Ironclad – Tank Generator for Blender

Tanks, APCs and military vehicles with tracks and turrets

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Ironclad builds complete military vehicles in Blender with one click: modern and WW2 main battle tanks, light tanks, tank destroyers, self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft vehicles, tracked and wheeled APCs and IFVs, military trucks and jeeps. Every vehicle is fully procedural, so you can change the hull, running gear, turret, gun and armour and watch it rebuild live.

Pick one of 57 ready designs from a picture gallery, or press Surprise for a new vehicle every time. Then reshape it with clear picture choices in the sidebar instead of long menus.

Real tracks and wheels

  • Tracks are wrapped around the sprocket, idler, road wheels and return rollers, with single pin, double pin, cast or rubber band links and a natural sag
  • Torsion bar, bogie, interleaved, Christie and hydropneumatic suspension, four road wheel styles
  • Wheeled 4x4, 6x6 and 8x8 vehicles and trucks with off-road tyres, dual rear wheels and beadlock hubs

Turrets, guns and armour

  • Cast, welded, wedge, dome, IFV, open top, artillery, casemate and anti-aircraft turrets, plus remote weapon stations
  • Smoothbore, rifled, howitzer, autocannon, twin cannon and heavy machine gun barrels with muzzle brakes, evacuators and thermal sleeves
  • Side skirts, reactive armour blocks, slat cages, add-on plates, spare track links, sandbags, stowage bins, jerry cans, dozer blades and mine plows

57 ready designs

Main battle tanks, WW2 heavies, wheeled 8x8s, artillery, MRAPs and rocket trucks: pick one from the picture gallery and it builds in a second.

57 ready designs

Surprise: a new vehicle every click

Press Surprise for a fresh hull, turret, gun, armour kit and paint scheme every time.

Surprise: a new vehicle every click

Camouflage that wraps the whole vehicle

Woodland, desert, splinter, winter, digital, urban, ambush stripes and spots, continuous across hull, turret and gun.

Camouflage that wraps the whole vehicle

Professional animation rig

Turret, gun with recoil, auto-aim, suspension and steering controls, and tracks that run by themselves when the vehicle moves or turns.

Professional animation rig

Trucks and jeeps

  • Conventional, cab-forward, armoured MRAP and open jeep cabs with canvas, flatbed, box, crate, tanker, rocket launcher and towed-howitzer beds

Paint and wear

  • Woodland, desert, winter, digital, splinter, urban, stripes and spots camouflage that stays continuous across hull, turret and gun
  • Edge wear, rust, dust and mud from the ground up, with PBR materials that also export to game engines

Animation ready

  • A full animation rig comes with every vehicle: turret traverse, gun elevation, recoil, auto-aim, hull bounce, per-wheel suspension, steering, and tracks and wheels that run by themselves when you move or turn the Root control
  • Convert to Mesh makes a plain copy for export or editing

Requires Blender 4.2 or newer. Tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.

Install in under a minute (Blender 4.2+)

  1. In Blender open Edit › Preferences › Get Extensions.
  2. Open the arrow menu at the top right and choose Install from Disk.
  3. Pick the downloaded zip. Do not unzip it.

Questions

Which Blender versions are supported?

Blender 4.2 and newer. It is tested on Blender 4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS.

Is the vehicle rigged for animation?

Yes. Every vehicle has an armature with controls for the turret, gun, recoil, aim target, hull suspension, steering and each wheel. Tracks and wheels run automatically when you move or turn the Root control, or you can bake the motion.

Can I use the vehicles in a game engine?

Yes. The materials are PBR, and Convert to Mesh gives plain meshes you can export as FBX or glTF. Lower the Detail setting for a lighter mesh.

Are these copies of real vehicles?

No. The designs are generic and inspired by common vehicle types and eras, so you are free to use them in commercial work.

Details

Version
1.1.0
Blender
4.2 or newer
Tested on
4.2, 4.5 and 5.2 LTS
Render engines
Cycles, EEVEE
Category
Modeling
Download
8.6 MB zip
License
GPL v3
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