TOG one, TOG two...

[M.Becker]

...A39 Tortoise

TOG – The Real History of This Misunderstood Machine

https://tankhistoria.com/experimental/t ... Y97YuwMAaw

[Nik_SpeakerToCats]

Uh-huh...
Spiritual cousin to the US beast which would have had to storm Japanese beaches had the nuclear stuff misfired...

[Craiglxviii]

The Old Gang 2:

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A39 Tortoise (excuse the stack of tables in the way):

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Those tracks are about 600mm wide. It’s a big beastie.

[Nik_SpeakerToCats]

Somewhere on You-Tube, there's a recent documentary about the US 'super-heavy-tank', technically an 'Assault Gun'. Those outer tracks' sponsons could be dismounted, linked together, towed by truck or 'tank'. The combo would then fit narrower access, weaker bridges etc. IIRC, took about ¾ hour to mount or dismount them...

[M.Becker]

That's quite quick!

[James1978]

Somewhere on You-Tube, there's a recent documentary about the US 'super-heavy-tank', technically an 'Assault Gun'. Those outer tracks' sponsons could be dismounted, linked together, towed by truck or 'tank'. The combo would then fit narrower access, weaker bridges etc. IIRC, took about ¾ hour to mount or dismount them...

Was it one of these?

[Nik_SpeakerToCats]

Yay !!

Those sponsons: Considering the team had not done it before, I reckon they were learning on their feet...

If their A-frame crane had come in on a wider arc, would have knocked 10~~15 mins off business. Two such trucks, working from opposite sides, would make a 'production line'...