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I-25
04-16-09, 06:16 PM
ran into this on another forum...

http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/415527.jpg
AVGWarhawk
04-16-09, 07:27 PM
If it is German I would guess it is the same type deal Rolls Royce did with their Phantom chassis and made it a armored type car with a machine gun on tip. The doubled the wheels on the rear to carry the weight. Probably something similar.
longam
04-16-09, 07:49 PM
The shape seems familiar

http://www.motorauthority.com/wp-content/uploads/VW/odds/vw_bug_1937.jpg
TarJak
04-16-09, 10:04 PM
I think it might be a Czech Skoda PAII "Zelva" or "Turtle", rather than German or VW.

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showpost.php?p=3401815&postcount=2
Spike88
04-16-09, 11:33 PM
For some reason it reminds me of the Battlepods from the Robotech Anime series.
http://www.robotech.com/infopedia/mecha/viewmecha.php?id=34
Torplexed
04-16-09, 11:38 PM
It's a Kino Kar! :D

Actually, I was thinking it looks like a prop from Fritz Lang's Metropolis.
HunterICX
04-17-09, 03:29 AM
its a top secret german weapon that should made them win the war :D

HunterICX
AVGWarhawk
04-17-09, 07:54 AM
This was the Rolls Royce version. I suspect WW1. It was the Phanton Silver Ghost chassis. So, similar to what you have.


http://imcdb.org/images/142/884.jpg
Oberon
04-17-09, 11:33 AM
Prototype Dalek? :hmmm:
Jimbuna
04-17-09, 11:38 AM
A motorised chastity belt for a giants wife. :O:
Blacklight
04-17-09, 02:48 PM
I want that thing to stand up on legs and say with a computer voice "DROP YOUR WEAPONS. YOU HAVE 30 SECCONDS TO COMPLY." as the machine gun pods come out.
I-25
04-19-09, 11:16 PM
although it did come from a VW forum (www.thesamba.com) it is DEFINITELY not VW

do any of you rlly think a 24hp engine is gonna push that thing?:doh:

so yea its probably some kind of special built armored car
d@rk51d3
04-20-09, 02:33 AM
My first thought was VW also.

The headlights, and nose bear a remarkable similarity........... and I have seen pre-production / prototype beetles with those slit windows too.......... But that was many years ago.
Kapitan_Phillips
04-20-09, 05:18 AM
I want that thing to stand up on legs and say with a computer voice "DROP YOUR WEAPONS. YOU HAVE 30 SECCONDS TO COMPLY." as the machine gun pods come out.

:haha: "You better do what he says Mr Kinney."