>>11439428The forward-placed turret is one of the biggest defining factors of USSR-built tanks during the 30s/40s (Second only to sloped armor) Most other countries put their turrets closer to the middle, with only a few weird example like the Porsche Tiger coming from non-USSR countries.
If the turret is like you say it's either
>A tank stylized after USSR tanks>A made-up sci-fi tankConsidering this is G1 (Specifically SS86) we're talking about they'll probably lean for Megs having an Earth mode to be in line with the rest of the cons (Barring Shockwave but he lives on Cybertron so it doesn't count)