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The Dales Pony is an English breed of strong, enduring, placid and good natured pony native to the north of England. They stand 14 hands high, and are mostly black, dark brown or bay in colour. They are excellent work ponies when harnessed, and perform better in some areas than a tractor.
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The 203 mm Howitzer M1931 was a Soviet heavy gun of the Second World War built in various variants, but most commonly on a tracked carriage derived from an agricultural tractor design. The 203 mm Howitzer M1931 fired a 100 kg shell to a range of 18025 metres with a muzzle velocity of 607 meters-per-second.
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The AMX-10P is a French tracked armoured personnel carrier first produced in 1973. The AMX-10P carries a crew of three plus eight passengers and is armed with a 20 mm cannon and a 7.62 mm coaxial machine-gun. A HS-115 V-8 water-cooled diesel engine provides a top speed of 65 kmh and a range of 600 km. Other variants are produced including an ambulance, repair vehicle, anti-tank model and mortar tractor for towing a Brandt 120 mm mortar.
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The Bren Carrier was a British small armoured fighting vehicle of the Second World War first produced in 1934 as a side effect of the Vickers Light Dragon gun tractor. The Bren Carrier was a tracked vehicle powered by a Ford V-8 petrol engine providing a top speed of 48 kmh. Various models were produced, the standard model issued to infantry battalions being the
Bren Carrier carrying a crew of three and being armed with a Bren light machine-gun.
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The CET (Combat Engineer Tractor) was a British armoured amphibious earthmover produced from 1978 to 1981 for the British Army. The CET was manned by a crew of two and armed with a 7.62 mm machine-gun. It had a top speed of 56 kmh and a range of 322 km.
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The Marder was a German tank destroyer of the Second World War, first produced in 1942, and comprised a 75 mm Pak 40/2 high-velocity anti-tank gun mounted with limited traverse on a captured French Lorraine armoured tractor chassis. Over 1200 of these original Marder tank destroyers were built before other variations based on other chassis were made.
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The Morris C8 (Quad) was a British artillery tractor of the Second World War, introduced in 1939 and used to tow the 18 or 25-pounder gun. The C8 had room for the gun crew inside and had a top speed of 80 kmh and a range of 480 km.
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The MT-LB is a Soviet amphibious armoured personnel carrier and tractor designed for a variety of roles. The MT-LB is manned by a crew of two and can carry eleven passengers, or cargo and can tow artillery and anti-tank guns. It is armed with a single 7.62 mm machine-gun. A YaMZ 238 V-8 diesel engine provides a top speed of 62 kmh and a range of 500 km.
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The P 107 was a French unarmed, un-armoured half-track of the Second World War used as an artillery tractor and as an engineer tractor. After the fall of France in 1940 the P 107 was taken over by the German army who replaced the superstructure with an armoured hull. The P 107 was manned by a crew of between five and seven, and had a top speed of 45 kmh.
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The SdKfz 11 was a German half-track of the Second World War developed as an artillery tractor during the early 1930s. They were initially used to tow 105 mm howitzers and later for a variety of guns. The SdKfz 11 was manned by a crew of nine protected by armour 8 to 14 mm thick. The vehicle had a top speed of 53 kmh and a range of 122 km.
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