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 28 Feb 2013, 01:56
During WW2, the British couldn't afford to send any tanks to assist New Zealand. So...they made there own...
All they had for blueprints was a picture of an American tank on a post-card. The end result was a tractor which they put thin sheets around it. It also had a crew of eight. It is one of my favorite tanks...because it was horrible. This: fixed image:  Last edited by Shigalyov on 28 Feb 2013, 02:37, edited 1 time in total.
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 10 Aug 2010, 14:21 Party Bureaucrat 28 Feb 2013, 15:12
Excellent, thanks for the picture.
 "Fishing is part of agriculture" Gred "Loz, you are like me" Yami "I am one of the better read Marxists on this site" Gred 28 Feb 2013, 16:28
Well it probably wasn't that much worse than the Italian CV-33 "tank":
 Also, the Soviet improvised "NI" Tank  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NI_Tank 28 Feb 2013, 18:11
I can't even begin to imagine what it would have been like being in one of those tiny things with up to seven other people in the heat of a battle. Just thinking about it is giving me claustrophobia. No air-conditioning in these old boxes either I would imagine.
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Defected to the U.S.S.R.: 24 Jun 2011, 08:37 Party Bureaucrat 02 Mar 2013, 05:55
The italians churned out thousands of "tankettes" because they looked like impressive numbers on paper.
Needless to say, they didn't hold up well to British 2 pdr anti tank shells Soviet America is Free America!
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