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Photograph of a tank designed by Robert Semple, known as `Semple's tank' or a `mobile pill box', and built by the Ministry of Works at Temuka. Photograph taken between 1940 and 1941, by an unidentified photographer. Basic unit - RD8 Caterpillar Tractor (1939); Speed - 7 1/2 MPH (normal), 1.5 MPH (2:1 extra gearbox); Weight - 25-26 tons (2 tons of armour plate); Armour - 7/16" Manganese Steel in V corrugated form backed by 1/2" mild steel plate; Armament - six / .303 machine guns plus one / 37mm canon (never fitted); Three tanks built 1940-1041 by Ministry of Works; Workshop at Temuka; Horsepower - 108 Flywheel, 96 Drawbar. (Source of information: Back of file print). |
Source | National Library of New Zealand |
Date | Sometime between 1940-1941 |
Author | Unknown |
Permission | Out of Copyright - Informational purposes only. |
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current | 02:25, 1 April 2021 | ![]() | 1,080 × 855 (75 KB) | CobraKingII (talk | contribs) | Photograph of Robert "Bob" Semple's tank, taken by Pratt, J., 1940-1941. With permission from the National Library of New Zealand From: https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ecatalogue.429573 |
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