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The Strangest WWII Tanks, and It’s Not Even Close

The Strangest WWII Tanks, and It’s Not Even Close

The Strangest WWII Tanks, and It's Not Even Close
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Gustav Gun
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The Carpet Layer
© War Office official photographer, Laing / Public Domain
Doodlebug
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Kettenkrad
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Armored Ramp Carrier
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Welbike
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Churchill Crocodile
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Sherman Crab
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Standard Beaverette
© Lars Seifert-Thorsen / Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license
Schofield Tank
© New Zealand Military Forces / Public Domain
The CDL
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Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
© Unknown Author / Public Domain
Panjandrum
© British Government / Public Domain
Fugo Balloon Bomb
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Praying Mantis
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The Strangest WWII Tanks, and It's Not Even Close
Gustav Gun
The Carpet Layer
Doodlebug
Kettenkrad
Armored Ramp Carrier
Welbike
Churchill Crocodile
Sherman Crab
Standard Beaverette
Schofield Tank
The CDL
Rhino Heavy Armoured Car
Panjandrum
Fugo Balloon Bomb
Praying Mantis

The Strangest WWII Tanks, and It's Not Even Close

The history of war is also a time of invention and the necessity to look for a battlefield edge. When a country is at war, it’s all hands on deck, and this means every idea is on the table. In the case of WW2 vehicles, if there was an opportunity to give one country an edge over another, it was certainly going to be considered. 

The good news is that in some cases, prototypes did get rolled out to the battlefield but not all of them. Regardless of widespread use or not, these strange vehicles were not designed to make you look good. Instead, these vehicles were focused solely on winning the war. With this in mind, let’s take a look at the strangest WWII vehicles that were produced.

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