- TrevorLarkum
Thanks for that - I served on Challengers but did some time on Chieftains (e.g. in Canada) so I have a soft spot for both old girls.
QuickQuiz: which one is most comfortable for the crews, and why?
- TrevorLarkumNeil, I visited Fort Knox in the 80s and spent about a week there. I got on well with the staff, and spent a lot of time going through their records, particularly for acquisitions (I've been lucky to do that at a few other collections too, like Bovington).
That number is therefore likely to have come from their paperwork, though I would have to check my notes to confirm its source (and they will likely remain boxed in the attic until I work on putting PTiUSA online).
- DontosA guess would be the Challenger, with its interior electric hotwater 'pot' crew can heat rations, and at 4:00pm each day have 'teas and biskits'.....( Is that close?)
- Dontos
A guess would be the Challenger, with its interior electric hotwater 'pot' crew can heat rations, and at 4:00pm each day have 'teas and biskits'.....( Is that close?)
- Neil_Baumgardner
Trevor, also, any idea what the Aberdeen Chieftain VRN is?
Ironically, I have dug through the inactive Ordnance Museum files fairly thoroughly. The active files not so much (except for the basic log entries)... I should spend a day or so in the future doing that, although I doubt the Chieftain VRN is in there...
Neil
- JimWeb- Dontos
A guess would be the Challenger, with its interior electric hotwater 'pot' crew can heat rations, and at 4:00pm each day have 'teas and biskits'.....( Is that close?)
4:00pm? how uncivilised - a real english gentlman would not have afternoon tea any later than 3:30pm..
The most comfortable tank I ever slept on engine-deck-wise was the early centurion hull vehicles - lots of flat smooth plates! The BV on the centurion was a hazard though and burns were frequent!
Also sleeping on the back decks of a Ferret as well... now there was an occupation fraught with hazard - if your driver snored you frequently found yourself snore-blasted off the decks onto the ground as space was definately at a premium. We were BV-less then as they had finally decided that particular model of BV was a hazard to health and safety and had withdrawn them.
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