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Mark IX Amphibious Conversion heading into Welsh Harp Reservoir. Already a bulky vehicle — the probable reason the Mark IX was selected as the basis for an amphibious tank — its displacement was improved by fitting drums at the front and sides. Long wooden boards were attached to the track links but at one side of the board only; as they ...
Pages in category "Amphibious tanks" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
The Tanks of World War I: The History and Legacy of Tank Warfare during the Great War (2017) [ISBN missing] Foley, Michael. Rise of the Tank: Armoured Vehicles and their use in the First World War (2014) [ISBN missing] Townsend, Reginald T. (December 1916). " 'Tanks' And 'The Hose Of Death' ". The World's Work: A History of Our Time: 195– 207
The tank could place demolition charges at heights up to 12 feet. The tank was driven against a wall, and the framework was lowered into the ground against the wall. The tank then backed up 100 feet, laying out an electric detonating cable. The explosives were then detonated by the tank driver. It was the successor to the single-charge device ...
T-38 amphibious scout tank. The T-38 amphibious scout tank was a light amphibious tank that was used in World War II. The T-38 was a development of the earlier T-37, based in turn on the French AMR 33 light reconnaissance tank. The tank was powered by a standard GAZ (Ford) engine and was cheap to produce. Buoyancy was achieved by the large ...
Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank with its flotation sections attached Type 3 Ka-Chi amphibious tank. The Type 1 Mi-Sha a/k/a/ "Type 1 Floating tank Ka-Mi" was the first IJN prototype produced. Mitsubishi used the knowledge gained from IJA's former SR program. [128] The IJN tanks produced included prototypes such as the Type 1 Mi-Sha and Type 5 To ...
An amphibious vehicle (or simply amphibian) is a vehicle that works both on land and on or under water. Amphibious vehicles include amphibious bicycles, ATVs, cars, buses, trucks, railway vehicles, combat vehicles, and hovercraft. Classic landing craft are not amphibious vehicles as they do not work on land, although they are part of amphibious ...
SR I-Go experimental amphibious tank. As early as 1928, the Japanese Army had been developing amphibious tanks and created several experimental models such as the Sumida amphibious armored car (AMP), SR I-Go, SR II Ro-Go, SR III Ha-Go, which were produced only as one-off prototypes for concept testing in the 1930s. Each of the SR series were 3. ...