The Bob Semple, also known as "Big Bob", "Big Bob Tank", "Super Bob", "Kiwi Tank" or "Kiwi Fruit", is a user-made vehicle developed by Matizo14 and MaxWar42. Powered by its internet stardom, the Bob Semple has been given a breath of life with this user-created model in War Thunder performing the one purpose its creator, Robert Semple, had made ...

2018年4月21日 · Bob Semple wearing his hat and great coat from the war: "They hung a pair of boots around your neck with a string, and put a hat on your head, and gave you a coat and everything else." Photo: Leigh Henningham

2018年1月25日 · 由于新西兰军队严重缺乏装甲战斗车辆，工程大臣鲍勃·森博（Bob Semple，1873-1955）在卡特皮勒D8重型拖拉机的底盘上安装了装甲车体以及旋转机枪塔，制成了一款重达25.4吨的“坦克”。

The Bob Semple tank was a light tank designed by Bob Semple, the New Zealand Minister of Works during World War II. Originating out of the need to build military hardware from available materials, the tank was built from corrugated iron on a tractor base.

2017年7月25日 · In 2014, former Royal Engineer Bob was taken hostage by Al-Qaeda in Yemen. He spent 565 days in captivity before being reunited with his wife, Sallie, and their children. In February 2014, Bob Semple left his house in the Yemeni capital, Sana’a, and …

Discover the fascinating story behind the Bob Semple tank, a creative response to wartime threats. Learn how New Zealand transformed Caterpillar tractors int...

Bob Semple appears in caricature with his head out of the turret which is unusual as there was no turret hatch on at least one if not all of the vehicles. A flaw which seems to have gone unnoticed by contemporary commentators – New Zealand Herald 21st October 1941 [Note: The turret of the vehicle is actually marked ‘Semple Mk.II ’]

2020年5月1日 · Bob Semple enlisted on 18 June 1940. He was proud to be one of the 'Rats of Tobruk' and also fought in the Battle of El Alamein. Later he would serve in the Brunei Bay …

2023年9月2日 · The man who commissioned “Big Bob”, New Zealand’s first home-made tank, was Public Works Minister Bob Semple. Never overly fond of being laughed at, he is said to have snarled at his critics: “I don’t see anyone else coming up with any better ideas!”

Robert Semple (21 October 1873 – 31 January 1955) was a union leader and later Minister of Public Works for the first Labour Government of New Zealand. He is also known for creating the Bob Semple tank.