Bob Semple was an eccentric and opinionated New Zealander. He was an effective public speaker but lent his talents to Quixotic causes. For example, he was against New Zealand entering World War One ...

Goofy as they looked, and despite the incorrect (and still-existing) perception that the corrugated armor was useless roofing material, the tanks were well protected, according to Hills at Tanks ...

Facing the threat of Japanese invasion with almost no industrial capacity, New Zealand attempted to build its own tank during World War 2. The result was the Bob Semple Tank, a towering, slow-moving ...

As the Japanese Empire expanded across the Pacific, New Zealand faced a hard reality—it had no modern tanks and no time. With invasion a real fear, the country improvised. The result was the Bob ...