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Thanks for the link! I found out a bunch of Lockheed Ventura´s fell out of the sky around my home town during Operation Ramrod 16. Must have looked like ducks during the hunting season! Hanno

Seeing they used at least one other French-inspired name, APREZVOUS, or "after you", could ANNOUS have come from "à nous"? This tentatively translates as "for us" or "to us". HTH, Hanno (P.S. that biscuit left a nasty taste after I read about anus. . . :ergh: )

Adrian, thanks for the biscuit and hats off to your research! I do not have to tell you how rare it is to find so much of the history of a tank, but I would like to point out this fact to the rest of the forum members. I do have a question, however: was your tank sold directly to Lebanon, or was it sold to Jordan and then sold on to Lebanon? I´m asking because as far as I could find out, about 200 Cromwells were converted by Robinson and Kershaw Ltd in Cheshire. In practice the Charioteer was used by British Territorial Army units only and during mid and late 1950s most of the vehicles were sold to Austria, Finland and Jordan. Jordan equipped two squadrons (24 vehicles) of their 3rd Tank Regiment in 1954. Some of the Jordanian Charioteers were sold to Lebanon. Several of the Lebanese vehicles were picked up by the PLO when the Lebanese army disintegrated during the civil war. They were used by the PLO against Israeli forces in Southern Lebanon during Operation Litani (1978). From this I concluded Charioteers were sold to Jordan and then sold on to Lebanon, instead of being sold directly to Lebanon. Thanks, Hanno

Adrian, even if it ends up half as nice as your Sherman I am looking forward to the end result. Keep up the good work! Hanno

Hint:

I was lucky I got to drive this Scammell at Beltring in 2000. I was very impressed by it's pulling power: with two Scammells on tow, driving it did not seem to make any difference! Picture courtesy of Chris Shillito. Regards, Hanno

Rippo, Is this one on your list already? Source: http://www.armouruk.net/bedford_mw.htm Cheers, Hanno

Here's a picture of a Mark 2. I took pictured it on 22 November last year at Schoorl, Holland. Very rare to see one of these in the wild in Holland. Come to think of it, I think it was the first one I've seen in the metal. Hanno

See the thread Restoration Tip: Electrolysis Derusting on Maple Leaf Up Forum. Hanno

It doesn´t really matter, as he did not come ashore on D-Day .... Hanno

For reference, here is a picture showing the typical method of shipping tanks. All the apertures have been sealed, and a crate with supplies/spare parts carried on the rear deck. Hanno

Well spotted! H.

Clive, Thanks for this excellent picture. The plywood cover is for shipping purposes. I have not seen this variant before, but it nicely covers the open-top turret, engine deck and any extra suplies carries on the rear deck, all in one go. Hanno

He must have been, with that guide walking backwards across a low loader deck, only a few feet in front of the tank . . . Hanno

I think I have one of those. I´ll dig it up and will take a picture (don´t hold your breath, though. . . ) Hanno

Why the handgrenade in the X-mas tree? Hanno

16 litre radial engine with all 9 holes firing without a muffler in sight..... go on, click on the picture! Source: http://www.militaryexport.co.uk/

I love the sound of the Ford V8 flathead in my F15A, other than that I love the sound of radial engines. Although I don´t turn my head when Mr Rolls and Mr Royce have their best 12 roaring! Hanno

you British guys are a funny lot

scale model. . .

Read a German opinion on the Sherman! From: Jentz’s Panzer Truppen, Vol. 2, p.150-151

Here you go. It's yellow indeed! Hanno

You were looking for a Luaz and ran into a GAZ-67? How the §#% did you manage to do that? And why didn´t you buy it. . . Hanno

I could if I was permitted to view it.

Another one, abandoned in Calais.