Reasons against Centurions.

[Fenton]

Engliish



German

[Last Hussar]

Whose side are you on, traitor

[sebigboss79]

The side of beauty I would assume....

Think of it like that: TOTTY - why would you care about nationality? You wanna TALK?  

[Last Hussar]

SO its agreed then?  We don't need any centurions

[fsn]

Firstly, all women are beautiful in some way. Some of them more than others. Scottish girls are very beautiful.

Secondly, it's a well known fact that Centurion tanks have a beneficial effect upon those who come into contact with them (unless they're in an opposing army.)  Research from Dr John Galbraith of Wisconsin University in the 1960's (1966 I think) at the time of the Viet Nam war compared the reaction of people to various bits of military hardware. He was trying to design tanks that would encourage the allies and scare the enemy. He used students who knew didn't know a Pershing from a Panther and showed them pictures of various bits of contemporary kit. He told the students that tanks were either "US", "Russian" or "European", irrespective of where they really came from. 

The results were pretty conclusive. Soviet tanks were seen as being a bit "menacing", the M48 was seen as "vulnerable" and the M60 as "well armed". However, the Centurion was seen as being "aggressive" by those who were told that it was a Soviet tank, and "powerful" by those who were told it was a US vehicle.

Thirdly, anyone who has bought from the Australian Viet Nam war NEEDS Centurions, anyone who is thinking about buying the T54/55 NEEDS Centurions and anyone who has a conscience needs to but at least one Centurion to make up for all the evil stuff I've been subjected to over the last small eternity.   

[Fenton]

Whose side are you on, traitor

Which ever side Claudia is on!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

No needs centurions, dey 'ust wans em......

IanS MORE TANKS MORE TANKS MORE TANKS

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Angela Lansbury's mother and grandmother were both highly influential in the British suffragette movement, something she was incredibly proud of, even more than her own acting career.
Without them, equality would not be as prevalent as today.
Not sure how that links to centurions...

[Fenton]

Angela Lansbury's mother and grandmother were both highly influential in the British suffragette movement, something she was incredibly proud of, even more than her own acting career.
Without them, equality would not be as prevalent as today.
Not sure how that links to centurions...

Because FSN has to fight to get the vote for the centurion to be produced?

Best I can do at the minute

[Fenton]

Ok so were not sure about Centurions, but this is pretty cool

An Australian Army Mk 3 Centurion Type K, Army Registration Number 169041, was involved in a small nuclear test at Emu Field in Australia in 1953 as part of Operation Totem 1. Built as number 39/190 at the Royal Ordnance Factory, Barnbow in 1951 it was assigned the British Army number 06 BA 16 and supplied to the Australian Commonwealth Government under Contract 2843 in 1952.[36]

It was placed less than 500 yards (460 m) from the 9.1kt blast with its turret facing the epicentre, left with the engine running and a full ammunition load.[37] Examination after detonation found it had been pushed away from the blast point by about 5 feet (1.5 m), pushed slightly left and that its engine had stopped working, only because it had run out of fuel. Antennae were missing, lights and periscopes were heavily sandblasted, the cloth mantlet cover was incinerated, and the armoured side plates had been blown off and carried up to 200 yards (180 m) from the tank.[36] Remarkably, though, the tank could still be driven from the site. Had it been manned, the crew would probably have been killed by the shock wave.

169041, subsequently nicknamed The Atomic Tank, was later used in the Vietnam War. In May 1969, during firefight 169041 (call sign 24C) was hit by an Rocket-propelled grenade (RPG). The crew of the turret were all wounded by shrapnel as the RPG entered the lower left side of the fighting compartment, travelled diagonally across the floor and lodged in the rear right corner. Trooper Carter was evacuated while the others remained on duty and the tank remained battleworthy.[37]

The Atomic Tank is now located at Robertson Barracks in Palmerston, Northern Territory. Although other tanks were subjected to nuclear tests, 169041 is the only tank known to have withstood atomic tests and subsequently gone on for another 23 years of service, including 15 months on operational deployment in a war zone.[3

[fsn]

That's *sob* beautiful.   

[Last Hussar]

So... you are saying we should irradiate any Centurions sent to fsn?

[Fenton]

Well file down all the sticky out bits at least

[Last Hussar]

Then can we irradiate them?

[fsn]

On a more serious note. I'd like to do the Korean War in summer rather than winter. What could I use in the Pendraken range for Chinese infantry in Mao caps?

Also, I did make up the John Galbraith comment.