Mike, now that’s a recovery Tank, I wish that would have been produced! I really like it! Well done! 
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And if that ain’t enough, there was the Russian option…
And some context: The design of the tank was unusual, the hull was divided into isolated compartments, the first - the transmission compartment, the second - the fuel compartment divided by partitions, the third - the engine compartment. The crew consisting of two operators (commander-operator and driver) was placed in the rear of the hull in an isolated stationary (weapon platform rotated while crew stations remain stationary) capsule.
The capsule was installed fixed, the crew, in any position of the turret, was facing the front of the hull, the rotation of the weapons platform with the main armament was carried out around the capsule. The weapons platform with the main armament had a powerful frontal armor, on it’s both sides 125 mm guns of increased power were installed, also 130 and 152 mm guns being developed and considered as an option.
Ammunition was to consist of unitary shots placed in two automatic loaders with a simple scheme located in the compartments behind the guns, which were fed as the ammunition consumption from the horizontal stacking. In case of penetration of the autoloader compartments and fire (detonation) of ammunition, the likelihood of the destruction of the tank and crew was excluded. With the destruction (or malfunction) of one of the compartments with automatic loader, the tank retained the ability to fire.