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The ''ドイツ語:Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien'' ("Upper Silesia assault armoured wagon" from (ドイツ語:der Sturm), the storm, the assault; (ドイツ語:der Panzer, gepanzert) the armour, armoured; (ドイツ語:der Wagen) the vehicle, wagon) was a German tank project of the First World War. It was a radical design for a fast-moving, lightly armored assault tank. The ''Oberschlesien'' included a track which was placed under the tank and only wrapped around half of it. The design sacrificed armor for the sake of speed and only required a 180 hp engine for the 19 ton body, giving it a projected ground speed of . The tank featured such advanced features as a main cannon mounted on top of the tank in a central revolving turret, separate fighting and engine compartments, a rear-mounted engine and a low track run. ==History== Towards the end of the First World War it was clear that the only operational German tank, the A7V, was too expensive to produce and had too large a crew. Therefore it was decided that a lighter tank was required which could spearhead assaults and which could be mass-produced. Thirteen companies bid for the contract and in the middle of 1918, construction of a design by Captain Müller was assigned to the Oberschlesien Eisenwerk of Gleiwitz, which had partially completed two prototypes by October. The project received the pseudonym ''Oberschlesien'' (Upper Silesia). Neither the ordered test models, nor the improved "Oberschlesien II" already planned were finished before the end of the war. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sturmpanzerwagen Oberschlesien」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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