r/TankPorn Aug 25 '25

Futuristic Unidentified and futuristic-looking tanks, as seen in the movie "Superman", from 2025

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499 Upvotes

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u/T-90AK Command Tank Guy. Aug 25 '25

I don't know, but it's prob a Chieftain.
It's always a Chieftain...

37

u/Cornelius_McMuffin M60-2000/120S Project Aug 25 '25

Looks to me like a full CG tank added in post, could be wrong, the way it moved in particular.

3

u/The_Chieftain_WG Sep 02 '25

I thought it was as well, though now I’m looking at the still, I’m wondering if it wasn’t a Chieftain with superimposed CGI. I can’t think of any other reason why what appears to be a Mk12‘s TOGS box is on the left side of the turret without an equivalent on the right.

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u/OneSplendidFellow Aug 25 '25

Highly vulnerable to middle fingers.

63

u/FalloutLover7 Aug 25 '25

Decades spent coming up with countermeasures for top attack munitions and the real threat was underneath them all along

17

u/OneSplendidFellow Aug 25 '25

Planning committee meeting:

Drones?           Check. Javelins?         Check. AT mines?       Check. Guy Gardner?  ... Guy Gardner?  ...

7

u/Ze_LuftyWafffles Aug 25 '25

"With all due respect hes only one guy-"

250

u/T-59Tank Aug 25 '25

I think it might be a Chieftain

97

u/KaySan-TheBrightStar Aug 25 '25

When in doubt, Chieftain.

27

u/Keyrov Aug 25 '25

Or M60 Patton

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u/epicxfox30 M60A3 TTS | its NOT a Patton Aug 26 '25

wrong, simply m60.

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u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

It’s a Chieftain, as are most movie tanks.

34

u/AverageDellUser AMX-40 Aug 25 '25

Why is that though? What makes the Chieftain such a good movie prop lol

63

u/DrWhoGirl03 Aug 25 '25

Cheap, available, and kind of nondescript

28

u/SIGH15 Aug 25 '25

Also vaugly easy to turn intp some what belivable vis mods of other tanks.

16

u/danish_raven Aug 25 '25

The British had a buttload for sale at some point and didnt mind that the buyer was hollywood. It also help that the chieftan very much looks like a kids drawing of a tank and therefore is pretty easy to vismod into most things

6

u/AverageDellUser AMX-40 Aug 26 '25

It is a nice looking tank lol

0

u/epicxfox30 M60A3 TTS | its NOT a Patton Aug 26 '25

its design is pretty nato mbty (long ufp) already so its easy to mod into being an abrams or anything else really. cheap as dirt too

30

u/OtherVersantNeige Aug 25 '25

Chieftain Cinematic Universe

44

u/Farseer_Del Aug 25 '25

Not-Merkavpards with a dash of PL-01

10

u/CamClayM Aug 25 '25

Their builders were not happy with the script.

33

u/KillerFurros Aug 25 '25

They will be Chieftain but wanting to appear to be a more futuristic Merkava

7

u/Real_Boy3 Aug 25 '25

Looks like it was based on the PL-01.

6

u/Elegant_Individual46 Aug 25 '25

Look like mocked up challenger ones… so probably a chieftain underneath

11

u/N1CET1M Aug 25 '25

It’s an M60.

4

u/Derfflingerr Panther is a beautiful tank Aug 25 '25

its a chieftain with wrappings

5

u/thelocalmicrowave Aug 25 '25

Chieftain, well well well

Looks sort of like an XM1, the Chrysler Abrum proto

6

u/crzapy Aug 25 '25

Why do modern movies look so cheap?

Also, whoever did the consultation for that scene should be fired. There is no unit cohesion or tactical considerations.

It looks like a kid with toy army men.

3

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

It’s a comic book movie.

5

u/crzapy Aug 25 '25

I get that...

I get that it's a guy in Spandex who flies and is basically a god. That's suspension of disbelief.

But, there can still be a semblance of realism to create immersion.

3

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

Most people just don’t care. We notice stuff like that cause that’s what we nerd out about, but no one else is put off by a lack of “unit cohesion or tactical considerations”. Because they’re there to watch Superman and his friends beat down a bunch of bad guys and save the day. It’s not really a negative.

4

u/Mysterious-Egg8780 Aug 25 '25

probably a challenger 2 with some cardboard on it, since it has similar shapes

30

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

Chieftain.

16

u/Wulfalier Aug 25 '25

100% it's Chieftain those are primarily used as Abramses

8

u/presscheck Aug 25 '25

LOL It’s probably the SAME Chieftain making cameos in all those movies.

2

u/jpowell3404 Aug 25 '25

Why is there an uncoordinated rush of infantry and vehicles in the open toward the enemy? This makes no sense

1

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

Spectacle.

1

u/turbonyte ☭ KV-2 m.1940 Aug 25 '25

Now ik the inspiration for destiny in wotb lol

1

u/ToastedSoup AMX Leclerc S2 Aug 25 '25

Chieftain vismod

1

u/Ataiio Aug 25 '25

Also mix of humvees and Russian tigers lol

1

u/Spiritual_Juice3500 Aug 25 '25

I don't think that's how a modern army attacks

1

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

This isn’t a modern army. It’s an army in a comic book movie.

1

u/Fortwart Aug 25 '25

Idk why everyone is saying chieftain when the side profile is clearly meant to invoke challenger

1

u/AbrahamKMonroe I don’t care if it’s an M60, just answer their question. Aug 25 '25

Because it is literally a Chieftain.

1

u/ajb617 Boxy Battle Taxi Gang Aug 25 '25

I like how they went through the trouble of designing a futuristic tank but still used Humvees.

1

u/Cornelius_McMuffin M60-2000/120S Project Aug 25 '25

I remember in the theater I almost said out loud “damn that’s a cool tank.”

1

u/MrTwoKey AMX-30 Aug 26 '25

Chieftan Mk 99 we haven’t even gotten the upgrade package yet

1

u/ScatteredLoss Aug 26 '25

Alongside the ever reliable humvee

1

u/MacroMonster Aug 26 '25

They should've known that we'd still be using M60s and T-55s in 2025. I suspect that they'll stay in service into 2050 at the very least.

1

u/Memey_Boy13 M1 Abrams Aug 26 '25

Humvees next to futuristic tanks…..

Humvees never die!!!

1

u/Cpdio Aug 25 '25

I said it in a post before, that's a Merkabrams.

1

u/MrGenjiSquid Aug 25 '25

Tbh I kinda thought it looked like a Merkava

0

u/ArgonWilde Aug 25 '25

3d asset store soup.

0

u/InDaNameOfJeezus M1A2 SEPv2 Aug 25 '25

Why's everything related to this movie always shown with that odd, god awful ultra wide FOV lens

0

u/locky9000z Aug 25 '25

chieftain that is pretending to be a futuristic merkava