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July TOTM chat. And the winner is.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:33 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Please feel free to chat about this months TOTM.
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 10:52 am
by Son of a gun-ner
Oooh, we have our first entry
And it's a very nice looking British/Commonwealth Churchill, ya don't see many of those about these parts
Thank you MichaelC
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Mon Jul 01, 2019 12:32 pm
by HERMAN BIX
And Sweet Jesus is it a nice one too .
Not being a fan of Allied tanks as I am, the Churchill just looks more chunky and capable than the others.
My favorite is the Firefly, but only with Churchill tracks draped all over it
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:08 am
by c.rainford73
What a splendid entry MichaelC! Such a beautiful piece and I agree with Herman a very capable tank
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:19 am
by tomhugill
HERMAN BIX wrote:And Sweet Jesus is it a nice one too .
Not being a fan of Allied tanks as I am, the Churchill just looks more chunky and capable than the others.
My favorite is the Firefly, but only with Churchill tracks draped all over it
I agree on the firefly!
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:50 am
by 43rdRecceReg
The Churchill could absorb a lot of punishment; and needed to, considering how slow it was. It was, like most Brit tanks somewhat under-gunned (until the Comet and Firefly came along, in 1944). Still, it could climb like no other tank. This meant it could attack those enemy positions other tanks couldn't reach ( A Heineken tank?
)- It did so with commendable good effect in the Korean War.
Here's a vid of a beautifully restored Churchill climbing a test hill at Bovington.
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:52 am
by 43rdRecceReg
An enviable possession, Michael, by the way. It's also an excellent product of teamwork
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Tue Jul 02, 2019 2:34 pm
by MichaelC
43rdRecceReg wrote:The Churchill could absorb a lot of punishment; and needed to, considering how slow it was. It was, like most Brit tanks somewhat under-gunned (until the Comet and Firefly came along, in 1944). Still, it could climb like no other tank. This meant it could attack those enemy positions other tanks couldn't reach ( A Heineken tank?
)- It did so with commendable good effect in the Korean War.
Here's a vid of a beautifully restored Churchill climbing a test hill at Bovington.
Thanks guys....... Funny enough at our last meet, Dean had some of the roof vent painted as bunkers and the Churchill just climb right over it. So even the scale version is quite the climber.
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Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 8:28 pm
by Son of a gun-ner
Mr dane61, thank you for your entry
Well, I think you are far too modest, that really is a very nice looking Tiger 1
Re: July TOTM chat.
Posted: Fri Jul 05, 2019 9:32 pm
by Ad Lav
I’m waiting to finish some stuff off, i’m sure you don’t want my old stuff on again
