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middle wallop?

Middle Wallop yes - Good cafe on site. All I know its a helicopter lol

thought i recognised the blue rope railings.

started my apprenticeship on scouts and wasps, wish my varadero was as simple as one, they only have about 6 moving parts and 4 of them are rotor blades :laugh:

Me, a few mates and some toys last weekend. Honest.

rob

mark1150 wrote:Thanks mate very informative; Paul C guessed that it might be the case, whereas I thought they were all self contained.

no all outside, in case the tank got hit and there was a fire. the trailer could even be jettisoned remotely. british tanks were always prone to catching fire, or 'brewing up', when hit. tankers have a warped sense of humour, germans called our tanks 'tommy cookers', our guys called them 'ronsons', because they lit every time! brave fellas still went in them though. amazingly it took years to figure out to put diesel engines in the things.

rlkat wrote:Me, a few mates and some toys last weekend. Honest.

rob

:laugh: the varadero is the most solid thing there :laugh:

davsato wrote:

mark1150 wrote:Thanks mate very informative; Paul C guessed that it might be the case, whereas I thought they were all self contained.

no all outside, in case the tank got hit and there was a fire. the trailer could even be jettisoned remotely. british tanks were always prone to catching fire, or 'brewing up', when hit. tankers have a warped sense of humour, germans called our tanks 'tommy cookers', our guys called them 'ronsons', because they lit every time! brave fellas still went in them though. amazingly it took years to figure out to put diesel engines in the things.

Amazingly, this was the next pic.

rob

mark1150 wrote:Here's a cople of pictures of My / Our bikes with a tank, outside The Muckleburgh Collection, near Sherringham Norfolk.

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That is a huge tank! hmy:



































Bit silly that they painted it yellow though.

CRAIGREVO wrote:

mark1150 wrote:Here's a cople of pictures of My / Our bikes with a tank, outside The Muckleburgh Collection, near Sherringham Norfolk.

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That is a huge tank! hmy:



































Bit silly that they painted it yellow though.

Picture taken from the "close obb's"viewing bunker on the Westdown Artillery range,Salisbury Plain.

and a view if the bunker from the other direction.

you have to be careful where you stand and yes,It is a legal byway-



and one of my old XTR on the Imber range near Warminster.