steveo578 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 That one is probably an Australian import note the turret ring guards. This also means that the Yad Shiryon Matilda is also out of the running as it too has turret ring guards meaning it was probably from Oz. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centi521 Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
berna2vm Posted December 15, 2009 Share Posted December 15, 2009 Matilda. One of my favourite WW2 tanks. Shame it couldnt house a bigger gun... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) I've looked through the Wheatcroft web site to see if there is any sign of the Matilda but without success, the other place mentioned is titled Musée des Blindés, Canons et instruments de Justice, Geneva, Switzerland which is another of those "Black Holes" for military stuff, it evidently no longer exists, but whether this is some sort of smoke screen I don't know. Steve Edited December 16, 2009 by steveo578 grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 the other place mentioned is titled Musée des Blindés, Canons et instruments de Justice, Geneva, Switzerland which is another of those "Black Holes" for military stuff, it evidently no longer exists, but whether this is some sort of smoke screen I don't know. I know that this one came back to the UK for a short time before leaving the country for sunnier climes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 (edited) Richard Farrant ............before leaving the country for sunnier climes . At the moment Switzerland is sunnier climes. the littlefield collection Matilda is I think an ex Budge tank but I could be wrong. I previously mentioned that a Grizzly went to Geneva, fairly certain it was once the Budge tank Anne or Annie, did it return? Steve Edited December 16, 2009 by steveo578 addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 I applied for the Budge sales list ohh... must have been back in 93 or something like that. I had a Sherman earmarked, but my dad put the kibosh on it due to space at the time. I can't be sure of the price when I phoned up, but it was something like £10000, oh what if. I'll have to search my desk when I'm home again, I'll scan the list in for historical interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 . At the moment Switzerland is sunnier climes. Not what I meant..............it returned from the Swiss collection to the UK. Later it departed for a country in the Near East. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Richard Farrant Not what I meant Joke:)really, just didn't want to press for smilies:) thought it could have been California hence the reply. But if near east means the one at latrun (Yad Shiryon) then it is not the Rainham tank as Yad Shiryon is ex Australian. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Joke:)really, just didn't want to press for smilies:) thought it could have been California hence the reply. But if near east means the one at latrun (Yad Shiryon) then it is not the Rainham tank as Yad Shiryon is ex Australian. Heck, this will go on for ever.............Jordan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 Richard Farrant Heck, this will go on for ever.............Jordan thanks I thought it was "don't ask/don't tell" So is it a private collection or is the army building its own tank museum? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 So is it a private collection or is the army building its own tank museum? Steve the latter I understand Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted December 17, 2009 Share Posted December 17, 2009 Bit off thread, does anyone have any photos of the MH Mk4 at the Martyrs gate in Amman Jordan. see the following link for a v. sad Matilda on a redundant coastal range near Dunbar http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/?q=matilda%20tank&w=588326%40N25&m=pool Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtarget Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 I got the same range safety talk in about 1999, I assumed it was an urban myth! Stone sorry im a year late with this post ...but they told us the same story at Pirbright ranges..but that the window cleaner was killed in Chobham ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted September 30, 2010 Share Posted September 30, 2010 hardtarget ...but they told us the same story at Pirbright ranges..but that the window cleaner was killed in Chobham ! Must have been a really high quality propelant to kill at that sort of range, Rainham to Chobham:shocked: and why are window cleaners always the victim of the Army :cool2: Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardtarget Posted October 1, 2010 Share Posted October 1, 2010 Must have been a really high quality propelant to kill at that sort of range, Rainham to Chobham:shocked:and why are window cleaners always the victim of the Army :cool2: Steve Yes Steve, must have been one of those "magic" bullets like what killed Kennedy ... ie able to move up and down....and left to right ! and map read !!! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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