![]() ![]() ![]() Furthermore, at the front, the track, rather than being exposed to enemy fire, came out of an armored cover protecting it from damage positioned just below the level of the nose. Instead of going all of the way around the circumference of the tank, the tracks instead run below the level of the roof line around four key rollers but still above the level of the side sponsons. The track path drawn, however, is slightly different. Propulsion was by means of an “endless belt after the manner of the usual caterpillar tread” and, just like the British designs, had the track following a path high across the tank before coming down to ground level providing for a very high ‘nose’. Side view of the Saczeany design showing in dashed lined the track run for the vehicle. His drawings are dated the 16th September 1918. The overall shape of the vehicle is very similar in the layout of the fighting arrangements to the British ‘rhomboid’ shaped tanks of World War One. The envisaged vehicle would have to be able to protect the “large number” of men carried from enemy fire over rough ground and deliver them to the battlefield ready to fight the enemy. In this way, what Saczeany is describing is actually one of the first ideas for an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC). Saczeany’s primary objective was to design a motor-driven vehicle such as a tank, but with a power-operated door which would allow the exit of a large number of soldiers after having carried them into battle under armor for their own safety. The design by Frank Saczeany in 1918 is one of the former, and one of Canada’s first armored vehicle designs. ![]() The lack of experience in design and usage led to some of the most interesting and, in equal measure, awful tank designs ever envisaged. Early tank designs are fascinating, as many of the things which would later be determined to be important on a tank had not yet been identified and information on tank design and employment was relatively scarce. ![]()
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