{"id":1293,"date":"2011-06-25T20:53:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-25T19:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/?p=1293"},"modified":"2011-06-25T20:53:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-25T19:53:47","slug":"tankfest-2011-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.positech.co.uk\/cliffsblog\/2011\/06\/25\/tankfest-2011-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Tankfest 2011 Pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"

So today I spent half the day at TANKFEST, at the tank museum at Bovington, England. It was very TANKy, to put it mildly. I was amused to notice signs pointing to ‘tank museum and monkeyland’. lets just hope there is never a security breach at monkeyland, because they will be heavily armoured primates, that’s for sure.<\/p>\n

TankFest is where you get to see old tanks (like the churchill) and new ones (challenger) charging about on a tank-race-track, as well as go fondle them up close. The best bit for me was probably the WW2 re-enactment guys who were there in force, very WW2-geeky of me, I know. Let the tank-porn commence:<\/p>\n

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This is the As90 artillery system(above). I climbed inside it and had a chat to the dude manning it. I was curious because it’s the thing that makes my windows rattle when they test it on salisbury plain. Grrrr. It can fire 3 rounds before the first hits the ground, and then scarper quickly before the enemy fires back.<\/p>\n

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This sums up the day really. people dressed as German soldiers, and kids climbing on a WW2 tank. Kids these days have no respect for history. Bah grumble, ‘get off my tank’ etc…<\/p>\n

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I don’t remember the exact number, but this is one of those US half tracks with the rear-mounted anti-aircraft guns that can massacre ground troops. Quite speedy too.<\/p>\n

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For reasons that escape me, I was drawn to the area with German soldiers in trenches. They had a little mock-trench standoff re-enactment between the Germans and the Russians.<\/p>\n

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Some of our plucky desert rats showing the lesser nations just how many guns we can stack in neat little formations. OH YES.<\/p>\n

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For undisclosed reasons I was drawn to trying to get some ‘top view’ photos of the tanks. Here are some of the ones parked outside. Inside, there are about a hundred trillion tanks. It’s a HUGE museum.<\/p>\n

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Is that a T-34? I think so. Anyway, it was the only Russian WW2 tank in the outside display. They had some other, MUCH BIGGER ones inside. I still vote for the Jagdpanther and the Tiger as my favorite tanks. I think I’ve convinced my better-half that having a ‘favorite tank’ is normal for a man of my age.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So today I spent half the day at TANKFEST, at the tank museum at Bovington, England. It was very TANKy, to put it mildly. I was amused to notice signs pointing to ‘tank museum and monkeyland’. lets just hope there is never a security breach at monkeyland, because they will be heavily armoured primates, that’s<\/p>\n

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