+1 could this thing also have a auto loader as well?
https://youtube.com/shorts/7nkTpdJ063s?si=fC9gy5Q6AOLraw2J
No, it did not.
I think it would help if there were further clarification on which M1E1 this is suggesting, there were numerous prototypes with various differences, including the extended turret (instead of the short turret with applique plates):
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I suggested a general, catch-all M1E1 since to my knowledge these changes to the various prototypes wouldn’t have a major effect on gameplay. I also don’t feel we need more than one M1E1, and I’ll leave it to Gaijin to choose which prototype to model.
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Most of the prototypes were the same. It just flip fopped. You have three main variations between 120-1 (the first vehicle) and 120-14 (the last vehicle).
Some tanks never received weight plates, being fire control test rigs only. Some recieved very little weight coverage and some received 3 layered plates on the turret, a ballast on the gun mantlet and a ballast on the hull.
The last one appears on what seems to be a singular M1E1, the long IPM1 Turret. Photo of it is provided two comments up, and it appears to survive as the gate tank at JSMC in Lima Ohio.
If any were to be added, it should be the upgun only Fire Control test rigs. The only issue with that though, is that the blowout panels would be useless. Most M1E1s were tested with the original 3 panel setup on the roof, combined with the trash door system for M1/IPM1 this lead to constant overpressures and failures during ammo detonation tests, meaning an accurately modeled M1E1 should actually die from an ammo cookoff 100% of the time.
I heard this variant was tested with an autoloader
An M1E1 turret was used to test the Western Design Bustle Loader in the late 1990s but saying the M1E1 tested it is incorrect.
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Which one do you suggest? The IP or M1A0 turret?