Again we have an intriguing AFV for you to consider. The first photo of it was taken in the 1940s, when it was far from new, the others quite recently. So, it has survived. In the US of A, if it weren't obvious. The other device (following page), which does not look unlike an amphibious bathtub, is also American and we know next to nothing about this one. Going back to earlier issues, the peculiar little tracked vehicle at the bottom of page 10 in W&T 15 did not produce any readers' comments Dating from 1960, it shows a remote-control undersea exploration vehicle, based on an Ontos chassis, developed in the USA in the late 1950s for scientific observations on the ocean bed. It featured a long, jointed manipulator arm to collect samples and specimens and a special underwater television camera which enabled scientists on the shore to observe the sea floor. The machine could operate at depths of 20,000 feet, maintain a speed of three mph and climb obstacles 12 inches high. That's all we know about that one. The antique radio car shown in W&T 14 was a Winton, one of two acquired by the US Army Signal Corps in 1904. Fred Crismon sent us several views of it and we read in his big book that they were powered by a twin-cylinder engine and could carry seven passengers, in addition to the driver.
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