Armored Tractors

John Deere's Armored A tractors were armed with two M1919 machine guns. Nifty.

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  1. coyotewrote on March 28th, 2011 at 2:22 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Just the thing to hunt wild hogs with!

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  2. TalbotFarwellwrote on March 24th, 2011 at 8:28 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    I could see something like this being used if the early American involvement in WWII went way wrong, and we ended up being invaded in ’42 or ’43.

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  3. charles222wrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 1:48 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Zombie corn.

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  4. Petewrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 1:02 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    This weekend I saw two accurate, full-size reproductions of these at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum outside Des Moines (as pictured at the bottom of the linked page).

    Needless to say, the Deeres did not fair well in military tests. The not quite exact quote “Failed because rear tires were disabled by machine gun fire”. The armor plating had major gaps and it was disaster waiting to happen against even the most basic Panzer I’s.

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  5. SKSloverwrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 11:26 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    zombies?

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  6. Martin (M)wrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 4:53 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    For when your gopher problem gets way outta hand!

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  7. Arthur B. Burnettwrote on March 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Greetings from Texas,
    Thanks for the link Steve. I hoped you would like this one.

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  1. TalbotFarwellwrote on March 24th, 2011 at 8:28 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    I could see something like this being used if the early American involvement in WWII went way wrong, and we ended up being invaded in ’42 or ’43.

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  2. coyotewrote on March 28th, 2011 at 2:22 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Just the thing to hunt wild hogs with!

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  3. charles222wrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 1:48 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Zombie corn.

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  4. Petewrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 1:02 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    This weekend I saw two accurate, full-size reproductions of these at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum outside Des Moines (as pictured at the bottom of the linked page).

    Needless to say, the Deeres did not fair well in military tests. The not quite exact quote “Failed because rear tires were disabled by machine gun fire”. The armor plating had major gaps and it was disaster waiting to happen against even the most basic Panzer I’s.

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  5. Martin (M)wrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 4:53 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    For when your gopher problem gets way outta hand!

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  6. SKSloverwrote on March 23rd, 2011 at 11:26 am Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    zombies?

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  7. Arthur B. Burnettwrote on March 22nd, 2011 at 6:43 pm Link To Comment | Reply To Comment

    Greetings from Texas,
    Thanks for the link Steve. I hoped you would like this one.

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