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Started by fsn, 20 July 2018, 01:53:28 PM

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Big Insect

I think the slogan on the side of the Boxer is a bit rich, considering it is a European collaboration.
But nice to see our ancesteral heritage from the continent being acknowledged   ;)
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fsn



A Avro Vulcan leads in 'Vic' formation four English Electric Lightning F.6s during a flight in April 1968, to mark the disbanding of Fighter and Bomber Commands and the formation of RAF Strike Command.




Them were the days when 'planes looked good. :D
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Duke Speedy of Leighton

The archaeologist in me ignored the planes and focused in on the massive crop marks bottom right...
wrong that
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FOG IN CHANNEL - EUROPE CUT OFF
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There's also something in the upper left..
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pierre the shy

05 April 2021, 12:42:50 PM #425 Last Edit: 05 April 2021, 12:45:33 PM by pierre the shy
Quote from: ianrs54 on 05 April 2021, 09:57:55 AM
How can you ignore Lightnings

You can't really ignore the Lightning in this photo:

https://fearoflanding.com/photography/the-story-behind-an-unbelievable-photograph/

somewhat amazingly the pilot did survive dispite ejecting at very low level and going through the roof of a greenhouse full of tomato plants.....

Looks like the Lightning left its own crop marking where it impacted  ;)
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moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are.

fsn

My grandad had a tractor like that.
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A Fordson Super Major, very collectable now!
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Raider4



Germany still fields tankettes! Looks almost like an upgraded Vickers Light Mk.VI . . .

Love the little bit of plastic to stop it rolling backwards.

Orcs

Decidedly more punch than a Tetrach.
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Steve J

It does have something of a tankette look about it for sure.

Raider4

Yeah, it's not that much smaller than our Scorpion/Scimitar vehicles - slighlty 'stubbier', maybe.

I just saw that picture and thought it looked very much like a Vickers ;)

steve_holmes_11

Definately the Vickers / Carden LLoyd look.

I find it hard to take armour that size seriously (Unless it has a Jaguar engine).

Orcs

Quote from: steve_holmes_11 on 13 April 2021, 01:39:03 PM
Definately the Vickers / Carden LLoyd look.

I find it hard to take armour that size seriously (Unless it has a Jaguar engine).

It probably has a Porsche or Mercedes engine
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With the rise of Cold War tensions following the Cuban missile crisis in late 1962, the US conducted "Exercise BIG LIFT" in 1963 to demonstrate its ability to transfer reinforcements to Europe very rapidly if required.  The exercise transferred the personnel of a complete Armoured  Division from Texas to Europe in four days, where they married up with pre-positioned heavy equipment and armour.  As much of the point of the exercise was deterrence, it was highly publicised in the news and media, hence this photo from LIFE magazine


AKA Soviet bomber pilot's dream come true.
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