The Channel Islands Military Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands.

[JERSEY 34]

Yes, we can do that sort of thing. Its good fun but all according to how much you fire it can work out to be expensive.
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[Tango]

Jersey thats a lovely collection shame about not owning the bunker..just make sure you do the lottery every week you never know!!! How much does a bunker go for now days?? Is ten of thousands?..You need a cafe/NAAFI selling Second world war brews..My mate own the Cobbaton museum in North Devon he sells tea,coffee,crisps all that jazz from a NAAFI van I always grab a brew or can of pop when im there..If I do so must a 1000 other people..Fridge magnets everybody loves a fridge magnet!!!!! Terry.

[Scout]

Fridge magnets rule!!!


'When in doubt - brew up!' I have a hunch, thats not a saying in tank circles then.

[Tango]

LOL I didnt think of that before!!! No not good thing if you happen to hanging around Shermans!!!!..I got the saying from an old metal sign ive had since I was 14 years old..When I was in the Army I use to take the sign with me on Ops for moral!!!! Its also famous.. thats another story... Terry

[Ben Evans]

Jersey, are you the same chap that I sold a nice MG34 and 42 to a while ago?

[Scout]

Double post

[Scout]

LOL I didnt think of that before!!! No not good thing if you happen to hanging around Shermans!!!!..I got the saying from an old metal sign ive had since I was 14 years old..When I was in the Army I use to take the sign with me on Ops for moral!!!! Its also famous.. thats another story... Terry

Actually a brew can save a guy in an armoured vehicle; when I was in Astan a Viking command vehicle was involved in a 'dispute' of the kind where words had run out. The vehicle was not at the very front of the action but within 'reach.' The action had been going on for a while.
The bloke 'up top' bend down to take his tea from a multi-fuel burner fastened to the inside of the turret. Just as he hunkered down inside the turret, an RPG round hit the Viking.
I be the turret gunner is a believer in a brew

[Tango]

Im big fan of brewing up..except were it is likely to get me in trouble!!!A nice cup of tea can make the world a better place!!! trust me ive tried it a 1000 times lol..Funny you should say in the front of the action..When i was in Afghan there was no front line they would get everywhere....Time for a brew me thinks. Terry

[Scout]

This was a fairly common scenario; roll up to some fortified compounds in the middle of a flat desert and engage the foe within. As I mentioned, there is not use for the command Viking to be closest to the action.
Turret gunner was just for defence of vehicle - not for suppressive fire for the squaddies.
I guess you would have had to be involved in such an action, which was fairly normal to understand. Trust me; no doubt at ALL, where the action is nor where the AK and RPG fire is comming from.
The 'no front lines,' I can relate to.
Walking in the Green Zone in Helmand and staying for hours in corn fields with zero visibility is as close to a brown trouser moment as one can come.

[Tango]

I second that sir....Terry