The Bob Semple tank was a light tank designed by Bob Semple, the New Zealand Minister of Works during World War II. Originating out of the need to build military hardware from available materials, …

Feb 4, 2017 · The Bob Semple was one of New Zealand's only indigenous tank designs, and one of the best and final tractor tanks.

Oct 10, 2023 · World War II had a lot of weapons and armored vehicle inventions to help win the war, but the Bob Semple tank is one of the weirdest ones to be made.

Apr 29, 2018 · Named after the wartime Minister of Public Works, Bob Semple, it was more of an improvised fighting vehicle, than a tank, as it was considered a reserve option in case of a Japanese …

Under pressure from the government, the minister of Works, Bob Semple, examined possibilities, including purchase of the US Disston “6 ton tank” based on a tractor, and already shipped to China …

The Bob Semple Tank was the brainchild of the honourable Robert Semple, Minister of Public Works for the wartime Labour Government. A former boxer from Crudine Creek, New South Wales, Semple …

The tank was named after then-acting Labour Secretary Bob Semple, who came up with the idea of ??a New Zealand native tank to protect the country from a Japanese land invasion.

In 1940 war hysteria gripped New Zealand and an effort was made to produce a home grown tank. It was decided to armor an International Harvester* caterpillar tracked farm tractor to make use of …

Dec 28, 2018 · The tank was named after Bob Semple, the then-acting Minister of Works, who championed the idea of an indigenous New Zealand tank to defend the country from land invasion by …

The Bob Semple tank was a light tank designed by Bob Semple, the New Zealand Minister of Works during World War II. Originating out of the need to build military hardware from available materials, …