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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
Pictures in this link: www.vmmv.org/tanktk/ro.../visit.htm Neil

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 3:40 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
I wonder if someone is trying to get some tanks out of Jordan? _________________ Bob Smart ([email protected])

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 4:19 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
Hi Folks! Any King who takes the time to visit an AFV collection with a M114 Lingle in it is all right by me. Sgt, Scouts Out! _________________ "You can never have too much reconnaissance." General G.S. Patton Jr.

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
I may be wrong, but didn't he appear once as an extra on Star Trek the Next Generation while he was still crown prince 10-12 yeas ago? I somehow doubt it would be Assad's son that I'm thinking of.

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:32 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
That was him. Neil

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
- bsmart I wonder if someone is trying to get some tanks out of Jordan? Well Jordan has been getting a lot of Challenger 1s from the UK, replacing old Centurions - but VMMV already has two Centurions. However, Jordan does have almost 100 Chieftains (Khalids) and almost 50 M60A1/A3s in storage. Or maybe a spare Challenger 1? Neil

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
- Roy_A_Lingle Hi Folks! Any King who takes the time to visit an AFV collection with a M114 Lingle in it is all right by me. Sgt, Scouts Out! Last time I saw the M114 (basically October '04) they had it modded up with an ACAV shield... How common were M114 ACAVs? I've seen plenty of pictures of M113 ACAVs, but never of an M114 ACAV... Neil

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Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:57 pm
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- Neil_Baumgardner

Last time I saw the M114 (basically October '04) they had it modded up with an ACAV shield... How common were M114 ACAVs? I've seen plenty of pictures of M113 ACAVs, but never of an M114 ACAV...

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Hi Neil! Hi Folks!

In US service, none AFAIK. However I have seen photos of ARVN M114s with guns shields that look like the type later mounted on the M113 ACAVs.

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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 1:07 am
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When you read the King's bio, it is obvious he is well trained in modern mechanized warfare - recce, tanks, attack helocopters, special forces, etc. No shrinking violet with a twenty-year career of repositioning anti-aircraft batteries and straightening the boxes in QM. Other than Whatsis-Name in North Korea who continually reinvents himself, I doubt there are any other modern leaders who can claim as much track time as the King of Jordan.

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Posted: Sat Mar 04, 2006 1:58 am Post subject: Re: LOL, King Abdullah of Jordan visited VMMV
Apparently he also builds model tanks too, (I'm pretty sure it was him) saw an interview/profile on TV a while back. He was working on a S-tank, Trumpeter maybe? I didn't see which version.

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