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Tank Experience

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Have a look at:

http://www.armortekblog.co.uk/


to see how we got on when we spent a day at Bovington, on the Museums,
'Tank Experience Day'.

Gill and Mark
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Hello Gill and Mark

Sounds like you had a wonderfull day. Good One :mrgreen:

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Why was Mark poking around the Chieftain. Is that a hint?
Do you have to wear the overalls. i have a nice ss panzer unifirm that would be more suitable.
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Hi mark & Gill,

Seems you have a great day,
i also have a tankexperience day in may 2010 ( also visit Armortek ) :wink:
The tankride was a nice experience ( 3 rounds in the Koeweit arena )
was a little short.
We had 3 tanks to choose from: sherman, leopard and a chieftain,
i choose a leopard, it was amazing how smoot the suspension is of that tank.


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Afterwards we had a guided tour in the museum, and we got a t-shirt of the
tiger 131

regards Yves
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I'd love a go in a Leopard 1 8) 8) Note to Mark - I'd also love to have a 1/6th Leopard 1 - the best looking '60s tank IMHO :wink: :wink:

Anyways, looks like you had a good time :D :D

My memory of driving a 432 was just how hard you had to pull the levers in order to make decent turns. Quite a lot of the time it was two hands on one lever and no hands on the other :shock:

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Back in the early nineties I got invited by my brother in law for a day at Bovvy, that he had purchased at an auction of things you couldn't buy. It consisted of a drive on the simulator, drove a training Challenger 1 on the ranges, visited the workshops, four course lunch in the Officers Mess and a visit to the Museum behind the ropes. Glad you had a good day Gill & Mark. Myself and John Davey went round the sheds the other weekend when we were down there doing demos. The amount of kit they have got in there is pretty awesome.

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Looks like a great day of fun. I'd like a pair of them overalls! Lucky fellow to win a Tiger kit - made his year I'm sure! Looks like an awesome visit. Not many people get to see a ww 1 tank in their lifetime, much less get inside it! wow!

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