tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post4043908099083814383..comments2024-03-28T00:22:13.698-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: The Skeleton Tank was an experimental prototype tank built by the Pioneer Tractor Company, Winona, Minnesota for $15,000 ($ 244,000 in 2018) Only one prototype was ever made Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-41120416857606499532018-10-19T18:05:24.837-07:002018-10-19T18:05:24.837-07:00The war ended in November of 1918 so there was no ...The war ended in November of 1918 so there was no need for it. It's impressive how quickly they went from concept to a working prototype.Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-27428285059683147502018-10-18T19:21:08.361-07:002018-10-18T19:21:08.361-07:00Wow, I hadn't read any of that, and I'm no...Wow, I hadn't read any of that, and I'm now wondering why they didn't get a contract, it seems like a pretty good way to get soldiers across some hostile territory! Especially if they hooked up a trailer with supplies!Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-53474820917128353822018-10-18T18:39:28.066-07:002018-10-18T18:39:28.066-07:00It was a very clever idea, which was to combine th...It was a very clever idea, which was to combine the trench and barbed wire crossing ability of the British mkV tanks with the lightweight easy to drive french FT-17. So you have the big rhomboid shaped track attached to a small two man cabin. It was also designed to be broken down like scaffolding to be shipped and re assembled near the battlefield. Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-22104829270049428312018-10-14T22:07:43.501-07:002018-10-14T22:07:43.501-07:00good point!good point!Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-89687169350182218872018-10-14T15:07:20.544-07:002018-10-14T15:07:20.544-07:00Whenever I see this tank i can't help but wond...Whenever I see this tank i can't help but wonder how many times a German tank would have shot through it and missed.Al Bergstrazerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18108771211584899497noreply@blogger.com