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CReed707 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Nov 24, 2006 Posts: 4

Came across these while doing some other research - maybe someone'll be able to elaborate on 'em

The first, a Lockheed design, seems to ring some bells with me, but not loudly enough:

And this is from John Edward (not John Walter) Christie - at first sight it almost looked, I don't know...agricultural...'cept for the turret of course Smile

There's a couple more that I cam across that I'll have to clean up and reduce in size a bit to post...

Chris
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Rikard_Hufschmied · Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2006 9:42 pm Post subject: Re: Oddball Armor Patents

- CReed707

Came across these while doing some other research - maybe someone'll be able to elaborate on 'em

The first, a Lockheed design, seems to ring some bells with me, but not loudly enough:

The bell could be the Swedish UDES XX20:

www.strange-mecha.com/...ulated.htm

www.pansarmuseet.se/XX20.htm

As a Swede I might be biased though Smile

Andrei · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Feb 05, 2006 Posts: 81

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2006 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Oddball Armor Patents

John Edward Christie was JW's son - he wrote JW's memoirs: Steel Steeds Christie: A Memoir of J. Walter Christie. Manhattan, Kansas: Sunflower University Press, 1985.

I wasnt aware he had ever tried his hand at tank design... Interesting how the chassis appears to be based on a Sherman - in 1957... And is that an attempt at some sort of an improvement on a Christie suspension?

Neil

CReed707 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Nov 24, 2006 Posts: 4

Howdy, Neil:

Yeah, I'd suspect that the "Sherman-esque" design elements here were really just an attempt to out a generic AFV body over the suspension, which would have been the critical thing with the patent...still, it would make an interesting kitbash...

Chris

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