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As there's a thread about Navy ships, I thought I start one about military vehicles.

Firstly Hobarts Funnies...overlooked by the US Army during D Day but proved their worth on the British and Canadian beaches...

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The DD tank was the only one that the Americans used...although many struggled due to the high tide.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 1:10 pm
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And for those that like to see things going bang...

A US Abrams Tank.

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Posted : 08/03/2011 1:20 pm
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Heres mine

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AS90 Mobile Artillery...

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I was sponsored by the Royal Artillery when I applied for Sandhurst...I wanted to command one of these.


 
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Just realised I posted this in the wrong forum...oops, sorry.


 
Posted : 08/03/2011 2:05 pm
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what i'll be doing...

a pacific 52 rib

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I always found some of the stranger German vehicles very interesting...

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1986 British FV4030 Challenger Main Battle Tank, holds the record for the longest confirmed tank-on-tank kill in military history, destroying an Iraqi T55 tank at a distance of 3.2 miles (5.1 km) with a 120mm APFSDS 'Charm 1' depleted uranium round.


 
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1971 Soviet T55 Medium Tank


 
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The Tzar Tank

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Pink Panther Landy FTW!
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And the predecessor,
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Strela-10M3 (NATO codename: SA-13 GOPHER), short-range, low altitude SAM (Surface to Air Missile) system utilising converted MT-LB chassis.


 
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Does this count?

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Posted : 08/03/2011 9:34 pm
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Summink for those chavvy Chinese lantern thingies...

I made a plastic model when I was a kid.

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One of my friends fixes these.....
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Yes they do count, i was thinking about taking my 1942 BSA Folding Para bike to the SSC a while back, then i picked it up!


 
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Always liked these things:
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Posted : 08/03/2011 10:34 pm
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Mmmmmm, laser tank....
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[url= http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/super-secret-russian-laser-tank-revealed/ ]http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2010/12/super-secret-russian-laser-tank-revealed/[/url]


 
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And how cool would it be to drive this bad boy:
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not quite the same, a [url= http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=56323&cat=6 ]sensible offer[/url] ?


 
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[url= http://www.stvgroup.cz/en/PRODUCTS-SERVICES/Sale-military-vehicles ]Discount tank warehouse[/url]

These chaps are just up the road from me! Coming to the UK this weekend anyway, can I bring something back for anyone?


 
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30mm gun makes a mess. me liked playing
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