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CraigyMc said:
KTF said:
Thats from TaxTheRich. Home of people with plenty of cash and a farm to drive their cars around on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4v4I7Gzk0
It seems to be someone connected to the guy who sold Foxtons estate agents - the videos pretty much certainly are filmed at his estate (Heveningham Hall, Suffolk).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-4v4I7Gzk0
He has a son who competes in FWD rallying. Note I'm not saying it's the son, just the "2+2=" part without any conclusion
But Taxtherich contacted them to deny it, for the Hunt's reputation. link - http://jalopnik.com/5970086/is-this-wealthy-britis...
It could be however a smoke screen denial, much like Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" type of denial
Buff Mchugelarge said:
Fruitcake said:
That's wicked, makes you feel all warm inside 
RyanTank said:
It could be however a smoke screen denial, much like Clinton's "I did not have sexual relations with that woman" type of denial
Hah! I didn't know that.I'm afraid I don't buy the Hunt denial, and I'm pretty sure most people don't, including you.
Instead of asking who was driving, it might have been interesting to ask "was that Rolls Royce drifting on your lawn?" -- because from google earth and so on, it's fairly bleedin' obvious where the videos are being made, once you look at them.
Rolls-Royce drift field: http://goo.gl/maps/lpUJI
Barns from the other TTR100 videos: http://goo.gl/maps/WEI0e
I suppose it would turn into one of those classic situations like Mr Clinton got himself into:
Bill Clinton said:
...depends what the meaning of the word 'is', is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4XT-l-_3y0
As such, faced with someone saying that white is black and black is white, I'd simply suggest to anyone interested, look at the videos, and look at the aerial maps of Heaveningham which I've linked to, and make your own mind up.If after doing so anyone still doesn't think it's at least at that location, nursie will be along with your daily dose of reality drugs soon..
Asterix said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Asterix said:
I do wonder where the shell ended up though
http://www.milfordmarina.com/castlemartin-range-1/
I did a task at Castlemartin after the UK signed the CFE treaty in the 90s. We needed rid of some MBTs tout suite, to comply with the new limits on conventional warfare arms and armaments.
We drove down from Tidworth, and the logistics wallahs trailered a bunch of Chieftain tanks down to us. The armoured corps chaps positioned them, and then we had to put them 'beyond use' to comply with the treaty. Cuts, using explosives, were made in the gun barrel outside the mantle, and the breach was destroyed. A further cut was made into the turret ring, to effectively jam the traverse mechanism, and one of the suspension units was cut from the hull to breach hull armour integrity. They are, presumably, still in place on the ranges as 'hard targets'...
yellowjack said:
They end up in the sea, see, boyo!
http://www.milfordmarina.com/castlemartin-range-1/
I did a task at Castlemartin after the UK signed the CFE treaty in the 90s. We needed rid of some MBTs tout suite, to comply with the new limits on conventional warfare arms and armaments.
We drove down from Tidworth, and the logistics wallahs trailered a bunch of Chieftain tanks down to us. The armoured corps chaps positioned them, and then we had to put them 'beyond use' to comply with the treaty. Cuts, using explosives, were made in the gun barrel outside the mantle, and the breach was destroyed. A further cut was made into the turret ring, to effectively jam the traverse mechanism, and one of the suspension units was cut from the hull to breach hull armour integrity. They are, presumably, still in place on the ranges as 'hard targets'...
There was always a German armoured unit at Castlemartin; peeking into a Leopard 2 was a bit of a shocker after time on Chieftan/Challenger 1.http://www.milfordmarina.com/castlemartin-range-1/
I did a task at Castlemartin after the UK signed the CFE treaty in the 90s. We needed rid of some MBTs tout suite, to comply with the new limits on conventional warfare arms and armaments.
We drove down from Tidworth, and the logistics wallahs trailered a bunch of Chieftain tanks down to us. The armoured corps chaps positioned them, and then we had to put them 'beyond use' to comply with the treaty. Cuts, using explosives, were made in the gun barrel outside the mantle, and the breach was destroyed. A further cut was made into the turret ring, to effectively jam the traverse mechanism, and one of the suspension units was cut from the hull to breach hull armour integrity. They are, presumably, still in place on the ranges as 'hard targets'...
Engaging hards was always so much more satisfying than making holes in canvas screens; even more so with 76mm as there was time to make a brew while you waited for the round to get there and you could actually see something - unlike 120.
IroningMan said:
There was always a German armoured unit at Castlemartin; peeking into a Leopard 2 was a bit of a shocker after time on Chieftan/Challenger 1.
Engaging hards was always so much more satisfying than making holes in canvas screens; even more so with 76mm as there was time to make a brew while you waited for the round to get there and you could actually see something - unlike 120.
76mm? Scorpion?Engaging hards was always so much more satisfying than making holes in canvas screens; even more so with 76mm as there was time to make a brew while you waited for the round to get there and you could actually see something - unlike 120.
Didn't they ditch Scorpion because of fume extraction issues?
My only experience with gunnery was at Lulworth with a Centurion 165mm AVRE, and even then, I was only observing from the driving seat of a 432. The 'flying dustbin' HESH round also took it's time getting to the target. I didn't get posted to 32 Engr Regt in the end, so never got to play with Centurion 105/165 at all. I ended up with a Chieftain-only unit. I qualified as a Giant Viper/Python instructor to make up for it
Regarding the Germans at Castlemartin, my dad got me one of these...
...which were given as presentation pieces when the Germans packed up and left. (Mine is a 'second', with a thumbprint on the '1961'. I've no idea how dad came by it, by it's a nice thing to have, having worked down there).
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