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MarkHolloway
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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:46 am Post subject: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
TANK QUIZ _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:51 am
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Hey, it's fixed. Question 9 for me was "a modern tank exerts a ground pressure approximately equivalent to a walking man...False or False?" (I should have taken a screenshot*).

*HA! Same questions repeat: (Hint: the first "false" is the correct answer, if you answer to the second one, well...shame on you! Laughing

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Why we love the Military Channel, reason number 6...(I'm tellin' ya', the whole thing's a cheap, sordid scam!)

I would suggest that Mark might have an interest in this swindle (since he posted the link), but I don't want to hear from his libel attorneys... Wink

Still got a book offer though. Laughing

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 11:10 am Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
Question 8 is not correct because the M68 105mm uses a fin stabilized SABOT round.

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:24 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
...and I want to know more about this "M5 Sheridan" vehicle. _________________ "All facts go to clearly prove that Shades is a thrice-cursed traitor & mentally deranged person steeped in inveterate enmity toward mankind"

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Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:27 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
Created as an alternate name by a DamnYankee who couldn't stand having a tank named after a real Cavalry leader _________________ Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:32 am Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
I also missed Q8...because the 105mm SABOT round had fins! I knew what they were looking for, but answered it accurately instead of correctly. It is a Military Channel quiz, so I should know better... C _________________ A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. -Herm Albright Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:43 am Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
- bsmart Created as an alternate name by a DamnYankee who couldn't stand having a tank named after a real Cavalry leader This is WAY out there,.....but I wonder where Gen John Gavin hails from..... Don

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:06 pm
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- Dontos

- bsmart

Created as an alternate name by a DamnYankee who couldn't stand having a tank named after a real Cavalry leader

This is WAY out there,.....but I wonder where Gen John Gavin hails from.....

Don

Eewwwwww! He said the G-word...burn him, burn him for a witch!!

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
According to Wikipedia Gen James Gavin was born in New York City and grew up in Mt Carmel PA. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...s_M._Gavin But I would NEVER associate his name with an AFV _________________ Bob Smart (bsmart@xecu.net)

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
C_Sherman - agreed, and the 120mm of the Chieftain, Challenger 1 and Challenger 2 fires APFSDS too. _________________ Trevor Dr Trevor Larkum Preserved Tanks: PreservedTanks.com Armour Archive: ArmourArchive.co.uk EVs

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Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2009 11:29 pm Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
I think somebody should tell them folks that they need to start checking with us first! _________________ "TUMBLEWEED"

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:38 am Post subject: Re: Tank Quiz on Military Channel
Perhaps someone will give 'them' a clue what a 'technical consultant' is, and it might include some sort of knowledge base beyond Wikipedia. Don

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Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2009 12:58 am
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- Dontos

Perhaps someone will give 'them' a clue what a 'technical consultant' is, and it might include some sort of knowledge base beyond Wikipedia.

Don

I can vouch for "Cities of the Underworld-Tunnels of Vietnam" doing their homework. About 100 email exchanges worth with a researcher for the show.

Some of the questions (in this case, explosion effects, sound pressure levels on hearing, etc.) are two-dimensional/pure linear, but I commend them for their effort. Not sure that happens much (or if it does, that they take any notes) over at the M.C.

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