Landships II

Tim R · Hero

An interesting use of Tanks!!!!!!

Ivan · Field Marshal

It is the same link, as I posted, here:
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=63528&p=3&topicID=15734702

Tim R · Hero

Well like I said on the last post about the surviving FT-17 PDF, SORRY!!!!! I must have missed it!!!!!! ashamed

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Oh Well

All the Best
Tim R

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

Photo of same.

kieffer · Commander in Chief

if the following has been discussed already I apologise: Ft's were used too as agricultural tractors and as tractors towing barges along canals, the Char Tracteur

CharlieC · Legend

In Australia after WW2 Matilda and Grant tanks were converted to bull dozers and heavy haulage vehicles. In both New Zealand and Australia farmers used Bren Carriers as all-terrain vehicles before there were such things. Many of the surviving armoured vehicles in Australia had careers as farm vehicles after their military service.

Regards,

Charlie

LincolnTanker · Commander in Chief

A farmer told me that the Brens were not very good at ploughing, tended to throw tracks.

Crawfords in Lincolnshire, England, converted Shermans after WW2. Photo taken at the Carrington Steam Rally this year.

kieffer · Commander in Chief

...and White, Harvester etc. half-tracks used by construction companies. And of course the whole lot of Dodges, GMC's, Chevrolets and jeeps but that's a bit of topic, no tracks involved.
At least one armoured command car was used by smugglers, bringing coffee, butter, alcoholics from Belgium over the Dutch border, busting the customs barricades. Big business in the pre EU 1950's.

-- Edited by kieffer on Tuesday 12th of October 2010 06:48:06 AM