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Brady -> Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 6:44:34 PM)
??? [img]http://www.oniva.com/upload/2131/AE219.jpg[/img]

Knavey -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 7:07:22 PM)
Japanese truck?

Knavey -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 7:08:35 PM)
With some spare tires for their little red wagon? You seriously didn't think I was going to have a serious answer did you? [:D]

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

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

USSAmerica -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 7:24:08 PM)
Probably auxillary wheels to run on railroad tracks somewhere.

Mynok -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 8:18:18 PM)
Mars lander. [:'(]

RevRick -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 8:39:23 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: USS America 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?

RevRick -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 8:41:44 PM)
'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?

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

Knavey -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 10:23:48 PM)
Come on Brady...just tell me I won! [:D]

Pistachio -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 11:23:55 PM)
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.

Local Yokel -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 11:37:44 PM)
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.

wdolson -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/4/2009 11:57:18 PM)
I figured it was something captured since it's flying a large Japanese flag. Bill

Cap Mandrake -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 12:21:31 AM)
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.

borner -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 4:01:20 AM)
not sure what it is, but sure is an interesting design!

niceguy2005 -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 5:00:59 AM)
quote: 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.

TAIL GUNNER -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 5:44:10 AM)
It's a French Laffly S-20. Finally I get one...[8D]

scott64 -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 6:10:24 AM)
Meatball Express?[:D]

tocaff -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 9:52:32 AM)
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.

Brady -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/5/2009 6:34:48 PM)
Laffey S20tl, it is[:)] ............. 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.

Knavey -> RE: Name This AE...219 (2/6/2009 2:15:40 AM)
Japanese peacekeeping activity? Hmmmm....

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