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Marines42,

If you part with your turret let me know. I could use one.

The same USMC that "mis-sold" the Hummers...:

I can neither confirm nor deny my involvement in that incident.

Weren't most of the Iraqi ones abandoned by the crews without firing a shot? (in GW1 at least!)

 

Stone

Some, but barring the typical catastrophic Russian tank turret toss, you can't really be sure (unless it's burnt through and through). 120mm might be hard to miss, but 25mm and 30mm fired by the Bradley and Hog are smaller and easily skipped...

AFAIK the US is the only nation to use Depleted uranium slugs in cannons..

One on the right looks a little lopsided.

Robin, didn't you email me a few weeks ago about a fox scout car?

Sent you an email back but didn't hear anything, maybe the filter got it...

Russian engineering meets Western tanks...

As an FYI, avoid the ones that have little 120mm holes in them. DU..

CVRT something, first.

Then maybe a BMD1/2/3

Or a T-55..or fv432

I see it as a "pre-stripped" project. Its more a case of repainting a lot of parts and bolting it back together. I also have most of the bits. Others have undertaken far more difficult restorations (ie Adrian and Jims' Shermans rebuilt from range wrecks).

Pre-stripped? you're an optimistic person!

That's a good thing to have with this project.

Looks very nice so far. Amazing that you are restoring what some would consider scrap metal.

That dude be me :coffee:

More here http://www.hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=4427

Fascinating, but I'd hate to think of what could go wrong...

Link to the documentary?

I'm guessing they used a lot of CGI and computers, since the rest of the area is very non-Afghanish, they're focusing on the one 'act' per work and then editing it in to a CGI scenery/afghan photography.

Although the Saracen made me laugh...I don't think it would last that long in Afghan hands!

Got this from ARFCOM, here you go. M60a1 MBT abandoned (Sort of) behind a NAPA auto store in Ruston, LA.

Seeing the dude with RPGs IS fairly real and terrifying.

Double tap..

Now..who is selling a pig in the US?

Thanks for the replies all. I found the technical info very informative and helpful.

The manufacturing pictures are super cool, BTW, whoever has all those saved should be crowned King of the forums for a month.

I should think that in the US variant the only thing kept was the armoured box!

Yep, except with very much upgraded brakes and power steering so turning/stops aren't as much of an issue.

I would assume the armoured body imparts a lot of stiffness, and reduces point loading on the frame, almost eliminating the need for one.

That's the answer I was looking for. Anything else?

They are that good a vehicle that a lot of ex-British Army ones were bought by US police forces, for their SWAT teams..........:coffee:

Yep.

They're selling off some of theirs now and replacing them with other vehicles like the Bearcat. I'm looking to score a pig, hence my asking.

Clearly they do manage to move, and don't snap in half, otherwise they wouldn't have done it.

No way :-D !

Perhaps the Pig is made of skyscraper gauge steel....

When I was on the border a few months ago I remember hearing a very distinctive daimler transmission whine along with a mariachi band playing and the smell of burritos floating to my nostrils.

Might possibly be true, who knows....

How does a 1 ton truck that has several tons of armor on it even manage to move?

Seems to me several tons of armor+8 dismounts/gear would be enough to snap the frame in half.

I take it then that the humber is made of sterner stuff then I'm aware of...

Wouldn't have any problems at all.

While driving along the ROK-North Korean DMZ a NK DSHK (12.7mm, same cal as the .50, but more powerful) opened up on a Sheridan airborne vehicle and tore it up. Only the speed got them out with no casualties but a holey vehicle.

How much are t-55s from poland going for?

Good informative thread.

Marines42..

Where are you located?

Semper FI Devil.

Now that I see a normal (Normal=5'10"-6 foot) human next to a fox I can finnaly see how small they are.

A fox without a turret...only about 10,000 pounds or so? Getty up lil dawwgy.

VW German dude:

"British Engineeering in da haus ya!"

didnt the late Jaques Littlefield's panther have similar damage?

 

Mark

Yeah...sank in a polish bog, plus some extensive battle damage that destroyed the original turret.

As for wild pigs! Sometime ago in Kent, Rural by British standards, only about 100 people per square mile. Someone decided to raise wild boar. closley penned of course! Till a major hurricane in 1987 decided to flatten everything and they all got loose. Walking in the woods in some places has become quite intresting in places. there are also Wild Wallabies (The Australian Hopping thing) in Derbyshire. Also please come and take your grey squirrels back! The **** things are a bl**dy nusiance! Not to mention we seem to have bred a bullet proof variety,:-D

Probably taste great along with some fine English beverages. I've always wanted to call in an artillery or mortar strike on a herd of pigs..