Tanks

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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...
 
SHERMAN said:
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...
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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)
 
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LeEnfield said:
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
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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/science/extreme_machines/1280861.html

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

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

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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
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MontyB said:
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)
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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.
 
I believe you are looking at a Mark 4 Tank from WWI yes World War One, the first apperance of the Tank in history...

Here is a wikipedia of the Mark class British tank from 1916

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_tank
It's a tough call, either a Mark 4 or a Mark 5....
 
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yea I know its ww1, but its interesting, I thought it was an Mk1? it says that in the link too, and now you add a 4 and a 5 lol..
 
Donkey said:
I believe you are looking at a Mark 4 Tank from WWI yes World War One, the first apperance of the Tank in history...

Here is a wikipedia of the Mark class British tank from 1916
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_(tank)

It's a tough call, either a Mark 4 or a Mark 5....
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re, the first photo.
I have exactly the same photo in a book I own, British Tanks and Fighting Vehicles by B.T. White.

Its a MK V* (Female)

The second photo appears to be a Mk V (Male), but without a side view I cannot be certain.


ps, the MK V* was a Mk V with the hull length increased by 3 feet to improve trench crossing ability
 
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That wikipedia was a broken link odd here is the actual one

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

They do look like the the Mark 5....

The top one is def a Mark 5 Male
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Mark_V_(male)_tank.jpg

Then agian it could be a Mark 5 star star (with a second turret)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:British_Mark_V-star-star_Tank.jpg

If you know what musem that second one was taken at you could figure out pretty easier by matching it up here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_tank#Surviving_Vehicles
 
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That is an interesting tank....

The crew had to lie on their bellies in a extremely tiny space between the engine and the roof (90cm or slightly under 3 feet)...So much to say that crew members where not clastraphobic...

There is also some dispute over the name, well the CA part anyways...
 
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