Just found this interesting pic of a Staghound with a Crusader turret - http://www.staghounds.org.uk/view_staghound.aspx?ID=7 ... be a nice...
Fastest tank over rough ground he said.
Were not the "cruiser" tanks Cromwell and Comet effectively fast medium tanks ? The British kept on improving and beefing up cruisers till they...
That's Columbian's for you - must be all that cocaine. :D
I'm on a bit of an armoured car roll at the moment - The FT-17 is often credited with being the first turreted AFV but was actually only the...
I think that's wrong, Ricky - for example - the Ferret (a post war vehicle) - small recce type - was used in policing operations throughout the...
He's not trying to win anything he's just saying it's crap.
To what extent was Britain's expertise in the field of armoured cars a result of their usefulness for policing colonial territories ?
That looks like a really nice kit - armoured cars might be a nice fringe thing to get into. :)
Let's see now - I suffer from a similar condition to your "people who don't laugh at my favourite jokes have no sense of humour syndrome" -...
OK - here goes - America's Sh#t. Get it - huh, get it, huh, huh ? :lol:
A myth, I believe, perpetuated by non-poor Americans - the World's richest nation where a very large part of the population can't afford any...
as a side note - did you know that BAE Systems has a hand in both the Typhoon and the Gripen.
If a farmer can only buy one vehicle, should he get a sports car or a tractor ? :lol:
In a documentary I saw about the Gurkhas a while back their trainers spoke very highly of their personal qualities - for example - good...
No. PS. Don't forget to send us that Christmas tree and any blonde ladies that are going spare.
Nice vid but - Lord Of The Rings ?! :-?
...one hell of a psycholgical and incredibly annoying effect though - planes screaming in and firing rocket and cannon at you all day long !...
Much of the British forces recruitment advertising these days makes the job look like one big video game - clearly aimed at attracting the...
Anyone know if the speed of the aircaft (possibly diving) has much effect on the velocity/power of the bullet ? I remember reading about horseback...
