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Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 6:44:34 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 7:07:22 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 7:08:35 PM   
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You seriously didn't think I was going to have a serious answer did you? 

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 7:21:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		It kinda looks like a halftrack without treads. Seen nothing quite like it in every Imperial Army lineup I've seen.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 7:22:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		Looks like a 6-wheeler ate a 4-wheeler. Overall, it just looks like a bad idea.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 7:24:08 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 8:18:18 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 8:39:23 PM   
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Probably auxillary wheels to run on railroad tracks somewhere.


It does at that,but only the set under the doors seem to be flanged on the inside. The ones in front look like balloon tires, which aren't going to help much on rails. Too bad we can't see the rear and see if there are some flanged wheels there. Then the question would be, where it the picture taken?

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 8:41:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		'Nuther thought.. are those wheels in front supposed to prevent the thing from digging its front in if beginning to ascend from a ravine/ditch/trench, and the ones in the middle to keep it from bottoming out going over the top?

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 9:37:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Your explanation for the wheels makes sense. Pretty specialized or modded piece of gear.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 10:23:48 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 11:23:55 PM   
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Status: offline 		Well the little wheels look like they are intended to help the thing cross ditches and the like by keeping the front from digging in and riding over obstacles, but other than that I've no idea.  I'm going with the 6-wheeled go-kart transporter thingy mentioned above. Tough one.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 11:37:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		This is a vehicle from the French Laffly S20 family.  I'm not sure which version exactly as there seems to have been quite a range of bodies fitted. I suspect it is the 'TL' variant, which stands for "tracteur, chassis long".  I assume it was 'inherited' by the Japanese from a unit in French Indo-China. The small wheels are unpowered but intended to assist the passage of difficult terrain.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/4/2009 11:57:18 PM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 12:21:31 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well......it SEEMED like a good idea at the time.

I think I got towed by one of those things once when I was manning a big AT gun once....well...virtually, I mean.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 4:01:20 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 5:00:59 AM   
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ORIGINAL: RevRick

'Nuther thought.. are those wheels in front supposed to prevent the thing from digging its front in if beginning to ascend from a ravine/ditch/trench, and the ones in the middle to keep it from bottoming out going over the top?

This is my belief.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 5:44:10 AM   
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Finally I get one...

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 6:10:24 AM   
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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 9:52:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		The flag is a dead giveaway:  It's the lead vehicle in a caravan of Japanese tourists.  Roads are rotten so the little front wheels keep it from going nose in and getting stuck in irregular terrain, while what looks like a 2nd set of small wheels under the vehicle is really a barrel of sake.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/5/2009 6:34:48 PM   
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.............

I beleave this is the case, though in checking their are so many varients I cant be 100% certain.

Image source translates to indicate the French Forces lent this vehical to the Japanese who were using it to:

It was used by the Japanese peace keeping activity between French Indochina and Thailand.-Taki.

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RE: Name This AE...219 - 2/6/2009 2:15:40 AM   
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