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Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:29 pm Post subject: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
Does this sound like a good idea? www.raeme.net/ops.php?...rmd&item=3

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:50 pm
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Hi Doug! Hi Folks!

- Doug_Kibbey

Does this sound like a good idea?

www.raeme.net/ops.php?...amp;item=3

Testing the tank was a good idea. Exposing the troops to the tank after the test wasn't a good idea. But that was the way things where done during the early, open air, testing of atomic weapons.

I would be interesting to see the health status of all the personel who had anything to do with that vehicle.

Intersting story, thanks for the link Doug.
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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject: Re: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
WOW, now thats history. Thanks for the link Doug I'm trying to 'dig up' several similiar historical experiences, on different armored vehicles. Regards Don

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:00 pm Post subject: Re: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
Good find. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:47 pm Post subject: Re: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
Wow, Survived a Nuke and Vietnam. Joe D

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 10:59 pm Post subject: Re: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
- Joe_D Wow, Survived a Nuke and Vietnam. Joe D Including an RPG penetration with wounded (but no KIA, thankfully). Come to think of it, this might have been a good vehicle on which to have served. Sort of the "anti-Christine".

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:18 pm
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Yeah,

With a "Charmed" track record like that, I would.

Reminds me of some tanks I've been around. Never know what you'll get. Some are babied and kept pristine only to leave the crews stranded with a host of mechanical problems while others are rode rough and put up wet and still never let their crews down.

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Posted: Thu Nov 06, 2008 11:26 pm Post subject: Re: Centurion nuked, then returned to service...
- Joe_D Yeah, With a "Charmed" track record like that, I would. Joe D Winner, Moderator's "Bad Pun of the Day" award. Hands down. No further entries will be considered for November 6th, 2008.

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