Summarized back story of this legendary beauty: When NZ was drawn into WW2, some heroes began thinking of armored defense. Bob Semple decided to make one, making this the best (and only) Kiwi tank ever built.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Semple_tank

  • @regdog
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    -110 months ago

    Its the armor that makes it a tank, not the gun(s).

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        10 months ago

        Technically using proper terminology. Boy tanks have big guns like cannons and girl tanks (tankettes) only had machine guns or small autocannons. Most people think of the Italians when someone says tankettes because of their prolific use during WW2 but the original meaning applied to Mark IV British landships that had either cannons or machine guns.

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          10 months ago

          Technically using proper terminology. Boy tanks have big guns like cannons and girl tanks (tankettes) only had machine guns or small autocannons. Most people think of the Italians when someone says tankettes because of their prolific use during WW2 but the original meaning applied to Mark IV British landships that had either cannons or machine guns.