{"id":52039,"date":"2020-01-10T02:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T07:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52039"},"modified":"2021-06-25T09:03:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T13:03:05","slug":"tank-chats-58-buffalo-weasel-the-funnies-the-tank-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/01\/10\/tank-chats-58-buffalo-weasel-the-funnies-the-tank-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tank Chats #58 Buffalo &#038; Weasel | The Funnies | The Tank Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ksc3MdjWsxc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>The Tank Museum<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 28 Oct 2018<\/p>\n<p>Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, with David Fletcher looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart, known as &#8220;Hobart&#8217;s Funnies&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>The Buffalo, or Landing Vehicle Tracked IV (LVT), is a lightly armoured tracked amphibious carrier. British &#8220;Buffaloes&#8221; were used in Northern Italy during WW2 and were issued to the 79th Armoured Division in Northwest Europe where they played an important role in the crossing of the Rhine, in 1945. This particular Weasel is amphibious and was used in muddy and wet conditions, rather than directly in water.<\/p>\n<p>Support the work of The Tank Museum on Patreon: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/tankmuseum<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Visit The Tank Museum SHOP: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tankmuseumshop.org\/<\/a><br \/>\nTwitter: \u25ba <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/TankMuseum<\/a><br \/>\nTiger Tank Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.tiger-tank.com\/<\/a><br \/>\nTank 100 First World War Centenary Blog: \u25ba <a href=\"http:\/\/tank100.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/tank100.com\/<\/a> #tankmuseum #tanks #tankchats <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-54109\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-853x480.png 853w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Screenshot_2020-01-10-Tank-Chats-58-Buffalo-Weasel-The-Funnies-The-Tank-Museum.png 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tank Museum Published 28 Oct 2018 Another episode in the Tank Chats Funnies Specials, with David Fletcher looking at the weird and wonderful vehicles of 79th Armoured Division led by Major General Percy Hobart, known as &#8220;Hobart&#8217;s Funnies&#8221;. The Buffalo, or Landing Vehicle Tracked IV (LVT), is a lightly armoured tracked amphibious carrier. 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