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    Posted: 22-Aug-2011 at 20:24
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Japan's tanks were decidedly odd-looking. The turret was offset to the right and had a radio antenna that doubled as a safety-rail
I dont know what tank is it but isint it another contruction based on British 6 ton Vickers? Those Vickers based constructions usually had turret on right side or two turrets.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 23-Aug-2011 at 19:47

The Vickers itself was a strange tank as the British used a lot of money and resources to instal two turrets instead of a single turret with twin machine guns.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24-Aug-2011 at 20:40

The first multi-turreted tank was the Vickers A1E1 Independent heavy tank. It had a 3 pound gun and four machine guns, 28mm armor and a top speed of 20mph. The Russians acquired the plans and used them to build the T-28 and T-35 tanks, which actually saw service in the early years of the war
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Aug-2011 at 19:03

The French Char B1 bis looked heavy and outdated long before the war (being originally designed to cross trenches), but beneath the hull its crew were well-protected by separate compartments and had access to a radio. Originally intended to be a self-propelled gun armed with a 75mm howitzer, its designers installed a one-man turret mounting a 45mm antitank gun. The B1's armament was capable of destroying German tanks but it was a complicated design prone to mechanical failure.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Aug-2011 at 19:21
One that I like is the early M-3 Stuart.

Five machine guns and  a 37...

That's a whole lot of spray and pray...

This photo shows the sponsons faired over and the mg's removed...


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25-Aug-2011 at 19:37
The Stuart is an interesting example. It may look conventional but its antipersonnel firepower was considerable for a tank of its size. I count four machine guns and three pistol ports
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 26-Aug-2011 at 19:47

The Sherman crab tank had a second motor to power the mine-clearing flails. This was originally fitted to the obsolete Matilda tank and used in North Africa. When it didn't break down, the mine flail was very effective and often terrified Nazi units into surrendering. However, the dust cloud it created made it an easy target. The Sherman had a bad reputation for catching fire, earning it the nickname of "Tommy cooker"
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 27-Aug-2011 at 19:19

The KV-2 had a 152mm howitzer and thick armor that protected it from most German antitank guns. However, it was slow, heavy and its height made it an easy target. Only 250 were produced from 1940-41
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28-Aug-2011 at 19:48

The tractor-tank was built to defend Stalingrad from the Nazis. Outwardly resembling the British Whippet tank, these had thin armor and were easily destroyed by German tanks. However, they were effective against infantry. A common tactic was to use them to tow away enemy guns, though i wouldn't want to be the unfortunate person tasked with driving this deathtrap
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30-Aug-2011 at 19:04

The Whippet tank was an armored car with tracks. This was the first cavalry tank which relied on speed and numbers to break through the German lines. Its armament consisted of four machine guns but a prototype equipped with a gun turret was planned before the war ended
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German walking tank designed to cross minefields. Its "footed wheels" were originally fitted to steam tractors during the Crimean War before caterpillar tracks were invented

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-Sep-2011 at 05:20
NOW that.....is frigging wierd.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-Sep-2011 at 06:44
These early tanks from the 1st war were designed to move troops ahead through front lines, not as actual battle tanks. That's why no cannons.  The idea could not much reality cause thousands of such tanks would be needed to make change.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03-Sep-2011 at 20:32

The 1915 French Frot-Laffly landship resembled H.G. Wells' Land Ironclads. It had four machine guns in side-mounted firing ports but never entered production
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 04-Sep-2011 at 19:27

The Grant tank looked strange with its hull-mounted gun. However, it proved itself in North Africa and served as Monty's personal command vehicle
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09-Sep-2011 at 20:45

Finnish BT-42 assault gun converted from a Soviet BT-7 light tank. This in itself was a copy of the Christie tank upgraded with a two-man turret and more powerful gun
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 11-Sep-2011 at 10:15

America's T-28 super tank was so huge it needed four tracks. It had 12mm thick armor protection from the German 88mm gun and a very low profile. However its Ford V-8 left it underpowered and it was never used for its intended purpose: breaking through the defences of the Siegfried Line
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 13-Sep-2011 at 20:04

Another weird tank with wheels: New Zealand's Schofield Tank. By the time it was ready New Zealand no longer needed it as they had plenty of US tanks
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14-Sep-2011 at 19:07

A British one-man Praying Mantis tank on display at Bovington. It was designed to drive up to a wall or hedgerow and fire over it, rather than simply flattening it
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