The Crompton Military Vehicle Collection? - And now 'Combat Dealers' TV chat.

Saw a trailer but they didn't say when it was on. Did it clash with Bake Off?!?!

 

It's on again tonight I think

 

I was impressed by the impressed 18 pr in the container. I could see Andy buying that one. It looked like it had a muzzle brake like the German-modified French 75.

 

I wondered if anyone would mention this - 250 blokes cut off behind enemy lines. I wonder if there's anything at Kew? Anyone know what unit they were?

 

Looks like they were officially vetted in the sense that anyone useful was prevented from going. It certainly wasn't a case of 'military advisors' according to this:

http://www2.hs.fi/english/archive/news.asp?id=20020319IE11

 

Bruce mentioned 1/2 million at one point for the Hetzler, but that seems a bit excessive, I was wondering why a museum would want a tank in their collection which had no historical connection with the war events in their country, seems bizzare like they want to relive the European war particularly as a few of the spectators were wearing German army uniforms.

 

Between series they post video updates on the The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum Panther restoration

The Australian Armour and Artillery Museum

and the video of how it began




Kyle

 

Combat Dealers - S04.E03: Dunkirk

Dunkirk

Kyle

 

I watched Combat Dealers tonight which involved Bruce returning to Arnhem with Freddie ? They purchased a Dutch Resistance Radio inside a hollowed out book ..now my question the Book in Question was ` An Introduction to Physical Science` (First Published I believe in 1933 ) would a resistance fighter hide a radio in a book printed in English and published I would assume in England knowing that a Germans suspicion would immediately be roused by the mere presence of such a book without actually looking in the thing? Or have I missed something (again)



Cheers

Kyle

 

Watched it, quite poorly researched. From memory they went to the wrong 'East Mole' amongst some other stuff.

 

Now you have mentioned it I have gone back and looked again at tonight`s Arnhem episode and bearing in mind he was buying items supposedly with an Arnhem connection amongst his car pennants (true he only originally wanted one) lot was `Lord Mountbatten of Burma` did he ever visit Arnhem ? Bit out of the way ..

Kyle