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Building a tank (Plus-Plus tutorial)

plus-plus tutorial building a tank

How to make a Plus-Plus tank. One of my most popular YouTube videos is this Plus-Plus tank build, so I decided to make a detailed tutorial, so you can make your own.

I really like multiple things about my tank build. First I think it looks pretty great, probably the best Plus-Plus tank build I have seen so far (not that there are so many). It also uses some pretty cool techniques and therefore doesn’t need that many blocks. Last it can be opened easily and you can hide something inside.

I’m looking forward to sharing this build with you. Hope you enjoy it. Let’s get building

Difficulty: Medium

Time estimate: 5 minute build

What you need for this build:

  • 19 green
  • 15 black (16 if you follow the picture guide with a minor improvement)

YouTube tutorial

Here you can see me building the Plus-Plus tank. You can follow along if you wish or move to the section below where I go through the process step by step.

Note that the tutorial below includes a minor change, that I added later for better stability of the cannon.

Step by step tutorial

Time needed: 5 minutes

  1. Building the tank cannon

    Grab 4 black Plus-Plus and make this shape.plus-plus

  2. Top and sides

    Here you need to make 3 shapes out of 12 green and 7 black blocks. The two of the shapes are identical and the last one is going to be used to hold the cannon.plus-plus

  3. Combine the top and sides

    Combine the two shapes you just built. For now it might not look much like a tank, but it will very soon!plus-plus

  4. Shaping the blocks into a tank

    Bend the sides of your build like seen below. We did not add a single Plus-Plus here, but it already looks a lot more like a tank.plus-plus

  5. Prepare for the cannon

    Take 2 black Plus-Plus and add on top. This is to provide support for the cannon that we are about to add. Note that I did only place one black block here in the video. Both ways work, but I think I prefer this way.plus-plus

  6. Add the cannon

    Add the cannon you built in the very first step. The tank will be a bit unstable now, so lets fix that.plus-plus

  7. Building the bottom of the tank

    Make this flat shape seen on the image below. You need 7 green and 2 black blocks.plus-plus

  8. Connecting the bottom of the tank to the rest of the build

    Turn your tank build upside down and connect it with what you just built.plus-plus

  9. Almost ready

    Fold the bottom part down. They can be opened again in case you want to put something inside the tank. Just put a grenade like one of my viewers suggested or the person controlling the tank.plus-plus tank

  10. Tank build ready

    That’s it! Now you know how to make your own Plus-Plus tank.plus-plus tank tutorial

Alternative tank build

Since the tank build was pretty popular I decided to make another version of it. This one is more compact. Feel free to try it as well.

What you need for this build:

  • 25 pastel green (or any green)
  • 15 black

15 comments

  1. Punchingbag04/plus-plus

    The 2D Charmander!

    1. P

      I made this to show my respect to Ukraine and how well they are doing in the war.

      1. Plus-Plus BuildsAuthor

        I really hope the war will stop soon ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™

  2. Brycen Paugh

    Very detailed. My parents were in the service. I shipped my tank to my dad who's fighting right now. Thank you so much!

    1. Plus-Plus BuildsAuthor

      Thank you for telling me. It made me really happy to read. I wish you and your family the best in these difficult times ๐ŸŒป

  3. Malachi

    I love the tank, but it was so hard my sister had to help me!

  4. Oscar

    I put a Ukrainian flag on top of my tank. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆโ˜ฎ๏ธ๐Ÿ•Š

    1. Plus-Plus BuildsAuthor

      ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ

  5. Plus-Plus Builder

    I made mini tanks by taking apart the snake Plus-Plus build you have on your YouTube channel!

    1. Plus-Plus BuildsAuthor

      That's awesome! :)

  6. Anonymous

    I love this tank build. Thank you!

  7. Ethan

    Hi, can you try to make the Cameraman / Skibidi Toilet from the YouTube series?

    1. Plus-Plus BuildsAuthor

      Haha I know exactly what you are talking about... But do you really want to see me try making that? ๐Ÿ˜‚

  8. Anonymous

    Can you make something with 13 pieces (that is all I have left, and they are all white ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ๐Ÿ˜ฌ)?