Landships II

Roger Todd · Legend

US Steam Tank (Tracklaying): New Photo?

Tankcommander · Colonel

Hi, I h've not seen it

DJ

TinCanTadpole · Legend

I've not seen it either; it's the first pic I've seen showing the rear without that large steeply-sloped plate-thingy in place.

Thanks for posting it.

Rectalgia · Legend

Nice, I wonder where Yuri Pasholok found it, and if it can be added to http://www.landships.info/landships/tank_articles.html?load=tank_articles/Steam_Tracked_Tank.html?

I particularly like one of the livejournal comments - "chthonic artifact" (having the sense of "earth-elemental" I guess).

CharlieC · Legend

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Yes.

Charlie

elbavaro · Commander in Chief

Here is mine ...

feel free to use it at Landships II too.

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Chris

Roger Todd · Legend

Lovely, another excellent photo, ta for posting!

I've always been quite fond of the old Steam Tank, maybe now with these extra images showing more details of the rear it might be possible to start drawing up plans for a model.

James H · Legend

Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation for the "horns" at the front?

TinCanTadpole · Legend

Firstly, either someone's been quick at uploading the first photo onto landships.info or the pic was already there and not new as I had thought;

Secondly, in response to James' question about the horns, I've just taken another look and think the idea that they were anything to do with clearing mud from the tracks is bunk - the bars stretching between each pair of horns is much too far ahead of the track to be of any use.

My own thoughts are definitely of the ramming variety: either bulldozing earthworks in a WW2 bocage cutter way, or tearing barbed wire and obstructions out of the ground to clear the way for infantry. Naturally this would be dependent on the tank being in a nose-down attitude, but a cratered battlefield would surely oblige.

BTW, James - what does IIRC mean?

James H · Legend

TinCanTadpole wrote:

BTW, James - what does IIRC mean?

"If I remember correctly," IIRC.

I can't see how the horns can have had anything to do with barbed wire. The prow looks high enough to ride over any wire. Maybe to punch a hole in the walls of fortified buildings?

Roger Todd · Legend

TinCanTadpole wrote:

Firstly, either someone's been quick at uploading the first photo onto landships.info or the pic was already there and not new as I had thought;

It was uploaded yesterday morning.