Tankies, UK BBC2 7 ocklock tonight.

[Vertigo]

Just noticed this.
You may be interested.

[Max-U52]

Noticed what? We've got the time and the channel but what's going to be on?

[Model Builder 4]

The programme is called 'Tankies' Tank heroes of ww2 Gary

Cheers, Lee.

[General Jumbo01]

Thanks for the heads up

[silversurfer1947]

In theory, it is the first of 2 programmes about 6 men from 5th RTR from Dunkirk to North Africa and on to D-day. It is a fill in instead of the scheduled Dan Snow Dig WW2. I can not find when the 2nd programme might be shown. Channels 2 and 102(HD) on Freeview 7 pm tonight, probably UK only.

[adeh]

Episode 2 is listed as tomorrow, Wednesday, also at 7pm BBC2.

[silversurfer1947]

That's changed since I looked earlier. Thanks.

[General Jumbo01]

The episode tonight confirmed everything l've learnt about WW2 British tanks. That's why my WW2 fleet is all Axis and Russian.

[jarndice]

Thats a little harsh,
The Comet was the prototype that laid down the correct balance of Power, Armour and Main Gun for every post war British MBT even though it was a Cruiser tank,
Combined with the Centurion these two late WW2 British Tanks finally gave the Royal Armoured Corps hope for the future.
Apart from the Chieftain Multi-Fuel (Forced on the MOD by NATO) the record has been one success after another.

[General Jumbo01]

The Centurion missed the war and was probably the first decent tank we had My dad did a lot of the drawings for it but that wasn't why it was good

Right now the Chally 2 is winning NATO exercises so we have improved but, no, l don't think l was being harsh at all! The UK just didn't want to spend the money