I always found this particular idea of Da Vinci to be fascinating. As a history buff, the implications on how history may have changed drastically had he decided to perfect his original design. Even more fun is actually trying to imagine just how that perfected renaissance era tank would look like.

"so how many cannons do you want" "Yes"

Nice work - solid analysis. Interesting on the academic outlook that DaVinci had the wheels going in opposite directions so that the plan couldn't be misused. Well, maybe. But I think it's more plausible that this was a sketch and he had not thought it through fully enough.

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

No one know whole truth. At that time da Vinci was genius about mechanics. Hard to believe he did so basic mistake. But no one can rule it out :-)

@F0nkyNinja

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a tank, it's a rotating pillbox. I don't understand why people call it a tank, doesn't even remotely resemble one.

@davidrivera2200

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines it is a basic mistake for today's standards computers but nobody else came with such an idea, when the computer was first design did it have basic mistakes? For sure still does

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidrivera2200 Sorry, but I don't agree. DaVinci developed much more complicated machines. This is a very simple design for him.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@F0nkyNinja ...except that it does not rotate :D Depend on the angle of view. Even historicians call it "tank". But if you look on modern description of tank, then it's not a tank. And write/read/speak/hear "tank" is much more comfortable than "fighting vehicle".

This reminded me of Assassin's creed. Have you ever played Assassin's creed?

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

No, I have no time for games.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Be honest, I play Trackmania Stadium 2 sometimes. There's no story and no career mode. So no need to remember what's going on :D

@sudheererothu1012

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines Ok, but in Assassin's creed 2, there is amazing story, and I'm sure that you will like the game when you play it. In that game, there are some mission where you sit in the tank and destroy the enemies

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@sudheererothu1012 Thanks for the advice. Just want to tell you about my gaming situation: I have some games on Steam and Microsoft Store. Witcher, DeusEx, Mass Effect, Borderlands, Metro (except Exodus) For Honor, Tomb Raider, Mafia. Dead Space. Almost everyone complete series with all DLCs. Plus games like Gears of War, 4, Fallout 3, Mud Runner, GRID autosport and about 30 more. I finished less than 10 in the last 7-8 years. More than half of them was never installed. :D I appreciate your advice and I added AC2 to the wishlist, but I prefer to play in Blender :-)

@sudheererothu1012

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines Thanks, but I didn't understand your last sentence "I prefer to play in blender" what does it mean? did you say that you prefer blender (blender is a 3d software in which you can create 3d objects)? or you meant to say anything else?

Amazingly explained and animated, I cannot believe this only has 3000 views, subscribed

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Continue your work buddy, we will support you.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will :-)

Also gotta take into consideration of the recoil of those cannons. Those cannons will recoil 3-6 feet back. I don’t think wood alone can hold a cannon in place due to the immense recoil. Maybe if the tank has 1 or 2 guns then maybe but they’ll need lots of room for the recoil. I feel like all those guns will be pre-loaded then taken into battle because it takes about 3-6 people to operator a cannon. I can’t imagine how it big it needs to be to fit all those people and how heavy it must’ve been if built in a bigger size.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Good point. I didn't think of that.

I don't think davinci envisaged this as anything like a modern tank, but rather as a mobile strong -point to be moved into position prior to battle and used to break up an enemy attack in a manner somewhat akin to the venetian galleasses at the battle of lepanto.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Make sense. More of them could be used like kind of the fortress.

good video and ilike how he didnt say "subscribe" but told us the benefit of it without saying it 👍 that made me sub.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

There is a TV show called “Doing DaVinci” they actually did this tank full size.

Please make a video about Da vinci's machine gun, im really curious that whether that kind of thing could exist at that time

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Did you read my mind? :D It is already on my to-do list :D I need just a few days to finish the video about the Turtle submarine and the next one will be about another Da Vinci's battle machines. My brother actually working on the website, and some minigames coming soon after.

Leonardo expects me to maneuver this!? No instructions, of course!

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

In theory maybe like skid steer, in real life impossible.

very nice model

Da Vinci in heaven now: LOL. Got 'em

Breech-loaders did exist in Da Vinci's time.

Brings back memories from AC Brotherhood

@kollinlorenzo3287

3 жыл бұрын

it really does

@AxisChurchDevotee

Жыл бұрын

I was surprised that De Vinchi actually thought of this. The idea of something like this existing was ridiculous and that it was purely fiction, yet Leonardo actually did have an idea for it, even if it was never actually built.

👏🏽great material

Cool 👍👍

so im a 3d modler and I want to do 3d animaitions so im wondering what you use?

@diamondspear2814

3 жыл бұрын

also nice vid 😃

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

I'm using Blender for everything except final compositing and video editing. For that, I'm using DaVinci Resolve. The free version including everything you may need.

Leonardo chose to have the tank be made from wood and have there be too many cannons. The wheels should be coming out from underneath.

the animation in this video is gorgeous. the only thing i didnt really like was the mic. quality. but apart from that, well made video :D

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. My English is not good enough for this so I used a translator and narrator from a Slovakian service similar to fivver. I agree. It's not very good. I have two options for try in upcoming animations, hope will be better next time. :-)

great analysis !

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. more coming soon :-)

Fewer guns, more mobility in a better design maybe could make it a useful device for multiple guns rotating in defensive positions maybe. I do not see it very mobile in a real battle filed anyway.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. Not a very useful machine, I assume he know it and that's why he never build it.

Its not tank its actually a spce crafts design

Good job man, keep doing your work man

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I will. :-)

@diamondspear2814

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines good vid im relly interested in the da vinchi tank keep making your vids :D

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@diamondspear2814 More about da vinci's battle machines coming later.

@diamondspear2814

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines nice

very cool

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you :-)

It could have been used as psychological warfare similar to the German Airships in WW1. I can imagine that tank with a bunch of canons around it can look scary to an enemy on a battlefield.

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, exactly 🙂

@blkgardner

2 жыл бұрын

War wagons were not uncommon in da Vinci's time. The tank design is basically a fortified artillery piece. However, cannons attack from a distance, and are generally behind allied soldiers to begin with. It is not really a "tank" because a tank functions similar to heavy cavalry, in that in moves quickly and can break through positions. A tank needs reasonably good mobility, firepower, and armor.

In the ancient Indian wars (10000 BCE), there was a use of one of the special weapons called Shataghni शतघ्नी (Shata शत=100, Ghni घ्नी=Killer).

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for info. Very interesting, but looks like no one even knows what it was and what it looked like. that's not an obstacle, I can engage a fantasy to make some designs. But they must be based on the technology of that time. Can you help me with it?

can you please complete the series and tell all problems with it?

@BattleMachines

Жыл бұрын

Hi, thanks for the comment. Alongside more important projects I also working on a new version with more info in less time and slightly better graphics. I can't estimate when it will be done, hopefully in less than 6 weeks.

@iqgladiators1525

Жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines thank you brother

would love to see more 3d visualizations of these old machines!

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

There is a lot of interesting machines and I want to show all of them. Only problem is lack of information about them. But I will do my best :-)

@SirenitaHermosa

10 ай бұрын

U.S. army has then in a museum , they replicated them and are on exhibición

Damn, I didn't know it was this huge.

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

I also didn't know until I started working on a 3D model.

Ok dude,we have gotta want more videos like this 3d animation and detailed,but yeah,don't make so long that people will get bored out of it,😉😉

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

I try do it as interesting as possible. But sometimes boring parts are necessary to get the point. What do you thing? What part is most boring? Thanks for constructive criticism :-)

@kamdevsahu8589

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines absolutely correct that some parts make people bored,but thats the Complexity in Explaination,this video was completely understandable,make more simple talk,i mean you make in simple ways,don't you?but dont do in complex ways like others do,here's a heart for you❤❤❤

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamdevsahu8589 I got your point, I will try my best next time. I appreciate your comment.

Why use wheels (landing feat gear)

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't get it. What else he should use?

Totally accurate battle simulator

What if he was trying to make an alien craft? It resembles one, could’ve been inspiration

@BattleMachines

Жыл бұрын

I never thought about it that way. Good point, the shape looks like UFO :D

You don't look like a beginner, but i suggest post editing the voice, so it sounds more clear and hearable. Nice graphics tho

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for feedback. As a freelancer I worked on many 3D projects for the last 5 years, but have almost no experiences with sound recording and editing, so I need to outsource it.

@lewisbuckingham4867

4 жыл бұрын

​@@BattleMachines Hi Shubol, it's the boomy bottom end that is distracting in the sound. If you look up "High Pass Filter" in your software, you can simply slide it right as you listen to your recording and it will roll off the bottom frequencies. Stop where you think it sounds good, but listen through speakers and not headphones to get a better idea. I think that's all you need to make a world of difference without having to break the bank outsourcing.

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

@@lewisbuckingham4867 Thank you very much, I will definitely try. By outsourcing I meant translation and recording. I'm from Slovakia and my English is not very good. So I found a couple Slovak wife and American husband for help on the cheap. Thank you for the advice, I will definitely study a little more about sound.

2:19 Not necessarily; We have multiple extant examples of late 15th century cannons that were breechloaders. In fact, they were mostly small caliber, wrought iron pieces like those depicted here. Da Vinci probably intended that type to be used in his tank, for obvious reasons.

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you are right. I didn't know it at that time. I'm aslo thinking about remake and make it more accurate and at the faster pace. Thak you for comment :-)

Great animation.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I hope it is not a last one :-)

@tranvietx

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines 👍

That looks more like a tower turret is

“Make it work” my dad

The only true reason why it wouldn't work would be because certain people try to build it a certain way but there are other ways that this can be built and other designs that can be implemented into it

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting angle of view. Maybe my approach was too ordinary and need different way of thinking. I'd like to know your ideas how to build it :-)

Thanks! 👍🙂👍 I liked this post. This was interesting.

@BattleMachines

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Well you put less canons, guy who act as spoter/comander on top and wehite ouk, live ouk, wehite ouk structure armor,ć and that ting can be used on flat battlefilds and city deffens/ofens up to late victorian era.

Age of empires 3 mandou abraço

Who's here because of tabs

totally accurate battle simulator???

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

I had to google what is TABS :D So no, this has nothing to do with it TABS

@MixerDixer96

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

I saw this with the utmost respect and admiration for him, but it's honestly terrifying just how advanced Leonardo's mind was. He's the embodiment of being ahead of his time

@tristanband4003

2 жыл бұрын

At the same time, I believe enough in the "Vinci, man of peace" that he sabotaged his own designs to make life hard for the war mongers of his day.

@lifes40123

2 жыл бұрын

Just a crazy nuthead. Everyone had dreams of tanks

@tristanband4003

2 жыл бұрын

@@lifes40123 There's a thin line between genius and madness, and you can't have genius without a tincture of madness.

i loved it!!!

Came here from Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

LOL, I'm sure you are not the only one :D

@JoshayXdanton

3 жыл бұрын

​@@BattleMachines Haha, great video nonetheless. I was curious about how such a contraption was made. I assumed you had way more subscribers judging by the quality of this video. Keep up the good work this video was really great

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@JoshayXdanton Thank you. Very motivated :-) I'll do my best :-) Da Vinci drew many interesting battle machines,. I'm actually studying one of them for 4th video.

Oddly enough, if built the way he drew it, Da Vinci’s tank would not have been able to move at all because the cranks were set in opposite directions. It is uncharacteristic of the clever man to make such an obvious error, indicating to some scholars that he either built this flaw into the design to protect it from being stolen or because he was a pacifist at heart and hated warfare. However, others can argue that Da Vinci loved animals, and would have wanted his tank to function as it would have effectively replaced the use of elephants on the battlefield.

@lordgrunwalder1607

2 жыл бұрын

But untill the da vincis time the elephants was nearly dissappear from the battlefields, they just lost their effectiveness after the invention of gunpowder and even before that they just used rarely in some battles

Da Vinci's Tank tanked.

@theboivenom4170

3 жыл бұрын

Ha

Ezio Auditore brought me here

It does work in Age of Empires III XD!

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

Everything is possible in virtual world :D

@marcusmeins1839

2 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines XD!

da vinky tank???

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry, I have no idea what do you talking about. Is there a typo?

@MarceloHenrique-zs7fe

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines Search "Da Vinky Brothers" on youtube, that should do it!

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarceloHenrique-zs7fe I see now :D

@kaisreece6491

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines sorry for the confusion ahahaha

his tank has too many cannons... 4 maybe, so it wouldn't be so heavy?

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

And most of them make no sense. Why some need to fire behind?

@G.A.C_Preserve

2 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachinesto counter the sneaky one

Phil Leotardo sent me here

It contiues in use by North Korea

@BattleMachines

2 жыл бұрын

LOL :D

damn this just shattered my Assassin's Creed childhood

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry about it :-)

@Kabal1247

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines lmao nah its all good, nice video

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

@@Kabal1247 Than you. Next one on the way :-)

This is not a tank. Despite mine being as effective as this.

Seems like this was a whimsical design on his part.

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.

No so genius hhhj

The people abused da vincis intelligence so he abused his own sketches

Xdddd

It is unfortunate that most of his notes and sketches were lost. Who knows what other brilliant ideas he had.

What if it was just a silly drawing he made when he was in a silly mood and everyone's taking it seriously.

That is not a tank.

@abdullahabdelhadi3485

3 жыл бұрын

it is dummy just how it was in the past... sucker 4 subs

@BattleMachines

3 жыл бұрын

Please guys, keep calm. @S a m: Depend of angle of view. Even professional historical publications called it "tank". But if you look on modern description of tank, than it's not a tank. BTW: write/read/speak/hear "tank" word is much more comfortable than "fighting vehicle".

@benitomussolini1510

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdullahabdelhadi3485 Its just technically not a tank.

@Sam-zo8lz

3 жыл бұрын

@@BattleMachines Ok ,I see. But it just not a tank ,and I can see tank is a much comfortable word to say, write, etc. But still is not a tank. Instead of "fighting vehicle". Perhaps a better ,short & comfortable word to call it ,and more Acuturate ,would be "Da Vinci's A.F.V." A.F.V. as in "Armoured Fighting vehicle".