some people might call the mighty Bob Semple Tank "a ridiculous design" and "literally just a tractor with a bunch of machine guns and armour bolted onto it" but I must retort:
1) 0 battlefield losses
2) as Japan did NOT invade New Zealand, complete success of mission objective
1) 0 battlefield losses
2) as Japan did NOT invade New Zealand, complete success of mission objective
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NI_tank
They did these things in Britain. 😂 😂 😂
The New Zealand tank is no more ridiculous.😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette
Low firepower?
Poor protection?
Exorbitant cost for something useless?
Tankettes have never really been that interesting...
1) Initiative
2) Creative use of available material
3) Good machine gun layout.
Besides, it wasn’t very long before the BST that the Americans were fielding some really bad tank designs as well…