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cthulhu77

May 08, 2007, 06:37:06 PM
300 foot long tank carriers? Hmmm...

Maverick

#1
May 08, 2007, 06:42:01 PM
Greg,

They had 'em, not quite on that scale tho.  Called LCTs or Landing Craft, Tank.  Quite large beasties compared to your usual Landing Craft too.

Mav

Jschmus

#2
May 08, 2007, 08:34:46 PM
Wikipedia: Landing Craft Tank

Or do you mean a tank for carrying tanks?  I suppose you could build something like one of those SHEVA beasts depicted in John Ringo's Posleen books, but  :blink: .
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wagnersm

#3
May 08, 2007, 09:09:41 PM
And their big brother, the LST - Landing Ship, Tank, had some examples with a flight deck added and used as a observation airplane carrier. . .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_Ship%2C_Tank

Steve

Hobbes

#4
May 09, 2007, 12:10:40 AM Last Edit: May 09, 2007, 12:12:33 AM by Hobbes
For a moment I thought you meant this:

GeorgeC

#5
May 09, 2007, 01:06:43 AM
Presumably the tank would need a suitable catapult to launch in from the deck... :)

Gervasius

#6
May 09, 2007, 01:32:38 AM
QuotePresumably the tank would need a suitable catapult to launch in from the deck... :)
Well, USN tried it before... (not a tank, but similar)



:D

Marko
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Mossie

#7
May 09, 2007, 01:52:08 AM
QuoteOr do you mean a tank for carrying tanks?  I suppose you could build something like one of those SHEVA beasts depicted in John Ringo's Posleen books, but  :blink: .
Maybe the Ratte?


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#8
May 09, 2007, 03:55:29 AM
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QuotePresumably the tank would need a suitable catapult to launch in from the deck... :)
Well, USN tried it before... (not a tank, but similar)



:D

Marko
in the darks when the FAA used proper aircraft carriers [and not TDC's] i think that
the end of the commission of a carrier was often marked with something like this.

i know because when i was much younger i recall seeing a photo of a piano being
catapulted off of the deck of ark royal in a book that i had borrowed from the library.

very, very funny marko!  :D  :P thanks for posting it.

t.
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GeorgeC

#9
May 09, 2007, 08:00:58 AM
Oh yes, mess pianos are burnt, wardoom pianos catapulted; its the only honourable way to go....

Archibald

#10
May 09, 2007, 09:38:21 AM
Quote
QuotePresumably the tank would need a suitable catapult to launch in from the deck... :)
Well, USN tried it before... (not a tank, but similar)



:D

Marko
I remember an advert for Citroen 20 years ago, a Visa (a kind of French trabant) was catapulted from the Foch, then disapeared into the ocean... before surfacing on top of a SSBN!!   B)  
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

Archibald

#11
May 09, 2007, 10:45:01 AM
... long life to You Tube!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJ2pQpZI7Ng
King Arthur: Can we come up and have a look?
French Soldier: Of course not. You're English types.
King Arthur: What are you then?
French Soldier: I'm French. Why do you think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king?

Well regardless I would rather take my chance out there on the ocean, that to stay here and die on this poo-hole island spending the rest of my life talking to a gosh darn VOLLEYBALL.

GTX

#12
May 09, 2007, 12:26:30 PM
QuoteWell, USN tried it before... (not a tank, but similar)

Not the USN - Hogwarts now has a Navy!

Regards,

greg
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B777LR

#13
May 09, 2007, 01:28:34 PM
Loooooooll! That citroen commercial was great! :lol:  Didnt top gear launch a rover from HMS Ark Royal to see if it would accelerate faster than a harrier? :lol:  
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