Latest War Tank at Home on Land or Water
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Latest War Tank at Home on Land or Water
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Latest War Tank at Home on Land or Water
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Water offers no obstacles to an amphibian war tank recently tested in England, for it can speed over the ground at forty miles an hour, then plunge into and swim across any river in its path. It is virtually a combined land and water battleship, for when in t water a steel turret containing small guns protrudes above the surface, so it can attack as it swims. A small propeller gives the tank a speed of about seven miles an hour in the water, while on land it can lumber over five-foot ditches with vertical banks, climb a steep grade at six miles an hour, or race across flat country at forty miles. The land-water tank was evolved after a satisfactory method was found for making elastic water-tight joints. Several years ago, an amphibian tank was tried out, but it sank, due to the development of leaks in its non-elastic joints after rough cross-country travel. In actual warfare, such weapons may revolutionize defense tactics, since forces guarding river banks and bridge heads are robbed of the temporary security offered by deep streams, as the tanks can span such obstacles quickly and are proof against armor-piercing bullets, even at 150 yards. In the water, only the turret and two float-mudguards are visible, while on land its appearance is similar to that of the ordinary army tank.
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eng
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1932-02
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208
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Public Domain (Google digitized)
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Alberto Bordignon
Popular Mechanics, v. 57, n. 2, 1932
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