The Bob Semple Tank - "The Worst Tank ever Built"

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With the Japanese empire spreading throughout the Pacific in WW2- a vastly unprepared New Zealand desperately needed to produce some kind of defensive vehicle. In comes Bob Semple creator of the Bob Semple Tank.

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All This - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
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Sources:

Lister, David (2018) Forgotten Tanks and Guns of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s Hardcover
Foss, Christopher (2002) The Encyclopaedia of Tanks and Armoured Fighting Vehicles: The Comprehensive Guide to over 900 Armoured Fighting Vehicles from 1915 to the Present Day. Thunder Bay.
Hickey, Ciara (2010) From coal pit to leather pith: life stories of Bob Semple. PhD
Cooke, Peter (2000). Defending New Zealand: Ramparts on the Sea 1840-1950s. Wellington: Defence of New Zealand Study Group
http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2...