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Should I be getting deja vu about thse carriers? 
Actually its really that often the solution to a problem is pretty obvious given the problem and the available resources.
Though I still think Oxford is a silly name for a carrier... Wyverns are WAY cooler!
Actually its really that often the solution to a problem is pretty obvious given the problem and the available resources.
Though I still think Oxford is a silly name for a carrier... Wyverns are WAY cooler!
Oddly my first thought was Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Hoover - Wikipedia
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Huh
Both his sons were born in London.
I smell a POD!
Tanks and trailers do not mix well. The British Army tried with a "Rototrailer" which was designed to carry ammunition in the body, with a pump to get petrol out of the wheel hubs where it was stored and pump it into the tank's tanks. It failed. Invariably it leaked and was driven over by reversing tanks. Tank drivers could not see the trailer and mistakenly assumed it was where it wasn't. The Churchill Crocodile had a trailer where the liquid nitrogen and fuel for it's flame throw was carried. The drivers of the Crocodile were specially trained and the trailer was quite a bit bigger than the disasterous Rotatrailer. Post war, they tried again with a monowheel version to extend the range of the Centurion tank. Again they were a disaster according to all accounts and heartily disliked. Again, they were often driven over.
Rototrailer:
Crocodile trailer:
Monotrailer:
Goes to show trailers were a bad good idea. Should have focused solely on the external fuel tanks/redesigned internal fuel tanks on the Centurion.Tanks and trailers do not mix well. The British Army tried with a "Rototrailer" which was designed to carry ammunition in the body, with a pump to get petrol out of the wheel hubs where it was stored and pump it into the tank's tanks. It failed. Invariably it leaked and was driven over by reversing tanks. Tank drivers could not see the trailer and mistakenly assumed it was where it wasn't. The Churchill Crocodile had a trailer where the liquid nitrogen and fuel for it's flame throw was carried. The drivers of the Crocodile were specially trained and the trailer was quite a bit bigger than the disasterous Rotatrailer. Post war, they tried again with a monowheel version to extend the range of the Centurion tank. Again they were a disaster according to all accounts and heartily disliked. Again, they were often driven over.
Rototrailer:
Crocodile trailer:
Monotrailer:
To be honest I am having a hard time seeing how you would back over that. It should keep orientation with the tank. I could see it getting jammed backwards into a steep bank, but backing over it seems mechanically difficult.Monotrailer:
Which is what was done, in the end. The Australians were the first to develop extended fuel tanks on the Mk.V and that was used in all the later marks.
Apparently it was managed. The British Army hated them as did the Danish (who were apparently the one people foolish enough buy them). I have read accounts of how they often drove over them.
Huh. Maybe "driving over" it means the tank behind in the column drives over it because it is below their vision level? That would make more sense to me. Either way, finding ways to destroy things is much easier than designing them to last, I suppose.
....LOL, how to get rid on piece of sh.... equipment. It gets lost/damaged/stolen during exercises and you never come around to order an replacement for it.
Well they did start planning to build a crap load of lories in 1938.One of the rare occasions when Ford and General Motors worked together.
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