[rey]

“Is there such a thing as an unarmoured tank? Kind of defeats the purpose.”

Great catch. Those balsa tanks never really worked well.

[CrazyIvan]

“Those balsa tanks never really worked well.”

But they were so much cheaper to make and ship!
(I’ve read a lot of military history and some of it is terrifyingly close to being this absurd.)

[archy]

Is there such a thing as an unarmoured tank? Kind of defeats the purpose.”

Great catch. Those balsa tanks never really worked well.

Well, actually....

A dummy Sherman tank under construction by 6 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, in the Anzio bridgehead, 29 April 1944"