some unusual tanks from WW1 and WW2 from Dark Roasted Blend

more about the above early WW1 concept http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boirault_machine

from galleries on http://www.darkroastedblend.com/

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Book I just learned of "Adventures of a Motorcycle Despatch Rider During the First World War"

 I can see that these seem the same by topic, but have different authors, and I don't have an answer for that, other than to say I think they are likely to either be the same, or similar.

Looks interesting, I'll get a copy one day when they come down in price

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"Airplanes are like women, they are all beautiful, but only the ones with guns are interesting" is the tagline for the tumblr Remove Before Flight. I like that

see more at http://remove-before-flight.tumblr.com

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the vehicles in the movie War Horse

1911 Vauxhall C type

 the above bike is the only vehicle that has recognizeable nameplate or logo, it's a Premiere. It is a 1913 Premiere 500cc.  The above is a British character, the below are German

the Internet Car Movie database says the above are 1924 Triumph SD

http://www.imcdb.org/movie_1568911-War-Horse.html for the identification

Ever notice that movies seldom show the variety of vehicle relative to the fuel type? No alcohol, steam, or electric, and I doubt I covered the handful of other fuels... they just can't afford the cars or trucks that are that unusual I suppose. Anything that isn't gasoline probably isn't very easy to get ahold of

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