Try this on for size: an 8-ton German halftrack

If you are like me, you have been building models of tanks and planes for longer than you’d like to admit. A tiny model is one thing, but the real thing is sometimes startlingly huge. The first time I climbed up on the wing of an Avenger torpedo plane, I thought; “If I slip and fall off, I might die.” Nothing is more stunning in real life than the German Sd. Kfz. 7. It was an 8-ton halftrack that quickly ballooned to over 22,000 pounds in combat. See that radiator cap on the hood? It’s about six feet off the ground. The German machine is three feet longer than a ’59 Cadillac and it sure doesn’t have any fins. And, that Caddie can seat, what, six people? This halftrack has room for twelve.