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Offline pipz

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What kind of tank is this?
« on: July 03, 2016, 05:46:15 PM »
Its parked in front of Rickys on route 130 in NJ. No that's not me in the picture!

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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2016, 05:51:35 PM »
Looks like a Chieftain to me.
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #2 on: July 03, 2016, 05:52:10 PM »
Lies.... We know it's you  :old:
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #3 on: July 03, 2016, 06:31:12 PM »
Looks like a Chieftain to me.

That's what I was thinkin. Didn't know if India or someone made a cheap knock off like the Chinese and the Russian tanks.

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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #4 on: July 03, 2016, 06:37:41 PM »
I'm from Vanuatu.... :old:
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #5 on: July 03, 2016, 07:17:39 PM »
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #6 on: July 03, 2016, 07:21:04 PM »
looks a lot like a Cheftain yes.
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2016, 06:11:55 AM »
I'm from Vanuatu.... :old:

Beautiful place! I holiday there often. Are you a member of a Cargo Cult by chance?  :)
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2016, 06:18:06 AM »
Al-Khalid

This thing has been sitting there since when I was a kid in the 70s or early 80s.
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2016, 09:14:37 AM »
Phil Joseph's imported chieftain.
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2016, 07:52:19 PM »
This thing has been sitting there since when I was a kid in the 70s or early 80s.

So it's Canadian then. From Canadia obviously.
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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2016, 10:51:31 PM »
No that's not me in the picture!

How can you be sure?

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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #12 on: July 18, 2016, 12:28:23 AM »
So it's Canadian then. From Canadia obviously.

Quite possibly. It could be have been used by the Brits while training in western Canada and didn't want to ship it back to the UK.

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Re: What kind of tank is this?
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2016, 06:18:57 PM »
It was imported from the UK by a civilian.
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