From: Nigel Hay -MILWEB (Nigel@milweb.net)
Date: Mon Apr 11 2005 - 07:00:11 PDT
Ah the Semple tank a world beater.....
But as I commented in CMV last year, the Dutch Army has ordered the
military version of the already appalling Smart Car.
However, this is the safest MV ever - because no insurgent holding an RPG
would be able to hold it steady and fire as it is impossible to hold an RPG
level whilst being doubled up with uncontrollable laughter.
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Subject: Re: [MV] Interesting tid bits about British military inventions
At 2:13 PM +0100 4/11/05, Nick P. Norwood wrote:
>It may raise a few hackles but I'm inclined towards the Austin Champ for
>that particular "honour".
>An over-engineered answer to a question that nobody asked.
Naah, the Bob Semple Tank from New Zealand.
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/newzealand/newzealand.html
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