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[fsn]

I have it. Indeed a great read.

[steve_holmes_11]

Just a quick note.

The Tank Museum shop has some nice books at reduced pricesr.

https://tankmuseumshop.org/collections/books-dvds

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Cheers Steve

[fsn]

As far as  I am aware the vehicle in this picture is  has less armor than a bren carrier, and is not very fast in the bocage of Northern France or the plains of western Europe. Its main armament is also of little use in the anti tank role   

Ah, but imagine how surprised the Germans would be coming across a sub in the bocage!

[fsn]

Seven French Renault R35 light tanks lead a column of mounted troops down a mountain road. This small 10 tonne tank was a char d'accompagnement that would be used to support the infantry. It entered service from 1936, replacing the 20 year old Renault FT in this role. Range, armour protection and speed were all around twice that of the FT, but the R35 was a similar size and had the same 37mm SA 18 gun.

When they say "mounted", they mean on gee-gee's.

[hammurabi70]

Ah, but imagine how surprised the Germans would be coming across a sub in the bocage!

I believe the Germans were.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._30_Commando

I remember reading the memoirs of a unit commander whose German officer prisoner was surprised to be captured by the Royal Navy in the middle of Normandy (actually Brittany I think).

Edit:
Patrick Dalzel-Job
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Patrick_Dalzel-Job

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Dunstan Curtis took the surrender of Keil and then
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunstan_Curtis
Donitz surrendered to the KSLI, his baton is in the Regimental Museum is Shrewsbury Castle (although Patrick, Dunstan's wife, always claimed to me that he refused to surrender himself to the army, so Dunstan Curtis was summonsed as the nearest navel officer as he was nearby...

I still have Dunstan's field glasses.

[fsn]

The commander of a Russian T-80BV tank fires the NSV heavy machine gun during the Chechen War, 1994-96.  The T-80BV is an update of the T-80 with a new turret, autoloader, reactive armour and the ability to fire the AT-8 Kobra ATGM through its 125mm main gun tube.  It was found to be vulnerable to catastrophic explosions if penetrated, particularly in urban combat where the upper surfaces could be targeted by opponents in buildings.  The problem was apparently the combustible case rounds in the autoloader, which ignited easily and could cause the entire ammunition load to chain-detonate; later versions have apparently addressed the problem.

[Raider4]

Interesting photo. All the little 'blocks' covering the turret are the reactive armour, I believe?, And, a mine-roller sticking out the front?

. . .  later versions have apparently addressed the problem.

That's what they want you to believe . . . ;

[fsn]

Well, nobody's come back and complained.

[fsn]

June 22nd 1951, just north of Seoul, South Korea.
Two knocked out and abandoned British Centurion Mk3 tanks are being stripped for recoverable spares.


Gentlemen, a very sad sight.

[Raider4]

Not from either Facebook, or the Friends of the Tank Musuem, but:



Oh my! Found while looking for info about the M48. From the Wikipedia page on Checkpoint Charlie.

[fsn]

That's a scary picture.

[Steve J]

That sums up the Cold War really .

[Ace of Spades]

Nice that they stacked the sandbags around the booth though; that should help a lot!

Cheers,
Rob