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In the short lifespan of the armored fighting vehicle we have seen many "amazing" tank designs.
Here footage of the only NZ tanks ever produced in action, well the most action this beauty got. These bad boys where made to take on any Japanese invaders trying landing on our shores.
Armed to the teeth with 6 Bren Machine Guns, a mattress and corrugated iron armor these guys could pursue enemies at 24km/h with kiwi wrath.
This has to be my second favorite tank and although they never saw action (we can assume they would have done very well though) they thankfully got recycled back to their tractor form.
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Have fun with these two posts. WWI stuff mostly, but there was a thread over on another forum a while back that dealt with mostly Cold War designs, and all their weirdery that I should look out.
It's a Nagmachon. Centurion tank body with an up-armored belly. Originally developed for Handasa Kravit (combat engineers), it's now standard issue for infantry units operating in urban environments under asymmetrical warfare conditions. The center "dog house" allows a number of soldiers to stand and fire out using the FN MAG machineguns, or their own personal weapons.
It's a Nagmachon. Centurion tank body with an up-armored belly. Originally developed for Handasa Kravit (combat engineers), it's now standard issue for infantry units operating in urban environments under asymmetrical warfare conditions. The center "dog house" allows a number of soldiers to stand and fire out using the FN MAG machineguns, or their own personal weapons.
Hah! I was going to make one of those in 28mm actually, but the structure looked like a real pain. The Namer however's a lot simpler, though unfortunately Centurions in 1/48th are a lot earier to find in plastic than T-55s. :(
We could have a thread just on weird looking Israeli vehicles along of course.
@ Ensis Ferrae
Aye probably, I wasn't really looking when I spammed a load of images.
It's a Nagmachon. Centurion tank body with an up-armored belly. Originally developed for Handasa Kravit (combat engineers), it's now standard issue for infantry units operating in urban environments under asymmetrical warfare conditions. The center "dog house" allows a number of soldiers to stand and fire out using the FN MAG machineguns, or their own personal weapons.
Centurion is the best tank ever built. It's a front line vehicle used around the world in many major conflicts since 1945. In that time it's been upgunned several times and turned into many specialised vehicles. We were using them in Gulf 1, the Israelis into the 2000s in Lebanon. South Africa currently uses specially adapted ones today, this year is its 70th birthday.
It's a Nagmachon. Centurion tank body with an up-armored belly. Originally developed for Handasa Kravit (combat engineers), it's now standard issue for infantry units operating in urban environments under asymmetrical warfare conditions. The center "dog house" allows a number of soldiers to stand and fire out using the FN MAG machineguns, or their own personal weapons.
Centurion is the best tank ever built. It's a front line vehicle used around the world in many major conflicts since 1945. In that time it's been upgunned several times and turned into many specialised vehicles. We were using them in Gulf 1, the Israelis into the 2000s in Lebanon. South Africa currently uses specially adapted ones today, this year is its 70th birthday.
Yeah, I do like using Israeli Centurions in FOW fate of a nation.
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There's a similar one of a crusader (or one of the other cruisers) in the desert in WWII dressed up as a truck, with "Day Five, and the other trucks still haven't realised that I am different" or some such. Kills me every time
There's the tank itself, just imagine the funny bit underneath, since I can't find the one I like.
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I wish I had time for all the game systems I own, let alone want to own...
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If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.
- Fox Mulder
A Wermacht Panther G disguised quite well as an US army Wolverine.
Despite the Germans having a unit of Axis tanks painted in Allied colours (which were quickly found out to be fakes by the Allies IIRC), captured German tanks in Allied colours were also a thing. The issue was that they'd run out of parts eventually, that and, though the articles I read never gave any cases, that your own side's soldiers would fire on captured tanks due to their silhouettes. The British drove the one below all the way to Berlin, though the Americans and Canadian also had cases of using captured tanks obviously. I don't know about the Russians, certainly early on in the war, but later they were throwing out so many of their own tanks that command probably would've shot one of the tank crews if they took an enemy one (or their own side would have accidentally more likely).
Similarly the Germans fielded captured shermans, dubbed "Dragons" due to the placement of tracks on their hulls to up the tank's poor armour. Typically these were festooned with German symbols to prevent friendly fire.
Heh, and neither of the T-28s fielded in WWII ever saw combat. One couldn't make it up the hill, the other one was abandoned in a field after quickly running out of fuel. IIRC one was recovered and stuck outside of a US fort. I think there was plans to use them in the Korean War, but that fell through, though don't quote me on that. I doubt that would have been a good idea given their history and that there was already a load more better tanks out there. Guess they just wanted to use them to justify the expense, but had they we would never have that one outside of that fort as they'd be sunk in the mud somewhere in Korea instead.
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@ CptJake
Thank you for your service. I'm sure you enjoyed it very much though
If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.
- Fox Mulder
That captured Sherman - it has four crosses marked on it from these two sides alone. Clearly the crew were a little worried about receiving friendly fire.
The T-28s never deployed. Two prototypes were built and never left the US. They were tested at APG and Knox. The one at Knox (in front of the Patton museum) is now at Benning (when the Armor School combined with the Benning School for Wayward Boys all that stuff moved.
I'm not sure if the Armor museum at Benning is open yet, but the T-28 is on display outside. The Infantry museum at Benning is SPECTACULAR and well worth a visit if you're anywhere near the area.
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The Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath (Goliath tracked mine) or "beetle tank" as the Allies called it:
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CptJake wrote: The T-28s never deployed. Two prototypes were built and never left the US. They were tested at APG and Knox. The one at Knox (in front of the Patton museum) is now at Benning (when the Armor School combined with the Benning School for Wayward Boys all that stuff moved.
I'm not sure if the Armor museum at Benning is open yet, but the T-28 is on display outside. The Infantry museum at Benning is SPECTACULAR and well worth a visit if you're anywhere near the area.
Is the Patton museum still open? I visited it once when I was in high school, and want to take The Boy there some day. Lots of cool stuff there IIRC.
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