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The Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle was the main pursuit and attack vehicle used by Spectrum agents on the ground.It had 10 sets of wheels and auxiliary tracks which could be lowered when needed. It weighed 8 tons but could reach 200 mph.
The SPV was armed with a surface-to-air rocket launcher and smoke grenades.
Captain Scarlet was designed by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and first broadcast in the UK in 1967.
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I read somewhere that the British Army did experiment with an armoured car that used the "driver facing backwards driving by CCTV" configuration, but they had to scrap it because all the drivers got SERIOUSLY motion-sick!
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Any chance of the Land Master from Damnation Alley in multiple versions or the Planet of the Apes spacecraft?
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Actually that british army did experiment with the "sit facing backwards and drive by CCTV" configuration; they concluded that the driver would have to stop every five minutes to throw up!
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Thanks for the memories. Nice work too. Cheers.
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Did anyone ever notice that "Captain Scarlet" shamelessly ripped off the best ideas from the Marvel Comics strip "Nick Fury; Agent of SHIELD"? Both stories featured flying aircraft carriers (Cloudbase/Helicarrier) and both had heroes who had the ability to apparently return from the dead; Scarlet through his regeneration ability, Fury because the bad guys would always kill his android double (his "Life Model Decoy") by mistake.
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These sort of ideas are always floating around I think - I don't believe it was a deliberate rip-off...
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It should have been b&w and some texture so it would look like a photo for more aweseomeness
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Yeah, I know what you are saying...
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That's good. You did a real good job.
Now let's see one with the markings
of the Texas Highway Patrol.
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Haha, maybe later...
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The idea that the drivers etc also faced backwards and watched where they were going on monitor screens alwas seemed like a cool diea to me (As well as weird)
I think I'd fail as a driver, the whole concept of operating the vehicle like that just makes me motion sick thinking about it.
Awesome pic and thanks ever so much for brining back memories. 
Much cheers to you and yours.
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Yeah, that facing backwards thing was pretty weird lol - and thanks!
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Hey, the whole idea of being able to use the vehicle as a weapon, wasn't it supposed to have an armored prow to smash through things? Mr Anderson was full of unique ideas.
Much cheers to you and yours.
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That sounds about right, and yes he was - oh and don't forget Mrs Anderson:
AP Films productions
* The Adventures of Twizzle (1957β1959) - production assistant
* Torchy the Battery Boy (first season only) (1960) - production assistant
* Four Feather Falls (1960) - Production Assistant
* Supercar (1961β1962) - Dialogue Director, Voice Artist
* Fireball XL5 (1962β1963) - Voice Artist
* Stingray (1964β1965) - Production Assistant
* Thunderbirds (1965β1966) - Character Visualisation, Voice Artist
Century 21 Productions
* Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967β1968) - Character Creator, Voice Artist
* Joe 90 (1968β1969) - Character Creator, Voice Artist
* The Secret Service (1969) - Character Creator, Voice Artist
* UFO (1970β1971) - Century 21 Fashions
Group Three Productions
* The Protectors (1972β1974) - Production Assistant
* Space: 1999 (1975β1977) - Producer (Year One)
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*Nods* Sadly only a few of those productions have ever been shown in my country.
Much cheers to you and yours.
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Captain Scarlet was another puppet show TV series from the same stable as Thunderbirds - all great stuff from the 60s and 70s. And thanks!
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I watched some on youtube, awesome.
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It's the car from Captain Scarlet.
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AHA! (still no idea... I will wikipedia it. 
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