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Clearly he must have been Republican Guard!

Shame we are so far away, our Type 69 was captured in 2003 outside Basra by the British 16 Air Assault Brigade, it has been itching to even the score ever since, be great to put it up against Al's contingent of Brit Armor!

John

Thanks Malcolm, I have dealt with Michal before, he is a good guy to deal with, I will drop him a line

John

Should be very little problem in shipping to Canada as long as the buyer/receiver has a possession and acquisition license. Simply classified by Canada Customs as a single shot rifle, have imported more than one tank cannon the same way and working on another from the UK now.

John

Thanks everyone. Some good ideas there.

Outstanding!

John

I hope nobody here is implying that the fellow that brought us such serious accomplishments as the "tank limo" and the "tank hearse" might be pulling a fast one to get a little free publicity? Say it ain't so!

Holy crap! I have an Iraqi tank in my backyard that came from Stuart at Armourgeddon....I have retired!

John

Anyone have a source for new, used, serviceable electric starting motor for T54/5 series Soviet tanks?

Mark they used the 3 piece differential you see in the video and a single Detroit 6046 engine, the same power plant they used to re-power the Canadian Forces monument Sherman they subsequently stripped bare...but that is another story. Once they had the drivetrain installed they realized the differential turned the wrong direction giving them 5 reverse gears and only one forward gear. Instead of changing direction of the differential, which is relatively easy on the later one piece units or changing the rotation if the engine, which is even easier given Detroits ability to run either way by changing the timing gears, they instead added a remote mounted truck transmission and placed this transmission in reverse. As you can see hilarity ensued. Looks good on this group....

Yes Robin, that is the same one...they are shameless when it comes to the outright lies they offer as to the "replicas" heritage...normally I don't get involved with commenting on others vehicles unless I have something positive to offer, but what this group did to the monument Sherman from CFB Chilliwack, who's care they were entrusted with, is nothing short of disgusting. One fellow MV'r likened it to robbing a fallen soldiers grave...

Yes sir...only a tad overpriced...by say about 249K USD;)

Why have shovels not hit the dirt yet? Rick your a damn tank tease!

Hey Kevin, I did see your add on Milweb, looks like a hell of a package you have there. I have always dreamt of a WW2 British tank in the collection...any chance you want to trade for a Stuart or a Sherman project? I know it's off topic...but I started this damn thread!

For sale in Canada REPLICA Achilles....seller has failed to mention that this is a complete fabrication, including turret and hull, no real Achilles parts on it...no serial number, search YOUTUBE for "M10 tank destroyer out of control over a bank". Buyers Beware!!

That is fantastic, your internal mechanisms are works of art! Very inspiring!

That's a good video Dragnm, finally puts to rest the myth that the British dispatched the "Black Baron" and proves beyond a shadow of a doubt the Canadians sent him to his final reward...but I digress

We have a group here in Canada that has built a replica M10 Achilles. They started with Sherman bogeys and differential recovered from a scrap forestry yarder. Not one genuine M10 part on the whole vehicle, complete replica hull turret and gun made from scrap steel...but a very convincing job. Problem being they have concocted a story about finding the vehicle abandoned in a Canadian scrap yard and have kept pushing the narrative that it us a "restoration" not a replica...in my opinion replicas are great, good way to get into what has become a incredibly expensive hobby...but misrepresenting replicas as genuine is simply deception and should not be tolerated

That is awesome....great job!

John

I used to eagerly await my subscription every month...but now, it usually gets a quick skim and on to the pile...all these buyers guides and general articles about who had what vehicles in WW2...seems like page fillers...I to am armour biased but seriously how many jeep and landrovers articles do we need? So much interesting stuff going on, especially in the UK...can't we get some shop visits? Or drone photos from Kevin Wheatcrofts? Or anything exciting? Please!

Hi Terry

still trying to raise you, I will rake the lot

thanks

John

Go Get It Boys! Don't take no for an answer, very exciting!

Private message sent

Rick, If you need the bazooka plates for one of your Centurion restorations you can collect them from Carl's if you go down and pay him a visit, no use shipping them to Canada, I had hoped they were similar enough to Chieftain...boy was I wrong!

Oddly not the first time either...

John

Rick

Carl scrapped a rather scruffy Centurion ARV a while back, I don't think there is too much left. If you need Centurion Bazooka plates for either tank, I bought those from Carl and they are sitting at his place, I would trade them for a set of Chieftain ones if the opportunity arose

John

Yes sir, concrete