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Jumat, 21 Maret 2014

there is only 1 working Tiger 131 tank that is operable still existing, and a movie "Fury" (not released yet, with Brad Pitt) got it on loan


photo from http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123736/Back-70-years-mighty-Tiger-tank-Only-surviving-example-works-restored-wartime-specification.html

it was captured by the smallest margin of luck, a shell from a British Churchill tank damaged the turret just enough to keep if from turning, making the tank useless... and so it was captured, from the African campaign of WW2, and sent to England so any weaknesses could be found and exploited by the Allies.

It was named Tiger by Ferdinand Porsche, and was exceptionally deadly, one Tiger took out a record 22 opposition tanks in one battle in Russia, and one tank commander had a total of 168 enemy tanks destroyed

It's home is the Bovington tank museum in Dorset England.

The movie can be learned about on IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2713180/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1

Sabtu, 08 Maret 2014

with a crusher crawler, you will have no problem running over zombies


an Army Corps or Engineers vehicle for getting through swampy tree areas between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Texas, across Florida to make a barge canal (Like the successful Ohio canal) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_Florida_Barge_Canal though the impassible swampy areas where they wanted to make roads in Alabama, Loiusianna, Missouri, etc. it didn't get stuck, because there was no belly pan, it's all track. Powered by a pair of 270 hp Caterpillar engines

Found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/799388.html#cutid1 which has more info and photos

Selasa, 04 Maret 2014

Very interesting design/concept of constantly variable transmission


The hemisphere under the motor has a variable pitch, and the more vertical the angle, the faster the vehicle will be propelled. The more horizontal, the slower, based on the contact of the circumferance of the hemisphere. Pretty genius level thinking... but the amount of lost energy/ineeficiency was probably pretty high

Found on http://strangernn.livejournal.com/829704.html and no year or manufacturer is given, just that it came from France