This has a sad side: Windy Miller took to drink when this was cancelled
Fact of the Day: The Boffins at LARPA (Lutons Advanced Research Projects Agency) experimented with wind turbine powered Sherman tanks in 1915. The project was cancelled when it was found an enemy sniper could shoot the wind turbines spinny thing making the tank powerless.pic.twitter.com/vVVnxezJoX
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LARPA was Green thinking and ahead of its time.
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They also entered this at Chelsea Garden show as "Dutch polder" and got a Highly Commended.
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You try & make an environment friendly tank to help save the planet & the enemy want to destroy it
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Want to destroy the tech as they know its an awesome piece of kit.
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Fantastic.
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I notice that particular example is mounting the 23 pounder spud gun, also cancelled when it was found potatoes could not penetrate tank armour
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Mine could
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It was also found that if a line of enemy troops all blew at the same time they could make the tank go backwards... This lead to many tiring battle between the front lines.pic.twitter.com/qOjQxwihUV
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