Top 5 tanks

[d_Guy]

Right, I like small, light tanks:

1. Italian L3/35 - speedy little thing with fixed, twin MGs (useful in modern traffic jams).
2. Panzer I - similar to above (but nastier looking) and with the twin MGs turret mounted - a proof of concept vehicle (REALLY good in traffic jams)
3. Any of the Vickers-Armstrong light tanks but I'll go with the Mark II because it looks the most like a Martian fighting vehicle.
4. The US M1 (not the Abrams MBT) which looked much like the above but could apparently travel nearly 40 mikes without breaking down.
5. The British FV101 - post war but I like its class name.

[d_Guy]

While I posted the picture of the van before knowing of the attacks in London, it may now be seen by the casual viewer to be in very poor taste. No disrespect intended.

d_guy

[fsn]

Absolutely none taken.

[petercooman]

We know so no worries.

[Techno]

Absolutely, Bill....No worries, Matey.

Cheers - Phil.

[Orcs]

My top 5 in no particular oder are ......................


wait for it ............

1 Comet
2 Hetzer
3 Su 152
4 BT 7
5 Pz 4

[Heedless Horseman]

In my misspent youth:
1. Jagdpanther (fell in love with photo from 50 Famous Tanks    ...only really realised the nature of the beast much later!) 
2. SU85 (ditto but less)
3. S tank prototype (ditto)
4. Hetzer (Small, cheap and nasty!) 

(and to show I have no SPAT fetish!)
5. Daimler Mk II (The armoured car that looks just right!) 

Will add Airfix Crusader...just wanted to keep on building them! They looked great...but you ran out of desert!   (And Budgie cage  sand paper made such a mess of the dining table!)

[DanJ]

In descending order:

5) Matilda - Queen of the battlefield
4) Lee/Grant - Every boy's idea of what a tank should be, a stack of guns on top of tracks
3) Churchill - Tough and versatile but generally under gunned.  The Crocodile was the personification of nastiness
4) Conqueror - The Centurion's big brother, last of the heavies
5) Mk IV - Where it all started to come together

If there was a 6 it would be the Panzer Mk IV - Long lived and the backbone of the panzer divisions for much of the war

[fsn]

Reviewing the responses, there's a surprising lack of certain iconic vehicles: nobody has picked the Sherman, T34 is missing, and only FK picked the Tiger - and he likes Aztecs!

[Ithoriel]

Iconic? Maybe not

1) Ratte
2) Maus
3) Goliath
4) Tsar/ Nepotyr/ Lebedenko Tank
5) T-35

[d_Guy]

I think mine where iconic - wait maybe they where doric - well no matter...

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

You really need to get your eyes sorted,
Those were Corinthian!

[d_Guy]

Right again, Kitty - I missed the scroll work.

[Dave]

My top 5 are

WW1 Mk1 male or female - first idea and attempt idea for attacking and crossing the trenches
Centurion - all round good tank
Sherman - first mass produced tank
Leopard - because everybody wants one :-
Abrahams - because the Americans say it's the best

[d_Guy]

You really need to get your eyes sorted,
Those were Corinthian!

Oops - sorry - I really do need an eye check!!