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Photograph of Robert "Bob" Semple's tank, taken by Pratt, J., 1940-1941.
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Photograph of a tank designed by Robert Semple, known as `Semple's tank' or a `mobile pill box', and built by the Ministry of Works at Temuka. Photograph taken between 1940 and 1941, by an unidentified photographer.
  
With permission from the National Library of New Zealand
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Basic unit - RD8 Caterpillar Tractor (1939); Speed - 7 1/2 MPH (normal), 1.5 MPH (2:1 extra gearbox); Weight - 25-26 tons (2 tons of armour plate); Armour - 7/16" Manganese Steel in V corrugated form backed by 1/2" mild steel plate; Armament - six / .303 machine guns plus one / 37mm canon (never fitted); Three tanks built 1940-1041 by Ministry of Works; Workshop at Temuka; Horsepower - 108 Flywheel, 96 Drawbar. (Source of information: Back of file print).
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|Source ||[https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112325 National Library of New Zealand]
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|Date || Sometime between 1940-1941
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|Author || Unknown
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|Permission || Out of Copyright - Informational purposes only.
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From: https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23112325
 
 
[[Category:Historical photos]]
 
[[Category:Historical photos]]

Latest revision as of 15:51, 1 April 2021

Description

Photograph of a tank designed by Robert Semple, known as `Semple's tank' or a `mobile pill box', and built by the Ministry of Works at Temuka. Photograph taken between 1940 and 1941, by an unidentified photographer.

Basic unit - RD8 Caterpillar Tractor (1939); Speed - 7 1/2 MPH (normal), 1.5 MPH (2:1 extra gearbox); Weight - 25-26 tons (2 tons of armour plate); Armour - 7/16" Manganese Steel in V corrugated form backed by 1/2" mild steel plate; Armament - six / .303 machine guns plus one / 37mm canon (never fitted); Three tanks built 1940-1041 by Ministry of Works; Workshop at Temuka; Horsepower - 108 Flywheel, 96 Drawbar. (Source of information: Back of file print).

Source National Library of New Zealand
Date Sometime between 1940-1941
Author Unknown
Permission Out of Copyright - Informational purposes only.

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