FlatEric999

March 31

Nice little introduction to Swingfire, its development and capabilities, in this video from the Tank Museum:

March 28

If you like James Holland (I do!) try the WW2 podcast series he co-hosts with Al Murray, "We have ways of making you talk" - they've recently completed an 8-part series called "Cassino'44":

https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ww2-pod-we-have-ways-of-making-you-talk/id1457552694

Also available from other podcast aggregators. Enjoy

June 4, 2023

Actually it got to 8:20 mins before they had to call in the Foden

June 4, 2023

Slightly off-topic, but if you'd like to see and hear a Chieftain Mk10 in Berlin camo, check out Mr Hewes YouTube channel (he buys and restores mostly ex-British Army equipment from the Cold War era).

In this episode he takes the Mk10 to Catterick Garrison - Chieftain starts around 6 minutes in:

Turn up the volume and enjoy

February 23, 2022

+2. Fabulous! Many thanks for putting this together - much appreciated

February 2, 2022

The Italian tankettes were themselves derived from the British Carden Lloyd Mk VI carriers (Italy imported four of these in the 1930's and then copied them to form the basis of their own designs). The suspension is a real give away:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette#/media/File:Carden-Loyd_Mk.VI_Strängnäs_12.08.11_(3a).JPG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carden_Loyd_tankette

See also this recent Tank Chat video from the 'Boys at Bovy' that explain the history of the Italian Carro Veloce tankette (the suspension on which has evolved quie a bit from the original Carden Lloyd design):

May 4, 2021

Glad you like the photos

Here's a few more from an earlier - and dustier - Tankfest from 2013 (the theme of which, was the Cold War!). Includes the same M60A1 as above, plus an M60A3:

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When can I get one of these in the game?

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May 4, 2021

Hi Hetzi,

here are some photos I took of the M60A1 at Tankfest 2019, in Bovington, Dorset which may be of interest in your quest for the correct colour scheme. I can't swear that the scheme is 100% accurate, but I know the museum goes to a lot of effort to preserve their vehicles in as authentic a condition as possible.

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Note - the M60 really is a lot bigger than a Churchill tank...

March 7, 2021

Whoops, posts crossed in the ether - glad they've appeared

March 7, 2021

Sorry MJ, I don't understand why they're not visible to you Based on the feedback from Vacilllator and Baneman, maybe you have to be in the UK to see them.. ?

[If anyone more technical than me can advise what the problem is I'd be grateful. My photos are hosted on Dropbox - I've copied a link to each photo and pasted it into 'Insert image from URL' option under the 'Other Media' drop-down list; I've then replaced the -0 at the end of the Dropbox link with a -1 so the links embed the image rather than taking you to Dropbox. All advice gratefully received!]

March 7, 2021

March 7, 2021

Wasn't the PT-76 the first combat victim of the TOW missile (in Vietnam)? I think the key advantage of the PT-76 was it could swim / float - other than that it was a fairly basic vehicle with thin armour and a modest gun (effective range 600-700m?). They used to display one at Duxford as part of the mini-tankfest events they organised to coincide with Father's day - very dusty affairs!

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This time with added dust and showing off it's 'mega hatch' to good effect:

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Since comparisons have been made with the CVR-T, here are some shots of a Scorpion and a Sabre (a hybrid vehicle that mated a Scorpion chassis with the turret from a Fox armoured car to produce a Scimitar-like vehicle).

Scorpion:

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