Com-Central.net

bsmart · Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 10:41 pm Post subject: Re: Skeleton Tank..

I agree with Doug. I must have missed that thread (and I don't think I've missed many in the last few years)

On the otherhand I have a hard time believing that a one of the kind prototype would have been sent on an operational mission, especially with the Marine Corps

BenjaminLiottel · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 07, 2006 Posts: 47

It does seem extremely unlikely - but weirder stuff has happened.

It's important to remember that if tanks were used in Nicaragua, they were used in ones and twos and did not contribute in any way to the outcome of the war against Sandino.

As easy as it is to discount it as a crackpot idea, part of the fun of being so interested in AFVs is the possibilities behind their history. Did you know that, supposedly, the Afghans were using their FT-17's operationally right up until the Russian-Afghanistan war, and may have actually used them to fight the Russians? A WWI tank going against Soviet armor!! Now, that seems extremely unlikely, and truth be told, I've never seen proof of that, but it's a darn interesting idea to mull over.

---

armyjunk2 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Sep 22, 2006 Posts: 1416

Heres a pic I ran across.....item 5 in Development of Armored Vehicles, Vol. 1

Com-Central.net

DedicatedNow