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- Title
- The 'Semple' Tractor Tank : New Zealand's legendary armoured fighting vehicle
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- South Canterbury Museum
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"Amidst the chaos of the early months of World War II, an unconventional vehicle emerged from the unlikely setting of the islands of New Zealand, a nation with no tank building industry. This vehicle was a tank, born from more humble origins as a bulldozer used by the Public Works Department. Transformed from a humble civilian bulldozer to a tan...
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- Date created
- 2024
- Creator
- Hills, Andrew
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- https://timdc.pastperfectonline.com/Library/5D462617-E8B7-4BE5-99DA-761795347078
- Related subjects
- Semple Tank / New Zealand. Public Works Department / Semple, Robert (Bob), 1873-1955
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