Tanks, Planes, Boats, Military Stuff

[Rey]

(07-05-2011 12:40 PM)NWoBHM Wrote:  Talking of Private Ryan and Tiger Tanks - this was on TV the other day over here, and you realise that one of those tanks, with its "outriders" of support troops made it an invincible weapon to deal with.

The clip was brilliant Rey top stuff

For the record, that clip wasn't one I filmed, I was just pointing it out here. I was at that event though, and seeing the Tiger in action was great. It got a little quieter though when firing the gun. When I first saw it they were using black powder to fire it, which provides a great boom and visual effect. But they had a mishap where some went off with the breech inside still open, injuring the operators hand, so since then they have gas fired the gun, a safer option but not as loud of a report.

Here is a video I filmed myself of a Sherman tank at another event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjcE5qi1qVw

NWo has seen this one, but so the others can see it.

Interesting topic you have posted here NWo. WWII is a big interest of mine and I know I mention the subject a lot around here, and I'm sure some are getting tired of it. But when you are really interested in something it is hard to understand why everyone else would not be interested too, when in reality most would probably just find it mildly interesting. But when you start a thread like this, I cannot resist.

But like Brutus mentioned, there are quite some diverse interests here on the forum.