Tumblers were prototype armored tank carriers kept in the Applied Sciences bunker beneather Wayne Enterprises. This vehicle was the basis for Bruce Wayne's customized black Tumbler.
History[]
This vehicle was designed by Lucius Fox to tow cables across rivers with a rocket booster jump.
The Dark Knight Rises[]
A hijacked Tumbler in The Dark Knight Rises.
When Bane and his henchmen detonated underneath Wayne Enterprises in order to gain access to the Applied Sciences division, they made off with three Tumbler models that were left in storage. The Tumblers that Bane acquired were present in their original desert camouflage color scheme and not in black, and also made use of armament that was not originally seen on the original prototype, which included a retractable dual-barreled cannon and a multiple-tube missile launcher that were both mounted on the vehicle's back.
Whether those weapons were absent on the first prototype or merely not used was unclear. The stolen Tumblers were later used to great effect in suppressing and intimidating the citizens and the GCPD of Gotham into inaction. One of the mounted cannons of a Tumbler was used by Bane to destroy the entrance to Blackgate Prison which then allowed the criminals to escape.
In the final battle, Talia was transported via Tumbler to a truck that transported a Nuclear Bomb in an attempt to secure its detonation. Batman himself then engaged Talia's convoy of Tumblers from the air in The Bat, as one of the Tumblers fired several anti-air missiles in order to attack him, but was able to evade them and even lead a missile into a Tumbler with a direct hit.
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The Dark Knight Rises[]
Behind the Scenes[]
While the Black Tumbler was destroyed in The Dark Knight, three replicas of the tumbler, including one in the original camouflage design from Batman Begins, were seen in the City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for filming of The Dark Knight Rises.[1] Each of those three vehicles were later used for filming at Heinz Field on August 6, 2011 and were reported to be used by Bane and his men.[2]