Landships II

In a previous thread Centurion recalled a mention of these vehicles, and asked if anyone had any further information. I got confused, and derailed the whole subject. So, I am posting it as a seperate question, even if it is a tad off topic. (Well, very off topic, but the one-man prone-position tank does date back to Russias WWI Shchitonoska proposal.)
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In the 1950's there were two British proposals for a one man tank driven in the prone position, but these did not get off the paper.

The first propsal was for a typical prone-position tankette, but this idea was discarded, quite possibly on grounds that the driver would have a very limited field of fire due to his position very close to the ground, and the weapons limited traverse.

The second proposal was for using a similar principle to the failed Praying Mantis two man vehicle. In this one-man prototype, the whole bodywork could be raised to 45 degrees, allowing the occupant to see and fire over obstacles. A gimballed remote control turret over the drivers head contained the armament, possibly a MG and granade launcher. The weight and cost of the hydraulics, linkages, and the remote control weapons station may have contributed to the rejection of this proposal.

(All information courtesy of Centurion in a previous thread.)
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I will include a very badly drawn image I made myself depicting what the second vehicle might have looked like.

Does anyone have any images of the plans for these vehicles, or anything like that? Maybe patent drawings or some such? Any information would be helpful to both me and Centurion!

Thank you in advance.

---Vil.
P.S. Yes, I know there are a ton of errors in my drawing, drawing is not my greatest skill

-- Edited by Vilkata at 02:32, 2006-09-16