Reasons against Centurions.

Started by Last Hussar, 10 August 2013, 02:41:23 AM

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Fenton

If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Lord Kermit of Birkenhead

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

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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...
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Fenton

Quote from: mad lemmey on 11 August 2013, 09:04:06 AM
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
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

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
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

fsn

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Last Hussar

So... you are saying we should irradiate any Centurions sent to fsn?
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

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Fenton

Well file down all the sticky out bits at least
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!

Last Hussar

I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
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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.  :-X
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Orcs

Quote from: fsn on 11 August 2013, 07:17:51 AM
Firstly, all women are beautiful in some way. Some of them more than others. .

You obviously never met my Ex  :D
Quote from: fsn on 11 August 2013, 07:17:51 AM
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.   

Whats a conscience ?????  My current partner says I don't have one  :)


Rather than iradiate them i think Leon should just send FSN pictures of dozens of cast centurions with a note saying "Not yet avaliable" and put his order to the bottom of the pile. 

Then we can all tease FSN about our Centurions are and how fast Leon posted them to us.  We should be able to string at least another month of mickey taking after thaey are actually released to the rest of us. ;D ;D



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fsn

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Last Hussar

fsn - I'm writing Friday's scenario.  For a small fee I can make sure his Poles collapse to the Wehrmact   ;) :d

Sorry I mean his Militia have an interesting game against SS Panzers
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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fsn

Could you not just add a couple of Centurions to the mix?
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3 votes in the 2016 Painting Competition!; 2017-2019 The Wilderness years
Oik of the Year 2020; 7 votes in the 2021 Painting Competition
11 votes in the 2022 Painting Competition (Double figures!)
2023 - the year of Gerald:
2024 Painting Competition - Runner-Up!

Last Hussar

Short answer.

No


Long answer

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
I have neither the time nor the crayons to explain why you are wrong.

"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Fenton

 
Quote from: Last Hussar on 12 August 2013, 11:43:54 PM
Short answer.

No


Long answer

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

;D
If I were creating Pendraken I wouldn't mess about with Romans and  Mongols  I would have started with Centurions , eight o'clock, Day One!