ALL ANSWERS · VEHICLES · DAILY No. 50 · OCTOBER 23, 2026
Size It Up Vehicles answer: October 23
The five Vehicles silhouettes for October 23, with the true sizes. If you have not played yet, this page is a spoiler — play these five first, then come back to argue with the numbers.
Day 50 ran from a family car (4.63 m) to an Antonov An-225 (84 m). The widest gap was round 2, Semi-Trailer Truck against Family Car, at 3.6×; the closest call was round 4, C-130J-30 Hercules against Roskilde 6 Longship, only 1.1× apart — the kind of round that separates a 90 from a 60.
SPOILER · TODAY’S FIVE
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ROUND 1
Main Battle Tank (M1 Abrams, gun forward) vs Shinkansen Car (N700 series, one car)
Shinkansen Car · reference · 25 m Main Battle Tank · true length · 9.8 m 2.6× shorter than the Shinkansen Car
An M1 Abrams is 9.8 m long with the gun forward and weighs 60 tonnes.
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ROUND 2
Semi-Trailer Truck (tractor + 40 ft trailer) vs Family Car (Toyota Corolla)
Family Car · reference · 4.63 m Semi-Trailer Truck · true length · 16.5 m 3.6× longer than the family car
A tractor with a 40 ft trailer runs to 16.5 m — the length most road-train limits are written around.
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ROUND 3
Antonov An-225 (Mriya) vs CH-47 Chinook (including rotors)
CH-47 Chinook · reference · 30.14 m Antonov An-225 · true length · 84 m 2.8× longer than the CH-47 Chinook
The An-225 was 84 m long, the longest aeroplane ever flown, and only one was ever finished.
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ROUND 4
C-130J-30 Hercules vs Roskilde 6 Longship (reconstructed)
Roskilde 6 Longship · reference · 37 m C-130J-30 Hercules · true length · 34.37 m 1.1× shorter than the Roskilde 6 Longship
The stretched C-130J-30 measures 34.37 m. The extra fuselage section makes the exact Hercules variant matter.
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ROUND 5
Siemens Vectron vs Cargo Van (long-wheelbase panel van)
Cargo Van · reference · 5.98 m Siemens Vectron · true length · 18.98 m 3.2× longer than the cargo van
The electric Vectron is 18.98 m over its buffers. The pantographs add height, not train length.
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