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Rhodesian armour weirdos
« on: May 03, 2023, 08:46:22 AM »
I've been interested in Rhodesian vehicles for many years so was happy to get a copy of ...
"Fighting Vehicles and Weapons of Rhodesia" by Peter G Locke & Peter D Cooke.  ISSN-0-473-02413-6  Book lists the publishers address & phone no. in Wellington, NZ.  The authors may still be around in NZ too.

White Rhodesia was the most innovative & progressive in armoured vehicle design in the 20th Century.  Many ideas have been adopted by the West & East - foremost is the V-shaped lower hull of wheeled vehicles to deflect mine blasts.  Others include various guns such as the Spider, a horizontally rotating multi-barrel shotgun mounted on vehicles ranging from an Austin A-40 to Pookie etc and a shot-gun with rotating-chamber.

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Re: Rhodesian armour weirdos
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2023, 08:54:33 AM »
The Crockodil2 (maybe not its name) was a prototype wheeled APC that was not proceeded with due to the end of the war (country).  It was designed to replace the many types of open-topped wheeled APCs on truck chassis such as the Buffel & Crokodil.

The Pookie mine detectors used a few types of home-made detector arms ranging from straight pipes to flat beams.

The Spinnekop was a better mine-detector / exploder that often had wheeled frames in front & behind.  Note the side outriggers in case the wheels were blown off.
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Re: Rhodesian armour weirdos
« Reply #2 on: May 03, 2023, 08:55:39 AM »
Even the railways had their weird vehicles for patrolling.

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Re: Rhodesian armour weirdos
« Reply #3 on: May 03, 2023, 11:31:21 AM »
Some interesting field-expedience builds there. :smiley:
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Re: Rhodesian armour weirdos
« Reply #4 on: May 03, 2023, 12:59:01 PM »
Those police vehicles look like they have Volkswagen front and rear ends. Very interesting stuff.