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Looking at the trucks in the back ground and the Mid summer Corn in the field to the right, it's definatly a Prototype at the Tank Plan in Detroit. Grew up not far from there and the suroundings look very familier. The crew is wearing the white coveralls of the Engineering Dept(they still wear them to this day).
Ken
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- Darkest Edmonton
Here's another wee mutant:
This is apparently a postwar reproduction of the Polish TKS light (ultra-light? Flyweight?) tank.
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This is apparently a postwar reproduction of the Polish TKS light (ultra-light? Flyweight?) tank.
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Here's another wee mutant:
This is apparently a postwar reproduction of the Polish TKS light (ultra-light? Flyweight?) tank.
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the following is a thread describing what one of these tankettes, equipped with a 20mm cannon and a good crew could accomplish.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=147576
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from the description the hole in the middle of the hull visible in the above pic is where the bullet stream entered the hull of the German tank - there is a nice exit hole on the other side of the tank.
It appeared the German tank caught fire and brewed up pretty nicely.
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- Location
- West Quebec
This would make a great TO SWAT team toy..
- Location
- Algoma region
the following is a thread describing what one of these tankettes, equipped with a 20mm cannon and a good crew could accomplish.
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=147576
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from the description the hole in the middle of the hull visible in the above pic is where the bullet stream entered the hull of the German tank - there is a nice exit hole on the other side of the tank.
Maybe....For towing artillery or supplies, perhaps as a rocket artillery platform ??? Cool to own now as a fun thing, Oh god would it ever be horrible to be driving this on ANY front at ANY time from 1914-45...Just toss a molotov on that or trap it in a ditch and just light a fire around it.....After you jam rocks and stuff in its treads.....So many ways a infantryman can sneak up and turn it into a roasting pan.
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The only thing I can remember about tanks on maneuvers is how fast an M-60 tank owned by one or other of the National Guard units, came up on us in Shilo!
I would imagine that an imaginative use of a draw & some devices & a bit of planning could block up the draw pretty good with burning tanks.
Tanks of today are not like the vulnerable tanks of WWII and previous eras though. More than likely you would end up as a barbecue entree if you tried GI Joe heroics today, if you did not have access to proper anti tank weapons.
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This is the younger brother of the Carden-Lloyd/universal carrier The chassis was made by Allis Chalmers giving it a real Carden Lloyd flavour. 6X 106mm recoilless rifles - ass kicking broadside! But you had to get out to reload!
The Ontos (Greek for 'thing').
I wonder if they were referring to the backblast!
The Ontos (Greek for 'thing').
I wonder if they were referring to the backblast!
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^Christie tank?
Yup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Christie_T3E2_tank_LOC.hec41005.jpg
J. Walter Christie is a forgotten genius. He seems to have invented both front wheel drive and the traverse mounted engine and transmission, as well as the vertical coil spring suspension.
The American soldier-politicians didn't like him, but the Soviets stole his plans, then bought a couple tanks to cover up the fact and probably to save them trading troubles in the future. The British bought the rights and so did the Japanese apparently. This was in the early 30s when Christie was short of cash and the US Army were not buying.
I wonder if any tank has matched the speed record set by one of his: over 100mph.
The Soviet BT7 which was the precursor of the T34 was his design with a few modifications.
His tanks could run with or without tracks.
Sloping armour...amphibious tanks, you name it, he had it.
All he didn't have was enough friends in the right places.
The 106 max effective range against the T54-62 tanks was 800m. It had a huge firing signature, so the drill was to move ASAP after firing. We were even more adventuresome having them mounted on M38A1 Jeeps.This is the younger brother of the Carden-Lloyd/universal carrier The chassis was made by Allis Chalmers giving it a real Carden Lloyd flavour. 6X 106mm recoilless rifles - ass kicking broadside! But you had to get out to reload!
The Ontos (Greek for 'thing').
I wonder if they were referring to the backblast!
Should be a MK1 called "Mother". The 2 driver's(one for each track) were able to see out of the raised portion with the commander sitting between them. each had a small slit to look threw. If I remember correctly, she had 4 gunner's with Vicker's. 2 in each of the side Sponson's. 1 shooting forward out to 90 degree's and the other shooting to the rear and out 90 degree's. It could put a very deadly volley down both sides of each trench it crossed. Poor guys had nowhere to go and few places to hide.
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Unditching beam on top, no track spuds and no rear steering wheels (dead giveaway) makes this a Tank Mark IV.
They were built in Male and Female versions, Females armed with MGs only, Males with mixed armament: MGs and 6-pdrs.
Mother, should you run into a photo of her, was the Tank Mark I prototype, distinguished by rivets at Boilermakers' pitch rather than Engineering pitch.
Boilermakers' pitch used 1-1/2 times as many rivets as Engineering pitch.
Psst: Mother was MALE!
She was broken down for scrap in 1940 at the orders of some damned Bureaucrat, may he rot in Hell!
Her Children are still winning battles today, 97 years later.
Hope this helps.
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They were built in Male and Female versions, Females armed with MGs only, Males with mixed armament: MGs and 6-pdrs.
Mother, should you run into a photo of her, was the Tank Mark I prototype, distinguished by rivets at Boilermakers' pitch rather than Engineering pitch.
Boilermakers' pitch used 1-1/2 times as many rivets as Engineering pitch.
Psst: Mother was MALE!
She was broken down for scrap in 1940 at the orders of some damned Bureaucrat, may he rot in Hell!
Her Children are still winning battles today, 97 years later.
Hope this helps.
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My 6000th post.
I'm STILL waiting for my Goats!
It jumped in front of them, Janice.
Honest.
That 105-horsepower Daimler-built "Silent Knight" type sleeve-valve engine just pushed her 25 tons along SO fast that they didn't have time to swerve out of the way!
Speeds in excess of 3-1/2 mph can DO THAT to you, you know.
Good thing it wasn't a Whippet; they were good for better than 8 mph. Somebody could have got hurt.
Honest.
That 105-horsepower Daimler-built "Silent Knight" type sleeve-valve engine just pushed her 25 tons along SO fast that they didn't have time to swerve out of the way!
Speeds in excess of 3-1/2 mph can DO THAT to you, you know.
Good thing it wasn't a Whippet; they were good for better than 8 mph. Somebody could have got hurt.
