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September 13th, 2006   Post 21
LeEnfield
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Here is a odd tank, does any one know what it's job was

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September 14th, 2006   Post 22
MightyMacbeth
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lol Venom PL, thats a monster

LeEnfield, pray do tell
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September 14th, 2006   Post 23
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This was an under water tank for clearing beaches. The tank would drive around underwater and push submerged tanks and landing craft up on to the beach so that they could be recovered. Hence the big block of wood in the front of the tank covered in rope and the life belts. You will also notice that the driver has a nice glass window to look out off
 
September 14th, 2006   Post 24
MightyMacbeth
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I knew it had something to deal with water!!
 
September 15th, 2006   Post 25
LeEnfield
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The Queen of Desert

 
September 15th, 2006   Post 26
MightyMacbeth
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and why is she called that?
 
September 16th, 2006   Post 27
MontyB
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and why is she called that?
Wikipedia is your friend:

The heavy armor of the Matilda's cast turret became legendary; for a time in 1940-41 the Matilda earned the nickname "Queen of the Desert".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_tank

Essentially for a while this tank was invulnerable to all but the largest German AT guns.

It would have been interesting to see how it would have rated had it been a fraction faster as it seemed to have the firepower and the armour early on.

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lol Venom PL, thats a monster
Hehe that thing is only a baby compared to what the Germans had on the drawing board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratte_%28tank%29
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Last edited by MontyB; September 16th, 2006 at 14:46.
 
September 16th, 2006   Post 28
LeEnfield
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Well here is another small tank

 
September 16th, 2006   Post 29
MightyMacbeth
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when where thos French tanks in use?

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Hehe that thing is only a baby compared to what the Germans had on the drawing board.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratte_%28tank%29
wow lol.. thats the mother of that mosnter Venom PL showed
 
September 16th, 2006   Post 30
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Who said they ever used them
 



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