Marsh
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I wonder why some of the Merkava turrets are blurred out and others not?
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I am not sure if you are real, a bot, someone who is a WUM, or just dim. Please think before you post. I know something about armoured vehicles, but try not to post here unless I have something to contribute. Just in case I look stupid. Perhaps you could do the same?
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Are you going to provide the money? What is preferable and what is possible are not necessarily the same. Marsh
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Hi, It's 120mm. There is a little information inside a book of commemoration for the designer of the suspension system. It's in Hebrew but very interesting nonetheless. I don't have the link to hand, however, I am sure Mighty Zuk does.
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Hi Zuk, The Centurion was obsolete and had already begun withdrawal from IDF front line service well before the M60. Hence ready availability of hulls. the M60 was obsolescent, but still upgradable, even though the intention was to replace them with the Merkava as they became available. I thought the Pereh was based upon the M48? I know of the light tank proof of concept vehicle. I don't think the intent was to use it on the Golan.
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The M60 was still considered an upgradable, if obsolescent, tank. The Centurion was considered obsolete and at the end of its service life. On the other hand, the torsion bar suspension of the M60 was not as well liked as the Horstmann suspension of the Centurion which was seen as easier to repair and more suited to the rough terrain of the Golan. Given this, it was always more likely that the Centurion would be the vehicle likely to be retasked.
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Sadly... yes. Much too early.
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I can't claim credit. It was a friend, a Finnish soldier who served with UNIFIL.
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Hi I tried, but it wouldn't load. If you PM me your email address I will send you it and you can try. Cheers Marsh
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An excellent, detailed analysis. Thank you very much for providing an English version. Much appreciated! Cheers Marsh -
Will you horrible lot please stop mocking our magnificent, if archaic, tanks. I will have you know that British tanks have boiling vessels on board. Our crews can make tea whenever they like! I bet the T-14 doesn't carry a samovar, so no mocking until it does! Marsh
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It's a lunch box! (Or a snap tin, for those of us from the North of England).
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Hi, I am asuming that is the primary paint coat for the Eitan. It definitely isn't standard IDF olive grey. Although strangely , it has the basalt non-slip chips applied and that is done after the primer. Hmmm
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Sorry, no. He was a "metal basher" on the Chieftain production line. (I am old....).
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Leeds, my home town. Used to have a friend who worked on the production line there.
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Syrian tanks at war. Some pictures and words between them.
Marsh replied to LoooSeR's topic in Mechanized Warfare
There was a discussion on Tanknet about this particular Centurion. I believe it to be one of the Jordanian Centurions knocked out in 1973.- 1,345 replies
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Who has been talking about me?
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There is something almost comical, (if no doubt exasperating), when a nut job like Mike Sparks, has a go at someone like Jim Warford, with his proven service, knowledge and integrity.
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Not only can you find Namers with Merkava 3 tracks, some of the early production run of Namers, (I am not talking about prototypes) used modified Merkava 3 hulls rather than that of the Merkava 4.
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Hi Adraste, No UN soldiers there. If you mean the bloke with the blue hat, shirt and grey trousers, based on previous experience, he is probably from MANTAK.
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General Naval Warfare News/Technology thread.
Marsh replied to Belesarius's topic in Naval Discussion
Hi, I didn't say I thought Ekranoplans were a spectacularly good weapon system, I just love their retro-futurist designs. -
Thanks for the update. Interesting. re Ekranoplans Drool. I love them!
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Hi, At first it does look like a Carpet mine breaching system, but that is not the projectile usually associated with the system.
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The Merkava 1, (updated with elements of a Merk 2) in France, isn't "travelling". It is on permanent display at the excellent French tank museum at Saumur, which I have had the pleasure of visiting. cheers Marsh
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Thanks for reloading the photo!
