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The Bob Semple tank was a light tank designed by Bob Semple, the New Zealand Minister of Works during World War II.Originating out of the need to build military hardware from available materials, the tank was built from corrugated iron on a tractor base.
A Bob Semple tank in New Zealand. Due to the limitations of requirements and resources, the Bob Semple tank was a functional failure. By using a large tractor as a base, and bolting on a hastily designed and poorly constructed tank superstructure, the resultant tanks were inadequately armored, extremely heavy (20–25 ton), unstable, restricted ...
English: Photograph of a tank designed by Robert Semple, known as `Semple's tank' or a `mobile pill box', and built by the Ministry of Works at Temuka. Photograph taken between 1940 and 1941, by an unidentified photographer.
Robert Semple (21 October 1873 – 31 January 1955) was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand. He is also known for creating the Bob Semple tank .
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