https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/wallace-leaping-tank/   or     https://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1942-hopping-tank-henry-wallace-american/   or even  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ5VMglwGNQ

Anyone fancy creating one of these?

An RC version would be great! 

I can't find my 2 quart sauce pan. Who took it? If someone paints it green they better clean it off.
😂😜
Now this thing is definitely the weirdest design ever. I thought the rolling wheel tank was strange but this is just nuts!

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What WAS he on?     

Well, amusing if nothing else. I always used to laugh at the Moon Mobile that featured on U F O (and, Captain Scarlet I think?)  It used to hop along quite the thing on four bouncy legs. Could never see the point of that! Why not just fly the bloody thing all the way!!

There's a certain amount of stubborn insanity in these designs that is, at least, concerning, at worst, terrifying!

Quote from: PR19_Kit on September 14, 2023, 03:54:09 PMWhat WAS he on?     

Well judging by the shape of the thing, I'd say mushrooms would have to be favorite...

Watch the You Tube clip.  The animated footage of it in action is hilarious.

What would be the biggest issue for the crew?  Seasickness, concussion, or compacted vertebrae?

Quote from: zenrat on September 15, 2023, 03:48:41 AMWhat would be the biggest issue for the crew?  Seasickness, concussion, or compacted vertebrae?

All of the above - simultaneously!

The guy didn't have a sidekick called Gromit did he ?   

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 15, 2023, 06:01:57 AMThe guy didn't have a sidekick called Gromit did he ?   

That thought had occurred to me when I first posted this item!

Madame Rheged  has just suggested that a diorama of one or more of these devices, accompanied by a squad of infantry mounted on pogo sticks  might be in order  (but Bridget has the same inverted sideways view of life  as I do!)

Quote from: Rheged on September 15, 2023, 07:40:07 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 15, 2023, 06:01:57 AMThe guy didn't have a sidekick called Gromit did he ?   

That thought had occurred to me when I first posted this item!

Madame Rheged  has just suggested that a diorama of one or more of these devices, accompanied by a squad of infantry mounted on pogo sticks  might be in order  (but Bridget has the same inverted sideways view of life  as I do!)

And they just have to be wearing slouch/campaign hats   

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 15, 2023, 07:41:23 AM

Quote from: Rheged on September 15, 2023, 07:40:07 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on September 15, 2023, 06:01:57 AMThe guy didn't have a sidekick called Gromit did he ?   

That thought had occurred to me when I first posted this item!

Madame Rheged  has just suggested that a diorama of one or more of these devices, accompanied by a squad of infantry mounted on pogo sticks  might be in order  (but Bridget has the same inverted sideways view of life  as I do!)

And they just have to be wearing slouch/campaign hats   

LOL!!
Are we sure this shouldn't be in the humor thread?
In the diorama the enemy should be standing in shock or on the ground laughing their a$$ off!

 

Thank you very much for showing this crazy crap ...


There was a lot of funny  ideas in those early days