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SOMETHING DIFFERENT THIS MONTH
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![[image] remains of tank abandoned in a river in Florida](images/new-images/florida_river_abandoned_01.jpg) |
This really has tested our tank identification skills to the limit and we thought we might enlist whatever help our visitors might be able to offer. It lies abandoned in a river in Florida and according to Greg Meeks, who came across it while on a hunting trip, the tank was used by a logging company who fitted some sort of winch device at the back; but what kind if tank is it?
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![[image] shot of the turret](images/new-images/florida_river_abandoned_02_turret.jpg) |
| This is a shot of the turret, clearly only big enough for a machine-gun but notice that there are hatches at the front and both sides. |
![[image] view from the front](images/new-images/florida_river_abandoned_03.jpg) |
And here is a view from the front which shows that the thing is of welded construction.
We have suggested that it is a Marmon-Herrington vehicle but since the suspension and tracks are not visible that is not going to be easy to prove–
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The photographs, by the way, are thanks to Howard D Maines III;
they are not from the Tank Museum collection. |
