Something from British comedy show 'allo 'allo - Gruber's "little tank"?
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Looks like an old military moving target range with a mock up Sherman tank as the mover. Here in the US we have gone to wood or plastic for these, looks like Cuba is still playing catch up
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If there is a coast nearby, it could be a coast guard rail-tank ! Amazing and so strange think !
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| Posted by LNTRR on October 14, 2009 | |
Protection for the sugar cane fields!
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Maybe the Cuban's are testing a new secret weapon to use in the invasion of southern Florida so they can free all the Cubans who are being "detained" in Dade County.
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Breaking news ! Possibly it could be a water canon for the cane fields; now we have except the U.F.Os and the U.R.Os (Unknown Rail Object ) !
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I like the aiming device on top of the turrent!
It would be the life of the party at a speeder meet!
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You lay out some track into the enemy fortress, and put the rookie in that, see what happens I think.
Nice shot though, I love the antique stuff.
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| Posted by Nikko P on October 15, 2009 | |
It could have been a decoy in the event of a US invasion. I don't understand what purpose the tracks would serve though. Clearly this thing didn't really shoot.
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| Posted by on October 16, 2009 | |
Very unique! You should've taken it home with you!
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That is very strange, I love the 'ties'!
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As fantastic as it was probably uselessly ineffective!!
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| Posted by JWash1 on March 9, 2011 | |
What, No Brakes?
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That's what I call a "tank car". Cool!
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I asked if anyone could better ID this device on the Armorama military modeling forum and will re-post any meaningful responses here.
http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=SquawkBox&file=index&req=viewtopic&topic_id=213344&page=1#1792324
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You ALL are sooooooooooooo wrong!!!! It's Fidel Castro's ARMORED TRAIN he bought from the RUSSIANS!
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Sorry for posting so late Phil, but In my humble opinion, it looks like it was a moving target for military gunnery teams using paint or other marker type rounds. It even appears to me to have some type of "firing" discharge device atop the turret to indicate it was hit by the rounds, similar to a Hoffman Device. It probably was remote controlled or pulled by a remote controlled tractor or even a cable. Most likely though, this was a moving target for military target practice.
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