Tanks have become a crucial ground attack asset in any modern military force. But for regions entirely encircled by water, ravines, and rivers like Indonesia, the utility of tanks is significantly limited.
To solve this issue, the Indonesian Armed Forces partnered with North Sea Boats and LOMOcean Design to create the world’s first tank boat, a formidable piece of engineering that takes everything that makes a modern tank so essential and mounts it into a state-of-the-art combat boat.
The result was a unique and spectacular design with an upper section that looks strikingly similar to a tank, complete with a rotating turret, sensor array, and powerful main gun. And at the bottom, the hull and tracks were replaced with the body of a robust and versatile combat boat capable of operating in rivers, ravines, lakes, and oceans.
As one of the first war vehicles of her kind, the Antasena-class tank boat has the potential to revolutionize shallow water combat and bring a new powerful solution to naval forces around the world. Only time will tell if the tank boat will become as crucial for the future of defense as conventional tanks…
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The Boat with a Tank Strapped on the Top
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