1942
Osádka:
Crew:
5
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
 
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight:
cca 40000 kg cca 88185 lb
Délka s kanónem dopředu:
Length with Gun Forward:
? mm ?
Délka korby:
Hull Length:
6050 mm 19 ft 10 ⅛ in
Celková šířka:
Overall Width:
3140 mm 10 ft 3 ⅝ in
Celková výška:
Overall Height:
2700 mm 8 ft 10 ¼ in
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance:
450 mm 1 ft 5 ¾ in
Šířka pásu:
Track Width:
520 mm 1 ft 8 ½ in
Měrný tlak:
Ground Pressure:
? MPa ? psi
Pancéřování:
Armour:
Korba:
čelo - 80 mm
boky - 50 mm
zadok - 50 mm
strop - 25 mm
dno - 25 mm

Veža:
čelo - 100 mm
štít kanóna - 80 mm
boky - 60 mm
Hull:
front - 80 mm
sides - 50 mm
rear - 50 mm
deck - 25 mm
belly - 25 mm

Turret:
front - 100 mm
gun shield - 80 mm
sides - 60 mm
Pohon:
Propulsion:
 
Typ:
Type:
Maybach HL 174 (vodou chladený zážihový 12-valec) Maybach HL 174 (12 cyl., water cooled, gasoline)
Výkon:
Power:
331 kW při 3000 ot/min 443.9 bhp at 3000 rpm
Převodové ústrojí:
Transmission:
Maybach Olvar 40 12 16 (8+R) Maybach Olvar 40 12 16 (8+R)
Výkony:
Performance:
 
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed:
50 km/h 31 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed:
? km/h ? mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road:
? km ? mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
? km ? mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:
 
Svah:
Gradient:
? ° ? %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope:
? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
? m ?
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
? m ?
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
? m ?
Výzbroj:
Armament:
 
Hlavní:
Main:
Počiatočný návrh:
10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28

Neskorší návrh:
7,5 cm Waffe 0725 (kónická hlaveň 75/50mm)
Initiated design:
10,5 cm Kw.K. L/28

Final desing:
7,5 cm Waffe 0725 (tapered bore barrel 75/50mm)
Vedlejší:
Secondary:
2x guľomet MG 34 kalibru 7,92 mm 2x machine gun MG 34 cal.7,92 mm
Uživatelské státy:
User States:
- -
Poznámka:
Note:
TTD sú zväčša vykalkulované.

Pásy:
Kgs 63/520/130 (94 článkov v jednom páse)
Data are mostly a calculated.

Tracks:
Kgs 63/520/130 (94 links per side)
Zdroje:
Sources:
Thomas L. Jentz, Hilary L. Doyle - Germany´s Tiger tanks D.W. to Tiger I Design, production & modifications, rok vydania 2000, Shiffer Military History, ISBN 0-7643-1038-0
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New tank development program called A.W. (Artilleriewagen) began in 1939. It was supposed to be a heavy tank weighing about 80 tons, on which was to be placed a new tower of the company Krupp. The tower was cylindrical in shape. The cannon was to be protected by a strong front shield. The mounted weapon was to be 10.5 cm caliber with a barrel length of L/20 - L/28.

The conceptual design of the tower was made by the company Krupp 20.10.1939. It was a 2.7 m wide turret with a mounted 10.5 cm L/25 weapon (howitzer?). The armor was to reach a thickness of up to 100 mm, the running diameter of the tower was 1.75 m and the weight of the tower was to be 8.4 tons. On July 5, 1940, however, after the experience of the western campaign, it was argued that for such a heavy tank were not built bridges, and therefore it was ordered to reduce the weight of the future tank. The design of the tower was to be adapted to the chassis D.W. ( Durchbruchswagen) or the tower AW for mounting 10.5 cm le.FH18. The company Krupp subsequently received permission to stop work on the project of this tower and was commissioned to work on the tower with other specifications. The running diameter should be 1.7 m, the front armor should be 80 mm thick, the side armor should be 50 mm thick. A possible polygonal design of the tower instead of a cylindrical one was also allowed. 7.11.1940 was required to install a pair of tower observation periscopes T.B.R.1 (Turmbeobachtunsrohr) for the shooter and charger.

At a meeting of representatives of the company Krupp and representatives of WaPrüf 6[/i ] on 21.11.1940 was set the date of delivery of the prototype tower and two cannon shields (one rolled and the other cast with a thickness of 80 mm) to 1.7.1941.

On January 18, 1941, a contract was signed for the delivery of a prototype tower with hydraulic control. Also in 1/1941 the contract of 16.9.1940 between the company Krupp and WaPruf 4 to supply tower design for AW with 10.5cm L/28. The company Krupp has committed to designing a new tower for DW with this weapon in 6/1941.

19.3.1941 the company Krupp was asked to send drawing documentation to the company Henschel, who was in charge of designing and delivering chassis. On March 6, 1941, it was announced that four hulls of the VK 36.01 prototype series would be delivered. Two bodies were to be manufactured in 1/1942 and two in 2/1942. The company Krupp signed a contract for the supply of four complete towers and equipment 5.5.1941. Subsequently, however, the requirements for the primary weapon changed, when the powerful anti-tank cannon Waffe 0725 with a conical barrel caliber 7.5/5.0 cm began to be preferred. The contract was therefore amended and increased to supply six towers. The cannon used a system of changing the caliber of the grenade during its journey in the barrel. Higher muzzle velocities were achieved and in connection with the construction of the grenade, which used a tungsten core, the cannon had interesting piercing characteristics. The cannon was to have a barrel 3770 mm long (75.5 calibers) and weighed 720 kilograms. The muzzle brake should not have been fitted. The cannon was to be coaxially mounted machine gun MG 34. The shield should be 80 mm thick, the sides and rear of the tower 60 mm thick. On the sides of the tower were rectangular observation windows, in the rear armor were two shooting holes. On the ceiling of the tower were the hatches of the shooter and charger, the commander was to have a command tower with seven observation periscopes.The charger was to have an observation periscope, the shooter had to aim the cannon and machine gun binocular sight Turmzielfernrohr 9a.

In the middle of 1940, WaPrüf 6 ordered from the company Henschel reconstruction of the platform DW to allow the installation of a new tower with a 10.5 cm cannon. The initial designation of this tank was D.W. (VK 36.01) and indicated a tank of mass category 36 tons. The body should have frontal armor 80 mm thick, the sides and buttocks should be 50 mm thick, the ceiling and bottom should be 25 mm. The tank was to be powered by a 12-cylinder engine Maybach HL 174. The transmission was to be an eight-speed Maybach Olvar 40 12 16, the steering gear was Henschel L 600 C. The tank was to reach a maximum speed of 50.5 km/h. Eight folded castors were suspended by torsion bars. The strips were 520 mm wide. On May 26, 1941, with the change of armament and tower, the thickness of armor was changed. The front armor should be 100 mm thick, the sides 60 mm. The total weight of the tank and its crew was to reach 40 tons.

The company Henschel received a contract for the production of one prototype and six platforms (probably verification 0 .series). According to the company's internal description Henschel had a project despite work on his successor VK 45.01 (future serial Tiger I) high priority and delivery dates should be for each circumstances are met.

In 7/1941 it was found that stocks of tungsten would not be sufficient to produce enough ammunition for greater production of cannons Waffe 0725. It was therefore decided that only a verification series of six ordered VK 36.01 should be produced and the program should not continue. Orders were reduced and work on the production of hulls and towers was proceeding only at a slow pace, and plans for the number of delivered tank components were constantly declining. According to the manufacturers, two Maybach HL 174 engines were produced in 1942. Company Krupp reported the completion of one body from FY 41 and seven bodies from FY 42. No tower from FY 42 was completed in the period 1.10.1941 - 30.9.1942. None of Leitz's sights was completed and delivered.

Only one chassis delivered in 3/1942 was completed, which took part in testing at the Maybach polygon in Friedrichshafen, later in 11/1942 it took part in comparative tests at the Berka polygon. There are no other documents that another specimen of VK 36.01 was built.

The completed platform was to be rebuilt into a rescue vehicle Bergepanzer VK 36.01 (H) (VKz 35.01). The towers were to be used as permanent firing posts on the Atlantic Wall ( Bauform 247 Stand für Pz.Kpfw. Turm VK 36.01). There was also a design intention VK 35.02, which was to be VK 36.01 armed with a tank cannon 7.5 cm Kw.K. 42 L/70, the same as the medium tank Panther.

Thomas L. Jentz, Hilary L. Doyle- Germany´s Tiger tanks D.W. to Tiger I Design, production & modifications, year of publication 2000, Shiffer Military History, ISBN 0-7643-1038-0
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