Landships II

James H · Legend

British Path� Revamp

Rectalgia · Legend

James H wrote:
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One of the worst dummy tanks ever made, but it fooled the archivist:
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/londons-tank/query/first+world+war+tanks

Oh, for shame James, you old crutch-kicker you smile .� Made by disabled veterans at the Lord Roberts Memorial Workshops.� They, like the members of Impey Barbicane's Baltimore Gun Club, having

"Crutches, wooden legs, artificial arms, steel hooks, caoutchouc jaws, silver craniums,
platinum noses, were all to be found in the collection; and it
was calculated by the great statistician Pitcairn that throughout
the Gun Club there was not quite one arm between four persons
and two legs between six."

... and ruined lungs and PTSD besides.

Discussed at http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=153476 which also includes a link to this (perhaps the "second tank" mentioned in that link) - http://www.britishpathe.com/video/latest-holiday-attraction-tank-rides - ooh it looks like many a bustle was bruised on that occasion.

- Steve

James H · Legend

Ah. I have subsequently discovered that, and am embarrassed. My only mitigation is that the archivist does not seem to have realised that it isn't an actual Tank, whereas one might hope that someone in that line of business would.

Anyhoo, moving on; in the turn-out for the Shah, it is interesting that the rear is brought up by a Medium Mk C and what looks like a pair of U.S. artillery tractors,� 10-ton and 5-ton. Never occurred to me that some might have ended up in British hands. Someone was kind enough to quote the figure for tractors shipped to France - over 1,000 IIRC, so it makes sense. Whether they were an official purchase or some other arrangement, couldn't say.