Thursday 18 October 2012

Landships





The Russian T35 heavy tank in 20 mil scale. This beast was huge with a crew of 11. Around 60 were built in the mid 30s. They served with the 64th and 65th Tank Regiments in the Kiev District in 1941. Most were lost through breakdown and abandonment.









The T35 was based on the Vickers A1E1 Independent heavy tank. Only one prototype was built in 1926, now on display at the Tank Museum, Bovington.


The plans for the Independent were sold to the Germans by the fascist traitor Norman Baillie-Stewart.

The Germans built five Neubaufahrzeug prototypes before abandoning the concept. They were used for propaganda purposes in Norway and broken up for scrap in '41.

And that was the end of the landship concept that Vickers and the British Army set running in 1924.

13 comments:

  1. Great model you have made there John. Thanks also for the link about Norman Baillie-Stewart. I have a fascination for all things propaganda related and that was an interesting read. I'm amazed he didn't get the long drop! :-)

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  2. Nice model! Even after reading the articles on how useless these huge multiturret tanks were... I still want a baneblade.

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  3. Nice model! Even after reading the articles on how useless these huge multiturret tanks were... I still want a baneblade.

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  4. They were supposed to be very effective against infantry but useless against other tanks ( too slow and too big a target).

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  5. Is that destined for your british civil wars?

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  6. Dear Jason
    Norm was definitely a four letter sort of man. I think his german passport protected him.
    J

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  7. Dear Phil
    I know. It should have been wonderful. Landships to back up cruiser tanks.
    J

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  8. Dear Phil
    I don't think any got close enough to enemy infantry to find out.
    J

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  9. Dear Tsold
    Oh yes, a Comintern landship. Also for Barbarossa, '41.
    J

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  10. Dear Paul
    Definitely a looker. Why do rubbish tanks always look so good.
    J

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  11. Nice painted model! I like the flag on it!

    Good markspoint! :-D

    Greetings
    Peter
    http://peterscave.blogspot.be/

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