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A bit of Kiwi ingenuity, New Zealand started WW2 with no tanks and only a few Bren gun carriers so the Govt decided to build their own.
The Bob Semple tank was designed by NZ Minister of Works Bob Semple. Due to the need to build military hardware with limited materials, the tank was built on a tractor base. Designed and built during a period of uncertainty in which NZ feared having to defend itself from Japanese invasion without external assistance, these tanks were a civilian effort to design and create a means to protect New Zealand. Designed and built without formal plans or blueprints, it had numerous design flaws and practical difficulties, and was never put into mass production or used in combat.
After the loss of most British tanks during the Fall of France, there was no spare production available for New Zealand. Rather than obtain tanks from America, it was felt tanks could be produced locally.
It was decided that a 'tractor-tank' would be an adequate design. The first prototype was built on a Caterpillar D8 crawler tractor, a type which was readily available. The Public Works Department had 81 D8s, and another 19 were also available. The Tank had two layers of Armor, 12.7 mm of corrugated manganese steel atop an additional 8 mm of armour. This combination was effective at stopping 20-millimeter cannon rounds and small arms. However, the crew was vulnerable to bullet particles ricocheting through gaps in the gun ports. The tank was armed with six Bren guns — one in each side, two facing the front, one in the turret and one at the rear. The crew of eight included one gunner who had to lie on a mattress on top of the engine to fire. The vehicle was very tall at 12 ft (3.5 m) and performance was poor.
The tanks were constructed without the use of any formal plans or blueprints. Working from an American postcard depicting the conversion of a tractor to a 'tractor-tank', Bob Semple and TG Beck (Christchurch District Works Engineer), improvised the design of the tanks. Using resources available to Bob Semple as Minister of Public Works, the first tank was quickly produced in the PWD's Temuka workshops. The additional two were built at the NZR Addington Workshops.
The plan was discarded after the tanks attracted public ridicule; however, Bob Semple stood by his design and even stated "I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas."
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Exclusive: Gun buyback details revealed
Newshub understands gun owners won't be paid full retail price.What is this rubbish about people ‘returning’ the guns or ‘bringing them back’. Like our ‘buy BACK,’ not owned by them in the first place.
It amazes me what a Government will sanction to remove fire arms from the people
I like how they use the phrase we are trying to make it fair. No you're not you lying fucks. You won't give them what they are worth for something you say you're buying back when it's something you never owned in the first place.
Simple they dont want to pay the right price maybe some gun owners will just keep them its not that the government really knows who has what anyway.
What is this rubbish about people ‘returning’ the guns or ‘bringing them back’. Like our ‘buy BACK,’ not owned by them in the first place.
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