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Ain't NOBODY gonna work on Maggie's farm no more...

Meanwhile, in the UK, Deirdre and her friend Maude find a new way to enforce "no means no" on date night...

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Mark CNP. I am trying to figure out what that vehicle is. Riveted construction and chain drive 6X6 makes me think of the mid to late 1930s. The funny hat is reminiscent of Italian uniforms from that time period. The machine gun reminds me of early air cooled maxim machine guns. It looks like it has a traverse and elevation mechanism for a M1917 Browning water cooled machine gun. The rear sight on the thing looks like an AA sight.

No slot for a belt on the side, no apparent provision for a top cover - I am thinking it is a mock up. The vehicle might be a private venture that never made it past prototype stage.
 
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What is with those two "good ol boys" launching that pig? To funny (not so much for the piggy).
 
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fat tony said:
Mark CNP. I am trying to figure out what that vehicle is. Riveted construction and chain drive 6X6 makes me think of the mid to late 1930s. The funny hat is reminiscent of Italian uniforms from that time period. The machine gun reminds me of early air cooled maxim machine guns. It looks like it has a traverse and elevation mechanism for a M1917 Browning water cooled machine gun. The rear sight on the thing looks like an AA sight.

No slot for a belt on the side, no apparent provision for a top cover - I am thinking it is a mock up. The vehicle might be a private venture that never made it past prototype stage.
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The vehicle is a prototype, the U.S. T-13 Hornet B:

http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/06/24/us-t-13-hornet-b/

The gun is a mystery so far . . .
 
MarkCNP said:
Anyone know what gun this is?
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Italian hat, Italian gun? Fiat-Revelli, model 1914 or 1935 is the only gun that I can think of.

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The 1914 gun did not use belts but a strange cassette system. However the 1914 gun was water cooled. The 1935 gun had belt feed and was air cooled. According to the period picture, the barrel is not installed & someone went crazy retouching the gun in the pic. Confusing.
 
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fat tony said:
It looks along the lines of a Christie suspension. The Christie tank could travel on its road wheels without the track? The name of the company: "Trackless Tank Corporation" might be a clue. Not much information out there on the T13 Hornet except for a few pics & maybe a paragraph.
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That has to be the stupidest vehicle ever dreamed up, six wheels chain driven, unless there is some sort of differential (brake) steering good luck at making a sharp turn. I can only imagine the drive line inside that box to turn all those chains, maybe as a proof (or disproof) of concept vehicle it served a role.
 
XRCD011 said:
That has to be the stupidest vehicle ever dreamed up, six wheels chain driven, unless there is some sort of differential (brake) steering good luck at making a sharp turn. I can only imagine the drive line inside that box to turn all those chains, maybe as a proof (or disproof) of concept vehicle it served a role.
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The Honda s600(60) sports car used chains to drive the rear wheels which were mounted on a swing arm....gave good suspension articulation in minimum space and while maintaining the road/wheel angle.... I suppose if the axles are connected to an open differentials there would be no problem in turns.
 
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