Willyslancs Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 couple of pics..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Think I have seen this on the forum before - in the dim and distant past - but I don't recall what the answer was . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 Looks like it was built to roll over anti-tank mines while still firing normally - something like the one below would stop you firing forward. Bit of a strange one though, you'd think it'd draw the fire of every schmuck with a Panzerfaust! Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted March 16, 2010 Share Posted March 16, 2010 I beleive it is a prototype and never saw production . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Looks like the gun was borroewed from a passing Dalek. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 (edited) The T10 was designed by the NDRC (National Defense Research Committee) as a evolution of the Aunt Jemima(shown in post #3) into a Self propelled vehicle, using a spare M4A2 75 sherman, it was tested briefly during June 1944 and was found to be unaceptable, by that time the T1E1 Earthworm and T1A3 Aunt Jemima were already in service and were ready to be deployed in the ETO, both type were used sporadically from September 1944 to January 1945. The gun of the T10 had timber protection around the barrel during tests as irrespective of it position it was vulnerable to mine fragments, whereas the T1E3 could traverse its gun aft to protect it. T1E1 was based on a M32 recovery vehicle. Edited March 17, 2010 by steveo578 addition in italics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor mark 4B Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodge Deep Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere......... :-D it does have that look about it... I can just see it surrounded by seagulls and covered in bits of plastic and old nappies:red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I wasn't aware that unexploded nappies were that dangerous:nut: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 I wasn't aware that unexploded nappies were that dangerous:nut: Trust me, they are........:red: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Adrian Barrell Trust me, they are........:red: In my day-ie when Victoria was queen, we didn't dump them landfill, they had to be washed and re-cycled:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteor mark 4B Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Quite right too. I'm sure somewhere it is logged how many tons of nappies go to landfill every year. How did we get here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted March 17, 2010 Share Posted March 17, 2010 Quite right too. I'm sure somewhere it is logged how many tons of nappies go to landfill every year. How did we get here? Stop talking sh*t boys..:rofl: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted March 21, 2010 Share Posted March 21, 2010 Trust me, they are........ I'll second that, I had a close call this afternoon:sweat: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Nah, it was used on a landfill site somewhere......... I would have thought that it was more like a part of the landfill !!!!!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted March 22, 2010 Share Posted March 22, 2010 Considering the U.S. government were often annoyed with the British for deturreting Shermans to use as ARVs Barvs etc, I find it a little profligate to use a new build M4A2 as a basis for this project, -it's not as though it could be used for anything else! -only for reclaimation and scrap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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