Tank builder shuts after 165 years because of slump in order

[second childhood]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... rders.html

[Woz]

Guess we'll be getting Leopards in future.

[huntpe1]

It sucks A hundred years ago we were the richest nation in the world with navy and army that was the envy of the world ! now what Cuts Cuts Cuts we make nothing any more all given away so some _anker can get rich quick and sod everyone else. Sorry but it makes me sick.

[second childhood]

Someone should talk to them about making 1:16 and 1:8 size tanks.

You're right huntpe1, we used be the envy of the world. Now we are a joke.

[Andy in Cheltenham]

Well tanks last longer these days and the world relys on planes more.

[Tankie]

A sign of the times. When we were young we built Airfix kits made in UK, now we build the products of China and Japan. No different in 1:1 scale.
By the way, there are still other UK tank factories and facilities still going (I work at one) - its not like Vickers were the only one.

[FreakyDude]

They say that BAE needed to stay competitive. How much money did BAE make last year?
It's too bad that a return on investment needs to be above a reasonable figure. Canada face the same issues.
I say cancel the orders from china and bring the jobs back.
The jobs were moved there in the first place just because a billion in profit isn't enough.

[FreakyDude]

Double posted lol dang fat fingers on my playbook

[ironmantom]

not good news at all fortunately for the blokes working there my place is recruiting massively in manufacturing so they hopefully wont be out of jobs for too long.

[afv]

That link brought back a few memories, i remember picking up tanks there many moons ago, could'nt load them in the factory it was surrounded by low bridges so had to send one transporter out at a time through the streets followed by the tank until we cleared the bridges then load it and one at a time over the tyne bridge
regards afv.