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A Vehicles (public) / Re: My small collection
« Last post by Diana on April 02, 2014, 08:08:29 PM »
Nice looking pennant!  8)
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: My small collection
« Last post by 13bravo on April 01, 2014, 04:58:14 PM »
Back from the 2014 swim in only got 1 of the vehicles into the parade need more drivers :-[

But we made the papers


http://www.mmg.com.au/local-news/corowa/no-hiding-the-enthusiasts-in-corowa-1.69361
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: My small collection
« Last post by 13bravo on March 07, 2014, 04:20:22 PM »
I have a video of it in 1966 at the presentation of 10th Light horse Regt receiving their new guidon it was in DBG back then it some sold off from WA so it probably spent most of its time there I haven't had much time to research much else yet the fellow I bought it off only knew about the 10th LHR link.
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: My small collection
« Last post by Diana on March 07, 2014, 12:59:48 PM »
Hi Geoff

Nice little collection.  Do you have any history on the ferret?  Going by the colour it looks to be in Aussie camoflage green?

Diana
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: My small collection
« Last post by 13bravo on March 06, 2014, 01:08:08 AM »
The 1st was the rover bought to teach my son to drive cant speed and tough enough if he made any mistakes ;D  After he got his lic we decided to put it back to original still working on it :D

The XT was a specific ex mil buy we went to Manheim's when the bikes were being auctioned the idea is to keep it in in-service condition has been very reliable I ride it 2 to 3 times a week ( warm dry weather ;D)

the ferret well being an ex tankie I like armour ;D I have been looking around NSW for a reasonably priced jump in and drive away ferret but nothing in the condition or price range I wanted. looking at Gum tree one day and there was a ferret supposedly in good condition driven regularly at an ok price. called the owner he was not in any clubs or on any military forums the car had been kept on a family farm and driven around had been taken to Anzac parades a couple of times on a permit but really used that much made an offer and booked ticket to perth. It started 2nd go and drove well no obvious problems no leaks was using a boat fuel tank on the engine deck but that was not big problem anyway it arrived in Sydney 5 weeks later and is now registered and off to corowa on sat.
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A Vehicles (public) / My small collection
« Last post by 13bravo on March 06, 2014, 12:38:55 AM »
I have a small collection of mil vehicles
a land rover series 3 GS
a Yamaha XT 600 sigs motor bike
and a 1955 Daimler Ferret
here's a couple of pics
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: Centurion MBT
« Last post by afvaus on December 08, 2013, 04:19:57 PM »
Thank you Mike,I'm not totally sure how to take that??? sadly you're probably right on both counts though,as usual!!!
That was the delivery drive before it made its way back down south
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Modern era post Vietnam (public) / Leopard website
« Last post by Mike C on December 08, 2013, 02:56:37 AM »
Michael Shackleton, author of 'The Leopard Trilogy', a mammoth work on all things Leopard, has started a Leopard-oriented website called Leopard Club. It caters to modelers and anyone interested in the broader topic of Leopard FOV and the Leopard User Nations (LUN).

http://www.leopardclub.info/#

The fact-files are interesting, for example, the detail provided clearly shows the difference between a Leopard 1A1 and a Leopard 1A2 - something some people seem to get wrong in relation to the trials vehicles tested in Australia in 1972 (they were Leopard 1, Batch 4 production, upgraded to Leopard 1A1 standard, and with a couple of additional fittings unique to the Leopard exported to Canada and Denmark. They were not Leopard 1A2 models).

Mike C
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A Vehicles (public) / Re: Centurion MBT
« Last post by Mike C on December 06, 2013, 03:29:51 AM »
Yes, it is a fine picture of a notable old veteran (the tank, not the driver, ..... well, maybe the driver too....!)

Interesting you should define MBT as Medium Battle Tank (rather than the more usual Main Battle Tank): The 'Medium BT' was a term that was used in some (few) official Aust publications, and in reference to Leopard AS1 no less(!), so as 13B says, no hard and fast rules with this one. 

As I said, I do not take exception to the description Centurion MBT one little bit, but there are those that have. I was involved in an exchange on the subject on another forum: its just a pity the respondent was not better informed about both the Australian official nomenclature for the Centurion, nor the extent of the official use of the abbreviation 'MBT' with regard to Centurion during the last several years of its service. You can take a horse to water but.....

Mike C

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A Vehicles (public) / Re: Centurion MBT
« Last post by 13bravo on December 05, 2013, 04:48:22 PM »
Tanks are normally categorised as light, medium or heavy. MBT or main battle tank is usually medium or heavy multi role tanks
in the RAAC both leopard and cent were classed as MBT despite there weight differences to my knowledge there is no universal system of categorisation so its a bit hard to be wrong ;D

http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Tank_classification
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