This 1970s tank simulator drives through a tiny world

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Tom Scott visits the Swiss Military Museum's 1970s tank-driving simulator, which moves a real camera over a miniature landscape to feed the driver's view; a short, clear look at analogue simulation engineering.

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Tom Scott visits the last 1970s tank-driving simulator, which steers a camera over a miniature landscape instead of using graphics.

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