Identify a tank (possibly French?)

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited September 2010 in The bottom bracket
Whilst out on a ride on Holiday I passed here :- http://tinyurl.com/2bbhouf and you can see there is a tank just off the road. Anyone know what type of tank it was ?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/45700088@N08/sets/72157624947250700/

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  • bartimaeus
    bartimaeus Posts: 1,812
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  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    I guess you would need to see the gear box to confirm that it was French. 1 forward gear and 3 reverse would do it, or just 4 reverse gears would indicate an Italian one.
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    I guess you would need to see the gear box to confirm that it was French. 1 forward gear and 3 reverse would do it, or just 4 reverse gears would indicate an Italian one.

    Beat me to it!
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  • Chip \'oyler
    Chip \'oyler Posts: 2,323
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    I guess you would need to see the gear box to confirm that it was French. 1 forward gear and 3 reverse would do it, or just 4 reverse gears would indicate an Italian one.

    A bit like the British tanks that were stuck in reverse all the way back to Dunkirk
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  • innocenti
    innocenti Posts: 33
    Chip \'oyler wrote:
    Bobbinogs wrote:
    I guess you would need to see the gear box to confirm that it was French. 1 forward gear and 3 reverse would do it, or just 4 reverse gears would indicate an Italian one.

    A bit like the British tanks that were stuck in reverse all the way back to Dunkirk

    Not quite, Battle of Arras 1940 we acquitted ourselves quite well

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Arras_%281940%29
  • northernneil
    northernneil Posts: 1,549
    cool - ta
  • Splottboy
    Splottboy Posts: 3,694
    Surely if it WAS French, wouldn't have it a slimey snails-trail left behind it?
  • Homer J
    Homer J Posts: 920
    Don't think it's French, I don't see a white flag anywhere :)
  • jellybellywmb
    jellybellywmb Posts: 1,379
    Looks like a AMX-30 Main battle tank, Manufactured by Giat Industries (France), Produced in the mid 70s. Crew of 4 and weighed about 35.5 tons.

    The main armament is a 105mm Smoothbore gun and a secondary 20mm cannon. Over 3,500 were built, it had a range of 280 miles and a top speed of 41mph

    P.S Bloke at work is the tank geek not me!!!
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Cheese eating surrender monkeys.

    Did you know the french have no word for entrepenuer ? :D
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    edited September 2010
    2 stroke engines, can choose between having a box full of reverse and box full or forward depending on what way you crank it.

    There's one hanging about on a road in Kincardineshire but I can't remember where so can't get it's location on Google Earth. :-(
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    jellybellywmb wrote:
    P.S Bloke at work is the tank geek not me!!!

    ask your friend if he knows the main visual difference between a T54 and a T55....(without googling it)... ;)
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Doddle. The turrets are different, the T55 doesnt have a cupola hatch on the turret. the other one is the T55 was fitted with a barrel adjacent searchlight, but this can't de distinguishing as a lot of T54's had these retro-fitted.

    I love tanks, me. :D
  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    dmclite wrote:
    Doddle. The turrets are different, the T55 doesnt have a cupola hatch on the turret. the other one is the T55 was fitted with a barrel adjacent searchlight, but this can't de distinguishing as a lot of T54's had these retro-fitted.

    I love tanks, me. :D

    not quite - the T54 had a turret ventilator fitted, which the T55 didn't...not aware of any difference on the hatches...
  • Aggieboy
    Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
    Tanks, bombers, fighter planes! !! All I need know is a BMW estate driver on Cake Stop waffling on about how fantastic their car is, and my life will be complete. :wink:
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  • bartimaeus
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    BMW estate? Probably handles like a KV-1.
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  • volvicspar
    volvicspar Posts: 208
    Whatever it is, you've found a good use for it. Bike hanger :p
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Aggieboy wrote:
    Tanks, bombers, fighter planes! !! All I need know is a BMW estate driver on Cake Stop waffling on about how fantastic their car is, and my life will be complete. :wink:

    Yo, oi oi oi, you are not referring to the one who shall not be mentioned ? The all seeing-all knowing surfer dude ?

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  • Rouge Penguin
    Rouge Penguin Posts: 347
    i didnt think anyone would actually buy those tank magazines you build on a weekly basis, but i guess there all in here. Introductory £1.99, 100 additional payments of £6.99 to complete the turret.
  • BigG67
    BigG67 Posts: 582
    One of my mates was in the Duke of Boots regiment and was seconded to the weapons inspection unit at the MOD.

    He told me once that one of the ways that countries manage the number of tanks they have is to fit a ruddy great bolt that blocks the turret from turning through 360deg...it is therefore a mobile gun and not a tank.

    Glad to see that the same attitude found in F1 teams is alive and kicking in the military :shock:
  • father_jack
    father_jack Posts: 3,509
    Seen 1:6 RC model tanks, really expesive and need a pallette truck to move them about..200kg :shock:
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