If forum members were tanks....

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FierceKitty

14 June 2020, 05:24:37 AM
....obviously, given my name and tastes, I'd be a Tiger II, and my wife a Lee. What about everyone else?
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

14 June 2020, 06:52:33 AM #1
Only one - Cheiftain - and don't ask nobby !   :P
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Techno

14 June 2020, 06:53:15 AM #2
Whichever is the thinnest, weediest tank, I suppose...

What would that be ?

Either that, or Oddballs' Sherman that fired shells filled with paint.

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fsn

14 June 2020, 08:18:28 AM #3 Last Edit: 14 June 2020, 08:21:58 AM by fsn
Quote from: ianrs54 on 14 June 2020, 06:52:33 AM
Only one - Cheiftain - and don't ask nobby !   :P
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@Techno - surely you'd be the Whippet?
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Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

14 June 2020, 08:27:52 AM #4
Na Phil would be a CV-33 :P, I'll let you look it up  ;)
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Sandinista

14 June 2020, 08:34:10 AM #5
I think I would be a Matilda 1. Slow, heavy and not quite up to the fight  ;)

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Duke Speedy of Leighton

14 June 2020, 08:36:44 AM #6
T-34, utterly prolific and crew have no idea what they are doing.
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Scorpio_Rocks

14 June 2020, 10:09:08 AM #7
For me it would have to be the Merkava IV:
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steve_holmes_11

14 June 2020, 10:42:59 AM #8
KV-2

Last Hussar

14 June 2020, 11:06:08 AM #9
Jagd Panther

Very good at a specific task, but over engineered and prone to breakdowns.
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hammurabi70

14 June 2020, 11:15:19 AM #10
T-35

Looks big and very impressive but ultimately flawed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-35

Ithoriel

14 June 2020, 11:34:19 AM #11
Maus - big, lumbering, unreliable and prone to breakdowns :)
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petercooman

14 June 2020, 12:10:11 PM #12

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

14 June 2020, 12:19:11 PM #13
So wuz I on that test ! Suspect everyone will be  :'(
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Ithoriel

14 June 2020, 12:33:41 PM #14
I was an Abrams - clearly it's nonsense :)
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