Engineering:Iron Dobbin
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Short description: Mechanical horse first described in 1933
The iron Dobbin that appeared in Popular Science Monthly in April 1933[1]
The iron Dobbin was a mechanical horse which was first described in Popular Science Monthly in April 1933.[1] The machine, designed by an Italian inventor, was powered by a gasoline engine and moved upon steel pipes allowing it to traverse a rough field.[1] The device was to be used to train the youth of the Gioventù Italiana del Littorio to ride, but was rejected by the Italian military as impractical.[2]
The German military, after seeing the iron Dobbin in Popular Science, designed the Panzerpferd for their Gebirgsjaeger troops, which was also rejected.[2]
See also
- Walking truck
- BigDog
- Goventosa monowheel
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bonnier Corporation (April 1933). Popular Science Monthly. Bonnier Corporation. p. 46. https://books.google.com/books?id=_icDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA46. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keller, Jared (May 22, 2011). "Old, Weird Tech: Fascist Italy's Mechanized Horse". The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/old-weird-tech-fascist-italys-mechanized-horse/239259/. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
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