Name that tank!

OK, Here we go. This photo is from my collection. A bit of an obscure vehicle, so I'll give a hint if no one gets it right away.

 

Danke! Little known/rare tanks are of special interest to me. I think there are only one of two of the FCMs left in one piece, correct?

 

Swedish Landsverk L60 AA conversion with 40mm Bofors.
Possibly called an L62

 

Yes there is only one FCM36 left.

Landsverk L60? hmmm the front hull looks like it and this is a 40mm bofors but never saw such a modification though

 

That's it - Landsverk L62 Anti-Aircraft tank. The one in the photo was used by Finland during the Continuation War. My photo is from the Finnish AA Museum in Tuusula (at the end of the runway for Helsinki-Vantaa airport) if anyone is interested.

Your turn.

 

Not really a tank but

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Those sneeky german's putting tracks on a baby U-boat!! Or in other words I don't have a clue, but I think I have seen that picture before.

 

I wonder what would happen with the MG firing slit (looks like one anyway - center of the "conning tower") if this went underwater. Not so sneaky after all, are you, Germans?

Reminds me of this thing:




The Fenian Navy-US Navy-Royal Navy: Early (Holland) Submarines « War and Game

 

The Germans (sneaky or otherwise) are innocent here, when they they decided to build something like that the result was this.

But our mistery vehicle is something else

 

Only info about it is in the given link, from the producer.
I accidently found it when I was looking for info on their artillery tractors.

 

Found It! Radio Controlled Tank Nagayama

 

Damn Japanese...thought they built a mini Uboot.....
any reliable source about this one please?

 

I should wait for ToS to comfirm I got it correct. I looked thru an old book on tank development, Pictoral History of Tanks of the World 1915-45 by Peter Chamberlain & Chris Ellis, Stackpole Books, 1972. One of the first books I got as a wee lad many years ago.

Page 146, in the Japan section, has a single photo ( 3/4 angle but slightly more forward than the one ToS provided.), and one paragraph:

44. Radio-Controlled Tank Nagayama
Converted Fordson agricultural tractor which retained its rear spudded wheels to act as sprockets for the tracks which were added. It was given a boiler plate enveloping body with raised cupola over the driving position. Used for radio control experiments and was not armed. ( Between 1934 and 1945 Japan prpduced several very small remote control tanks as demolition vehicles, and in 1936 one Type 94 tankette was also converted to radio control for trials).

Afraid thats all I have.

Belasar

 

Nagayama K 2 is the name I have, don't ask me for more info on it as that's all I know about it. The pic is also on the Tanks! site, they don't even put a name to it but confirm the Fordson origin.

TANKS!

 

Here's my try to stump you all!

 

Sorry guys epic fail the name is still on the picture, hope you enjoy the picture and laugh anyway!

Belasar

 

I wonder if it still exists! Not the best Russian idea.

Regards

Ulrich

 

The info I have is that two were made, but had bad trials (kept getting stuck in the mud - go figure!). At 40 tons one of the heavyest tanks made by 1915. Both were scrapped in 1923. Pity it would be worth the price of admission just to see one of them!

 

That one would have been rather easy anyway.

 

Go ahead Panzer212 Stump us!