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what we Brits would call a "Hurdle" construct

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I didn't know what word to use and wasn't really satisfied with "brushwood"...

H.P.

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Thanks man,tht is even BETTER than the first. Besides the rubber strips I also see zimmerit"?

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You're welcome. Even though the British Army tested their own Zimmerit (http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2/british-work-on-zimmerit/) I guess what you see is just ribbed rubber material (IWM picture):



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H.P.

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I just wonder if the ribbed bits are from flattened out radiator hoses? That might explain the slight curvature some pieces have.

I further wonder - and the road to hell is paved with such - if only the one Squadron experimented? I think it's unlikely that the whole regiment would be so modified, partly due to the lack of rubber for some 50-odd tanks, and also because of British Army orthodoxy prevailing at the time; none of which helps poor Jerry at the moment!

I thought the use of "brushwood" (what we Brits would call a "Hurdle" construct) highly imaginative, but lest we forget, men were living and dying in these machines.

Probably high time I tackled the Regimental Museum and the Tank Museum and see what comes up.

Brian

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An enigma,shrouded by fog,wrapped in mist.
Interesting though. Even more so since I received my spanking new Cromwell kit today in the post.
Now the aftermarket decisions and assembly begins. Treads surely. The decals cover a 11AD tank so....?
J