Tanks flying

No one expected that in the days leading up to World War II, military commanders wanted a dynamic vehicle that combined the power of the tank with the flexibility of an aircraft . The answer to the problem was a flying car, a concept pursued by both the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1930s.

World War II tanks - (Image: Daily Mail)

In the United States, engineer John Walter Christie designed a self-propelled tank with flying wings, a total weight of 4 tons. The idea is that the tank will use its power to run at a speed of 88.5km / h then move to the propeller system to plunge into the sky.

The tank would help quickly end a battle at that time, Christie revealed this to the modern mechanical journal in 1932. Because the study from the Soviet Union was not very good, Christies wanted to sell invented for the Soviet Union but for various reasons this transaction was unsuccessful.

According to Gizmodo magazine and the Daily Mail, the Soviet Union also recognized the problem and wanted to use a tanker to break the enemy's target. In 1940, engineer Oleg Antonov carried out a project known as Krlya Tanka, bringing armored personnel carriers to ANT-20 aircraft. However, the Soviet Union only succeeded with several missions in the years 1941-1942 only.