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Panzer Farm Poland doesn't share a whole lot on FB, mostly them driving the Sherman or T55 at local shows. However, a pair of recent videos from AAAM visiting the farm shows you the scale of what they do. It's quite an expansive workshop and the machine tools are capable. Of course, like the US, no one on the machines under the age of 60
part 1 yard tour and JS1 restoration , part 2 is the shops
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seems more like a "keep the war going" propaganda piece? a few pallets of rusty steel tubing and a handful of AL spars hardly constitutes an aircraft
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On 7/29/2023 at 3:07 PM, Niels v said:
Built from remains found in the Turn scrap yard and I think turret from Kurland. but all based on rumors
sounds about right, i think that's about as good as your going to get considering they only built 1347, so even a collection of parts welded together is better than not seeing one.
hopefully some of other Tiger 1's rotting out in the weather will be inspired by the city of Houffalize to get their vehicles treated better in the near future,
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any information on this one? it was a static display at Militracks, Overloon this year
and according to the Shadock list it's owned by a private collector in Germany . Other than that no info, but at least we're up to 9 complete vehicles so far, and by complete i just mean hull, Turret, gun, suspension with wheels and at least some of the track present. Most of these are a mix-match of parts but that doesn't bother me
BTW, the Houffalize Panther Belgium got a desperately needed reprieve from rusting away into oblivion. A team i think in Germany called the Krings collection had a heck of a time taking it apart and fixing the suspension so the vehicle sits correctly, but it's been preserved, painted, and placed in a new display with overhead awning so at least the Rain and snow won't get it to as much. Bravo to the brave guys who took this on
https://www.keymilitary.com/article/long-watch
more pics here you can scroll thru of the new memorial
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/140/Panther-Tank-Houffalize.htm
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that makes sense, i watched a Russian column have problems with mines and also bad outcome for the vehicles . The Russians tend to just swerve around the destroyed vehicle and keep charging forward, or try and swerve in big circle to go back, but equally bad results.
I watched the strike on this Leo/Bradley grouping as it was stationary and it was hard to figure out what was hitting this bunch though. The Bradleys just started smoking and then exploding. Likely ATGM's , but they looked like they were coming from behind the direction the armor is facing?
the Kornet has already shown effective against Turkish Leopards in Syria, where they blew up half a dozen, including turret-pops. Doesn't appear to be any effective countermeasure against Dual war-head top attack rockets at this point in Russia or NATO
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so didn't you guys train the Uke's there in the UK? Is it standard practice to bunch up all your armor in a tight wad on battlefield with missiles, laser guided Artillery, and Suicide drones all coming in from what look like and endless Rusi supply of this stuff? I was under the impression that during an assault you want some dispersion?
This war has also been extremely light on tank engagements, mostly artillery and drones doing all the work,
which at that point i don't think it matters what Tank make and model your trundling around in
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hard to sell but judging from pic , turret shape and bore evacuator position , looks like another Leo 2 burning, At least the turrets stay on though, so the wrecks are easier to recover. A lick of paint and good as new .
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On 1/28/2023 at 5:15 PM, ruxy said:
Putin has the option first of sailing carrier Admiral Kuznetsov + Aux. Group into the Black Sea , but I doubt he would ratchet up that way. Main problem being it's dry-docked until 2024 at the soonest - so it will not be a sitting duck soon.
why would they put their only carrier in the black sea, anything and everything in he Black Sea is in range of existing Ruso Naval and land-based Air assets.
On 1/29/2023 at 2:27 AM, Mk3iain said:The Turks have closed access to the Black Sea for military vessels and the Admiral Kuznetsov is stuck in drydock and may not sail again. After a series of mishaps, falling dockside crane and at least two fires it is unable to be moved out of drydock for fear of sinking. It's knackered. The mighty Russian military machine is not as mighty as they wanted the world to think.
just left Dry-dock, but still under repair. They really don't need it, what it would it protect or attack? Russia has and always will be a land based military power.
https://www.aerotime.aero/articles/russias-sole-aircraft-carrier-admiral-kuznetsov-leaves-drydock
Aircraft carriers are tools of Global power projection, which is the realm of the old UK Empire and the current US empire
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On 1/26/2023 at 4:19 PM, John F said:
I suspect all NATO parties will have had protracted discussions before releasing our state of the art tanks to Ukraine. It'll be interesting to see how they fare against what the Russians have to offer.
apparently not that well so far, i see a Leo 2-6, Bradleys, a spartan? and they lost many other besides
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14 hours ago, NZM305 said:
Anyone seen Johann, he hasn't been online since July?
I hope the vaccine didn't cause him any further problems, No one at my house had any issues but everyone is different
On 7/9/2021 at 11:26 AM, johann morris said:Does anyone know of a company that might be interested in Laser cutting my sprockets?
Jon
Not laser, Water Jet. Water Jet cutting is very accurate and very low cost. They can do steel up to 75mm thick
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It's been a while, but the Tiger 1 resto/fab. in Australia is now complete as a static display, using many original parts. I noticed the video series didn't have that many views, which is a shame, so i thought I'd share here. I really like the father/son team aspect of it, what better way to spend time together.
Enjoy
They also have a blown up early version of the Tiger Turret with Dust-bin cupola
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not many of these left in the word, this is one in Australia is one of 5 left . The rest are in Russia and Poland
At AAAM down-undah
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3 years can go by so quickly, most people have nothing to mark that time
You have a beautifully restored truck , congratulations are in order, it's a beauty
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54 minutes ago, andym said:
The link works OK for me, shame it isn't moving!
Andy
the old link from last night was in fact not working ;(
I imagine they're saving all the action videos for the owner, AAAM , although you can see Axis track driver pops it into gear.
I'm guessing well over 5 million $$ into this including purchase price. It's impressive
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8 hours ago, rog8811 said:
I cannot get the link to work....that may be just me though
it's not you, it's Facebook, impossible to link to
I have no idea why people use that instead of just creating a you-tube channel .
Please try this.
One nasty little Kitty 😉
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this is finally done, took 4 years which is raher quick IMHO , video
EDIT : GDM Facebook, try this
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i don't think so, if you notice the chunk that was torn off the armor was actually blown inside . It looks like classic spalling from a direct hit where the hole from the outside is rather small, and material torn off other side larger in sizxe or volume of spalled metal pushed into the vehicle . they started using multlayer steel and in British tanks heavy fabric spall liners inside after WW2
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from Wheatcroft collection, something you don't often see, Tiger 1 turret basket floor, original steel frame, replaced sheet
soon to hang under this
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On 7/2/2017 at 5:29 PM, dgrev said:
What has amazed me in the last few years is the dedication applied to bringing back from jigsaw puzzles to fully restored vehicles what was essentially scrap metal.
Regards, Doug
they keep popping up and each one more "jigsawier" than the last .
AAM has started a Tiger 1 or Tiger A or whatever you want to call it. What do you guys think could have blown apart the toughest part pf the tank, the 4 inch thick frontal armor? My guess is ISU-152? The spalling would have killed both driver and gunner
from FB courtesy of AAM
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a shame, they should have just left it alone. Why drag it out then scrap it?
funny back ground track, and the narrator calls is a Heinkel
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On 2/25/2020 at 9:20 AM, Ashcollection said:
well I've got a sentinel tug that was designed to tow the V bombers. don't think our Norfolk roads are wide enough though. because if it was that easy we bloody would have it haha.
forget towing, a quick tune-up and fly it somewhere. You know the old girl has a few left in er😉
Were you able to confirm, is it really complete with engines, flight controls etc?
On 2/23/2020 at 2:48 PM, Jessie The Jeep said:This was asked on a model forum, so someone looked into it. Prices for dismantling and moving ranged from £100,000 to £250,000.
Some serious scratch, even for a wealthy collector, for something that will sit in one place forever. That's assuming it's left as a tanker, to restore it back to is' bomber configuration i can only image.
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29 minutes ago, Mk3iain said:
Just how complete is it though. If it has been stripped of engines, systems and cockpit instruments etc it is just a shell in poor condition.
doesn't appear to be the case, plugs are present in both intake and exhaust, my bet is that it's the same condition as the day they decommissioned it. This was the last operating base for this aircraft, I bet it was simply towed from flight line to gate guardian in 1993
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/raf-marham-offering-free-victor-jet-1-6504843
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56 minutes ago, johann morris said:
It beggars belief that they would even consider scrapping it, I hope that someone comes along and saves it.
Jon
sounds like they don't have a choice. If it's structurally in danger of collapse, there's no funding to stabilize/restore it, and none comes forward, then what else?
It would be bad if this was the last one but (according to Wiki)There's 4 others, 2 can be taxied. It will be interesting to see if anyone comes forward, finding someone with the funding or even a building large enough to display in seems low likelihood?
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Any guesses on what it would cost to simply disassemble and move? 10K pound sterling?
3D Printing Those Missing Parts
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not really, they call it " printing" but it's laser-sintering in a bed of AL oxide powder. The machines are well over a million dollars, it's expensive to do, and the example we got (after a student just HAD to have one), was rather poor. Very grainy/porous texture, prone to oxidation after you machine a clean face, brittle, and you can't weld on it due to the very high oxide content.
Can't comment on other metals, but the AL was not good IMO. This was 5+ years ago, so not sure if it they improved it?
A competent shop that does a lot of 3D profiling on a CNC mill could probably make that part in 10 to 12 hours and probably wouldn't even require 5-axis mill