Bob Semple was the Minister for the Ministry Of Works. He had no clues. Funnily enough we received UK tanks, Matilda Mk 2s, IIRC in 1943. Pretty sure that we used those against the Japanese in the Solomon Islands. They were ideal for that situation.The Kiwis actually designed a Tank in WW2 and built a couple of prototypes, I think the Videos headline just about sums it up.