Wednesday, 9 March 2016

Tank Memorial

Near the Guynemer monument is this nice little memorial to the Tank Corps.
It includes this off cut from a British tank....
...and this 2-foot long model.  Apparently there used to be a real tank here for a few years after The Great War.
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5 comments:

  1. Unknown9 March 2016 at 22:24

    Opportunity for a Mr plastic Warrior 1-1 scale model mystery Wednesday, which part of a tank is this ?

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  2. Steve810 March 2016 at 13:31

    Its from one of the side sponsons off a Mark IV, but here is the clever bit. I think it is off one of the traveling sponsons that they used when transporting them. See https://www.awm.gov.au/exhibitions/advancing/MarkIV/. I therefore claim my prize of sad son of a beagle for the week.

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  3. Tim Gow11 March 2016 at 16:18

    Chris Platt
    I was confident someone would rise to this challenge. But surely only a really sad case would...

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  4. Tim Gow11 March 2016 at 16:21

    Stephen Briddon
    ...and the winner is...
    Your prize is to spend a day making tank engine noises while walking about. I look forward to your wife's feedback on this....

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  5. Steve811 March 2016 at 23:13

    Whoot! Brum Brum Grrr Grrr Squeek Squeek Brum Brum....

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