I posted this question before, but embedded it in another thread of mine, and as such I didnt get any replies on this particular question.
"By the mid 1920's, France paid little attention to the development of light tankettes. However, the obvious success of the English attracted their attention and compelled French engineers to start their own work on tankettes. In 1929, they developed the single-seated tankette called the "Sabat." This vehicle was intended to be transported by a truck, and in battle it ran on its tracks. The tankette was operated by a driver who was in the prone position. During a non-combat situation, the driver could operate the tankette in a sitting posture."
I was wondering if anyone could shed more light on this for me. For one, is that an image of an actual built vehicle? Or is that a drawing? That website is very confusing that way. For instance, that image looks like a drawing, but so does this one from the same site: http://www.czolgiem.com/wbrytania/foto/tcl_m3.jpg And in fact, that picture of a Carden Loyd Mk.I*, is a heavily touched up version of this image (courtesy of Centurion): http://s1.simpload.com/0915450b3062d6f45.jpg
That it looks like a pencil drawing doesnt neccesarily mean it isn't a picture of a real life vehicle, apparently the image doctoring done on images at that site is very extensive. Also, one could be led to think it is not a picture of a real life vehicle because it is a dead on side-view of it. This doesn't prove anything, as I have seen many pictures of dead on side views of tanks that, if doctored as much as these pictures have been, could easily look like drawings.
Any information, additional pictures, or anything of the sort one could tell me about this vehicle would be greatly appreciated! Of all the One Man Tanks I have been researching, I know the least about this one. I don't even know what its real correct name was!