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Duxford........tanks?

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Not what a lot of people would expect at Duxford, but the museum houses an excellent collection of military vehicles and yesterday we were treated to some displays by some of the more modern stuff..............

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Grandma??? Get out of that turret!!

 

 

 

 

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LOL...yep, apparently she's training to drive that thing too....... :blink:

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Very nice shots.

 

Is that a Marksman AAA? What is it mounted on?

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It looks like a Chieftain to me

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The colour in those photos looks amazing!

 

Is that a PT-76 at the bottom - only know it from the top view :grin:

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The colour in those photos looks amazing!

 

Is that a PT-76 at the bottom - only know it from the top view :grin:

 

Yep it looks like a PT-76

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nice looking pictures there Sundowner :good:

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Grandma??? Get out of that turret!!

 

 

 

 

 

She is probably deadlier than the gun...... :heat:

 

Hou doe,

 

Derk

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Thanks for the comments guys, I'm not that well informed on "heavy" hardware, I dont even know what some of them were.....but they have definately got me intrested.

 

Here's a few more....

 

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Very nice shots.

 

Is that a Marksman AAA? What is it mounted on?

 

The trial unit was mounted on a Chieftan tank...

 

The colour in those photos looks amazing!

 

Is that a PT-76 at the bottom - only know it from the top view :grin:

 

Thats a BMD

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMD-1

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