Why are you 'into' tanks?

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by von Poop, Sep 17, 2022.

  1. Orwell1984

    Orwell1984 Senior Member

    For the memories.

    Tanks for the memories. :tank:
     
  2. Dave55

    Dave55 Atlanta, USA

    Tugboats, draw bridges and tractors too
     
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  3. ltdan

    ltdan Nietenzähler

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    As a child, this ancient M 47 was our absolute favorite playground for years. You couldn't actually get into it because the hatches were welded shut. But there was the then 9-year-old little ltdan, who had once heard from Grandpa something about floor hatches in tanks - and voila: Disneyland is open!
    When we were a bit older, we collected found ammunition and used it to detonate small DIY bombs in the interior, we also... well, let's not talk about that >cough<
    In any case, this time brought me literally "into tanks"......
     
  4. Slipdigit

    Slipdigit Old Hickory Recon

    That sounds like high dollar fun.
     
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  5. Wg Cdr Luddite

    Wg Cdr Luddite Well-Known Member

    As a youngster getting into wargaming(1970s) we were into tanks because the rules of that era were biased towards them.
    As I matured (yes, I know) and began to research how and why battles were fought I realised that tanks were merely one aspect in an all-arms battle. the rules we write nowadays reflect this.
    In the last couple of years or so I have even developed an interest in the different types of M.T. which teenage me would have laughed at.
     
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  6. rick wedlock

    rick wedlock Member

    a few years back i went to my first military vehicle show with my father and noticed there was a distinct lack of british tanks, plenty of US and replica german. i looked at the veterans sitting in the VIP area and i felt a little ashamed, like my generation had let them down. so i decided then and there to do something about it.
     
  7. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

  8. bamboo43

    bamboo43 Very Senior Member

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  9. Uncle Target

    Uncle Target Mist over Dartmoor

    I liked the guns and the sounds that they make. 25 pounders especially. The crack as they fired and ring of the shell cases as they eject.
    The Mediums in the distance, kicking up the dust and shaking the ground we stood on a mile or so away.
    Many of the Surveyors hated bangs but it raised my adrenaline as do fireworks. The sound of shells passing over the OP and exploding on the hillside opposite. The rattle of machine guns, particularly the Bren and the recoil of the 303 rifle.
    The TA avoided them once they got the SLR.
    I think one of the many reasons that I didn't join up was that the Royal Artillery went over to missiles.

    To me tanks are stuff of nightmares.
    My father was a licensee, I spent many hours behind the bar (mostly out of view below it).
    Men would come in particularly on a Friday night to drink and talk (often arguing) about their war experiences.
    Many were in the Artillery or Tanks. Their conversations always turned to the screams of men trapped burning in their tanks.
    In later years many of my friends joined tank regiments but their conversations were similar often talking about their time as drivers
    and where to keep a pistol ready to blow their brains out in case the tank was hit.
    Odd sense of humour in the British Army, perhaps that's how they survived the many wars they fought.
     
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