This is something that a mad scientist, long on military theory and short on military experience, might come up with using late 1930’s technology. Although many nations played with multi-turreted tanks between the world wars, the X-1 has better armament and armor. It also manages to squeeze in room for two 13-man infantry squads at the rear of the hull; to fit them in, the two 225-hp engines are mounted on either side of the driver (each engine driving the track on it’s side) and the fuel tank under him. Mounted forward in the WWI-style rhomboidal hull (to the right of the driver) is a 105mm howitzer. The main turret mounts a 37mm anti-tank gun and .30-cal coaxial MG while the AA turret mounts four 20mm cannons. The main turret cannot fire directly to the rear and the AA turret cannot fire directly to the front. For close up defense, a .30-cal MG linked with a flamethrower is mounted to the front, left and right of the hull. A single .30-cal MG is located in the rear hull (unlike the other weapons, it is fired by a carried soldier). These weapons are in ball-type mounts.
The X-1 was designed as an assault tank that could safely carry its own supporting infantry, safe from artillery and small arms fire. Recognizing its vulnerability to air attack, it was given a potent anti-aircraft defense. While the X-1 is fairly fast (both on and off road) for its size, it is still a very large and heavy tank. The armor, while very good for 1940 standards, is not impenetrable. Additionally, the armament is not really geared for fighting other tanks. The soldiers may only exit via roof hatches, hopefully when neither the main nor AA turret is firing over them.
The X-1 has a crew of ten. The commander sits in the turret. Also in the turret is the main gunner (who fires the anti-tank gun and coaxial MG) and the loader/radio operator. At the rear center of the body is the AA turret, also with a gunner and loader. The driver/mechanic, the howitzer gunner and howitzer loader sit in the body. The gunner and loader manually traverse the main turret at 1 degree per second, the AT turret at 3 degrees per second and the AA turret hydraulically traverses at 15 degrees per second. The X-1 uses 15 gallons per hour at routine usage.
Subassemblies: Gigantic Tank chassis +4, full rotation Medium
AFV Turret [Body:T] +2, one limited rotation Large Weapon turret [Body:T]
+2, tracks +4.
Powertrain: 2¥168-kW gasoline engines w/336-kW tracked drive
train and 99 gallons in standard fuel tank [body]; 16,000-kWs batteries.
Occupancy: See above Cargo: 3 each Turret #1 and
#2.
| Armor | F | R/L | B | T | U |
| Body | 4/300 | 4/300 | 4/150 | 4/50 | 4/50 |
| Tracks | 4/65 | 4/65 | 4/65 | 4/65 | 4/65 |
| Turret #1 | 4/300 | 4/300 | 4/150 | 4/50 | 0/0 |
| Turret #2 | 4/200 | 4/200 | 4/100 | 4/50 | 0/0 |
Weaponry
105mm Short Howitzer [Body:F] (60).
37mm Medium AT Gun [Tur#1:F] (100).
4¥20mm Long Ground AC [Tur#2:F] (900).
2¥Ground LMG [Tur#1:F] (*).
4¥Ground LMG [Body:F,R,L,B] (*).
3¥Medium Tank Flamethrowers [Body:F, R, L] (30 each).
* 6,000 rounds for all LMGs
Equipment
Body: Small radio transmitter receiver, 2-kw traverse gear for
AA turret. AA Turret: Universal mount.
Statistics
| Size: 26'x12'x11' | Payload: 6.33 tons | Lwt: 72.46 tons |
| Volume: 350 | Maint.: 24 hours | Price: $67,000 |
HT: 10.
HPs: 3600 Body, 200 Turret #1, 120 Turret #2, 1300 each Track.
| gSpeed: 22 | gAccel: 2 | gDecel: 20 | gMR: 0.25 | aSR: 6 |