Alternative History Armoured Fighting Vehicles Part 3
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I figured that this was at least semi-improvised.
And is fairly slow, clumsy, and vulnerable
Ah, the HWR-00-MK II "Monster" from Macross, propably one of my all time favourite Mecha designs! Armament is pretty heavy with 4 x 40 cm cannons and 2 x 3 "barreled" missile launchers, but the thing is increadibly unwieldy (a massive disadvantage in the universe of Macross where the main combat units are "variable fighters" and increadibly maneuverable) and it also carries a pretty pitifull amunition loadout.
Though it only has to be 'good enough' to be useful. Spanish civil war onwards has shown that improvised AFVs can be useful in some conditions.
Edit. Also bulldozer + armour is perilously close to a Bob Semple tank!
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Found yet another variant of the Sherman, this time courtesy of /r/warthunder, and this is one of the more alien ones. Check out this picture:
What we've got there is a basic M4A2 sherman with the welded hull and the additional side plates to protect the ammo racks, but if you look closely at the front of the turret and where the 75 should be, you'll notice that there's something....small in its place. This tank was apparently sent to the region as part of convoy security efforts and ended up in the hands of the People's Liberation Army after the war ended, and then ended up fighting in the continuation of the Chinese Civil War. But somewhere along the lines, the gun it had must've been damaged or worn out with a lack of spare parts to replace it, because what it has is not a 75mm...
....but a 37mm cannon from the IJA's own Ha-Go tanks. I'm pretty sure that everyone in here would probably find that a curious choice of replacement, but all the same, this Sherman's 37mm would still pack more of a bang than a rifle, and it could probably carry a lot of ammunition. We don't really know what became of this one, but considering the photo, there's the serious chance that it saw real combat, though whatever came of it afterwards remains a mystery. Whatever happened to it, there's one thing we can say for sure: this makes another fine addition to the collection of strange Shermans
What we've got there is a basic M4A2 sherman with the welded hull and the additional side plates to protect the ammo racks, but if you look closely at the front of the turret and where the 75 should be, you'll notice that there's something....small in its place. This tank was apparently sent to the region as part of convoy security efforts and ended up in the hands of the People's Liberation Army after the war ended, and then ended up fighting in the continuation of the Chinese Civil War. But somewhere along the lines, the gun it had must've been damaged or worn out with a lack of spare parts to replace it, because what it has is not a 75mm...
....but a 37mm cannon from the IJA's own Ha-Go tanks. I'm pretty sure that everyone in here would probably find that a curious choice of replacement, but all the same, this Sherman's 37mm would still pack more of a bang than a rifle, and it could probably carry a lot of ammunition. We don't really know what became of this one, but considering the photo, there's the serious chance that it saw real combat, though whatever came of it afterwards remains a mystery. Whatever happened to it, there's one thing we can say for sure: this makes another fine addition to the collection of strange Shermans
great movieA fictional(???) tank/battering ram of the LAPD, from the movie Dragnet:
"Thank God it's Friday!!!"
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Not to mention all that ammunition stowage for the hungry Vulcans and RWS!
Not to mention all that ammunition stowage for the hungry Vulcans and RWS!
Not fictional. Several U.S. Police Departments have had M114's over the years, as well as M113's. NYPD apparently had M75's
Here's your armored "skidsteer" Caterpillar...the "Rook"
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Take a look inside 'The Rook' — an armored vehicle SWAT teams use to tear through vehicles, block an active shooter, or bust through a riot
Police are starting to use armored vehicles known as "The Rook," named after the chess piece — meaning checkmate.
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Police M113's
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Police M113 Gallery
The M113 APC has been in the news recently as new rules from the Federal government have declared that tracked armored vehicles are no longer to be used by police departments. Over the past two de…
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All sorts of armored vehicles used by PD's around the world - along with replica/vis-mod armored beasties:
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not unique, in the Netherlands police & military constabulary, have used over the years: M113, YPR765, GKN sankeys AT104s
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not unique, in the Netherlands police & military constabulary, have used over the years: M113, YPR765, GKN sankeys AT104s
Politievoertuigen.nl
politievoertuigen.nl
Good to see that community policing is alive and well. 🙄
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I live near La Crosse, WI (pop 50,000) in 2014, La Crosse recieved a retired MRAP at no extra charge, along with assorted other military hardware. Gotta keep the Oktoberfest rowdies in hand, ya know....
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Yes but 4 legs? If one gets broken, isn't the machine useless? Might 6 legs (think spider) be more survivable.
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