Ok gurus - what is it?

[darter]

All wrong.
He's a mobile giant hotdog cooker.
Heating cylinders on da side for da humungus wieners.
Dem buns is heatin in the middle oven thingy part.
An them thar levers, well dey is for da ketchup an da mustard squirters.
Gotta keep dem soldiers fed.

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by Karl

Did it float or just drive across the bottom?

According to Bovington it floated ok. The tracks had foldable paddles bolted to them every 13 track elements - the paddles did a fair job propelling the thing.
I guess steering on water was done by braking one track. The British had a thing about amphibious tanks - the Medium D tank was designed to be amphibious.

Regards,

Charlie

[Richschindler]

It's a thing-a-ma-bob, that does the job!!!

[John Wagenseil]

It looks like a real pig.

[Utnapishtim]

There is a preserved pig (non-amphibious version) at Bovington. Strictly speaking, it is a Mk IX tank, but could be classed as an APC or an AFV. There's a nice paper model of it from Wayne McCullough on the Landships forum.

[CharlieC]

Originally Posted by Utnapishtim

There is a preserved pig (non-amphibious version) at Bovington. Strictly speaking, it is a Mk IX tank, but could be classed as an APC or an AFV. There's a nice paper model of it from Wayne McCullough on the Landships forum.

The amphibious Mark IX is also by Wayne McCullough. There are a few of us who help Wayne by building beta models of his designs. The BL 6inch 26cwt howitzer is a recent example of this process.

It's not the Landships forum, that's hosted on activeboard, but the Landships II website (landships.info), hosted by Plesk in the Netherlands - I have some knowledge of Landships II.

Charlie

[douglasmarrel]

Prototype Oscar Mayer wienermobile (tribute to darter)