Farmed and Dangerous! | The Bouffort Tractor "Tank" Conversion

🇫🇷Agricultural tractors are essential machines in farming. In times of war, these machines have become the donor for an equally bewildering array of armored vehicles to meet some urgent need, usually the imminent threat of an invasion when existing stocks of armored vehicles are in short supply. A strong platform, with decent off-road characteristics, cheap, simple, and plentiful, the abundance of agricultural tractors around the world means that there is a ready supply on which to base an expedient armored vehicle. Given just how different these vehicles can be, however, this usually has meant a bespoke solution for each vehicle. There is at least one thing which almost all tractors have fitted since WW2 – the 3-point linkage on the back. If a system of armoring a tractor could be made so that it fitted this type of linkage, then virtually any tractor around the world could be made into an armored vehicle. It is that logic which, in February 1983, led to Frenchman Victor Bouffort designing exactly such a system. Join this channel to get access to exclusive perks:    / @tanksencyclopediayt   If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon:   / tankartfund   Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/tanke... Article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/bouffo... Sources: British Patent GB160248 ‘Improvements in or relating to means for coupling agricultural implements to tractors. Filed 15th December 1919, granted 15th March 1921. French Patent FR2540618 ‘Armoured Body element to be mounted at the front and rear of a cab vehicle’. Filed 4th February 1983, granted 10th August 1984. Worldwide Patent WO03010041 ‘Auxiliary structure particularly for increasing the carrying capacity of multipurpose tracked vehicles’. Filed 24th July 2002, granted 6th February 2003 Reddit:   / tankencyclopedia   TE Shop: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Goo... Our website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com Gaming News Website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/games/ Facebook:   / tanksencyclopedia   Twitter:   / tanksenc   Discord:   / discord   Email: [email protected] An article by Andrew Hills Script written by Churchill7 Narrated by WOOD Edited by VK1602