No it isent....

LOL...ignoring huh? The one you said was russian was surely not... Looks like the M48 to me....

I forget just which type of Russian tank that one was, but it has the red star on it, so when I get a minute I will try and look it up

I dont know what star it has, but it is clearly western. Vickers suspension, 0.3 or 0.5 browning....And it looks very much like the M48, although the gun looks odd...maybe an early version of the 105mm...

Originally Posted by SHERMAN

I dont know what star it has, but it is clearly western. Vickers suspension, 0.3 or 0.5 browning....And it looks very much like the M48, although the gun looks odd...maybe an early version of the 105mm...

I agree it does look a lot like an M48 just wondering whether it could have been a captured one from late Korea (I think it went into service in 1952) or Vietnam hence to odd gun and red star. Incidently the gun looks like the Russian 100mm D10T-series (same one as mounted on the T54-55)

Originally Posted by LeEnfield

The problem is just where could they use it and how would they get it to any battlefield. It would be to big for the railways, there would not be a bridge strong enough for it to cross and even though that it has a load of AAA guns on it it would still be vulnerable to air attack

Let's not forget the Germans made some really big guns...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav

A PopularMechanics Article on it
http://www.popularmechanics.com/scie...s/1280861.html

They could surely find a use for that one....

Originally Posted by LeEnfield

Here is a odd tank, does any one know what it's job was

It is a Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle or BARV
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BARV

Here is a modern Dutch one on the Leopard 1 Chassis

Originally Posted by MontyB

I agree it does look a lot like an M48 just wondering whether it could have been a captured one from late Korea (I think it went into service in 1952) or Vietnam hence to odd gun and red star. Incidently the gun looks like the Russian 100mm D10T-series (same one as mounted on the T54-55)

The M48 at Bovington is a T48 phototype sent over to the UK for evaluation by the Ministry of Defence, so its a none-standard early model.

Originally Posted by redcoat

The M48 at Bovington is a T48 phototype sent over to the UK for evaluation by the Ministry of Defence, so its a none-standard early model.

Cool but why the red star?

whats the name of this one? Its a British tank:





The same one I think: