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Offline Curlew

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BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« on: April 08, 2011, 04:14:35 PM »
I spent 20 mins and only got half way through this page, just so many tanks to look at. Has anyone been here before? Anyone want to fly me there?

http://home.comcast.net/~szee1a/Bovington_Tanks/BovingtonTanks.html
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #1 on: April 08, 2011, 04:48:52 PM »
WOW! Great pictorial.  :aok

Now I gotta find out what the buckets on the rear of the Panthers was for.  :lol
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #2 on: April 08, 2011, 05:07:27 PM »
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #3 on: April 08, 2011, 05:28:02 PM »
     I love watching the Bovington tank days on Youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xYAH9HeDgM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXinuSwpKqg&NR=1

     And BZ certainly seems to know his stuff as well as taking great photos.
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2011, 09:01:11 PM »
Yeah I was there in 1999.  The Tiger was sitting on the floor but it didn't have it's turret installed.  It was still so huge.  They had one of the T-34/Tiger conversions around the corner from it and it was so much smaller that it was hilarious.  They look good from a distance and are better than nothing, but the original is a whole magnitude of whoop bellybutton larger.

They have an excellent collection, and unlike the now defunct Armor Museum at Fort Knox they actually have the majority of them out on display.  There is also a decent armour museum at the far end of the field at Duxford past the US Museum there.
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2011, 09:18:15 PM »
I could see myself stealing a tiger tank and police all around me telling me to "Turn off your engine and exit the vehicle" then I'll run em over and run (Kidding) and make shells and destroy something, I don't expect to get that far  :huh
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2011, 09:46:29 PM »
     Better hope you don't try it in California, think it was San Diego....those cops play for keeps.   

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65reo_police-chase-stolen-tank_sport
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #7 on: April 08, 2011, 09:51:48 PM »
Quote from: Rino on April 08, 2011, 09:46:29 PM
     Better hope you don't try it in California, think it was San Diego....those cops play for keeps.   

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x65reo_police-chase-stolen-tank_sport
Isn't this the dude who got stuck on the high way and couldn't move? I havn't watched it yet.


EDIT: Yep this is the one, saw it a few years ago on you tube. Man was crazy, but i'd do it, from a stand point of not intentionally putting anyone in harm. I just want a tank for myself. Or maybe a black hawk Helicopter.... which is priced at 5.9 M
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Offline Skulls22

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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #8 on: April 08, 2011, 11:24:38 PM »
Where is this place?
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2011, 05:49:37 AM »
Quote from: Skulls22 on April 08, 2011, 11:24:38 PM
Where is this place?

http://www.tankmuseum.org/

Tank Museum, Bovington, Dorset, BH20 6JG UK
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Offline MiloMorai

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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2011, 07:26:05 AM »
Bovington is a place I would like to visit.

For those not on that side of the pond, a list of vehicles that can be found at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa:

M4A4 Sherman tank        
Ram 2 tank with auxiliary turret     
Otter armored car         
CV-33 tankette
T-72M1 tank        
T-34/85 tank         
Lynx Mk2 scout car        
Jagdpanzer 4/70 tank destroyer        
FV432 APC with mg turret         
Abbot SPH         
Sexton 2 SPH   
Churchill Great Eastern Ramp   
M24 Chaffee tank        
M20 armored car        
M3 Lee tank    
M3 halftrack        
C15 armored ambulance        
Valentine tank        
M113 C&R Lynx         
M4A2(76)HVSS Sherman tank   
M4A2(76)HVSS Sherman tank    
M4A2(76)HVSS Sherman tank         
Churchill tank Mk.3        
PzKpfw 2 tank
StuG 3 assault gun     
Fox Mk1 armored car        
Ferret Mk.1 armored car        
Ferret Mk.2 armored car     
BMP 1 APC        
LVT1 amtrack        
Universal Carrier         
Universal Carrier with 2 pdr gun         
Wasp Flame Carrier         
Ronson Flame Carrier
Centurion Mk.11 tank    
Chieftain tank    
FT-17 TANK    
M4A1 Grizzly tank     
M5A1 Stuart tank         
Staghound armored car
Hitler's car
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2011, 03:29:35 PM »
Blackhawks are a bit more than that bud.
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2011, 03:45:22 PM »
Quote from: Vudu15 on April 09, 2011, 03:29:35 PM
Blackhawks are a bit more than that bud.
I google'd it, and went to a few sites, wiki says 5.9 and so does globalsecurity.org. Do you know how much one is?
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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2011, 05:31:39 PM »
Quote from: F22RaptorDude on April 09, 2011, 03:45:22 PM
I google'd it, and went to a few sites, wiki says 5.9 and so does globalsecurity.org. Do you know how much one is?

priceless, as it is the only aircraft that can take you in and out of anywhere, and the only aircraft i would entrust my life with

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Re: BZ's Bovington Tank Museum
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2011, 05:37:52 PM »
Quote from: Wildcat1 on April 09, 2011, 05:31:39 PM
priceless, as it is the only aircraft that can take you in and out of anywhere, and the only aircraft i would entrust my life with

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