Phil G Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Thought I’d share a few photographs of a great day at the Bovington Tankfest on Sunday. Mostly from the same vantage point due to strongly defending our pitch by the fence....! Tankfest2014 I think most of the legends are correct – I know there’s a lot of enthusiasts in the club, therefore, please let me know if I'm in error. Edited by - Phil G on 1 Jul 2014 08:29:21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Rae Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Tankfest? I was expecting photos of sleeveless jumpers. 😬 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Phil, you need to change the settings so that anyone with a link can see them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil G Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 Try now Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Excellent photos. Looks like a god event. I visited in the Caterham earlier in the year (33 years after my last visit) and thoroughly enjoyed it. Great museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonL Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Out of interest, one of the photos shows a tracked vehicle with two 'steering' wheels at the front. Does anyone know if the tracks and the steering input to the wheels are linked somehow. I would have thought that the traction from the tracks would make the streeting wheels pretty ineffectual - allowing you to turn the vehicle in the opposite way to the front wheels if you wanted to. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Great pictures. Technically the Tiger is the shortened term for Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Ausf.E but that's a bit of a mouthful especially if one's shooting at you 😬 The 131 is just the designation it had to determine which tank it was of what group it was with. Here's one I made earlier http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s373/tobycoulson/The%20stash/IMG_1360_zps2f1f07d5.jpg. I think the T34 shown is in fact a T38/85 but then again it's a T34 with 85(76mm being the other earlier option) referring to the size of its gun. Who said size doesn't matter I do like the little Matilda. Imagine driving that and coming face to face with a Tiger 😳 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leadership Team Golf Juliet Tango Posted July 1, 2014 Leadership Team Share Posted July 1, 2014 😬 The Matilda does look like a toy in comparison. Different ends of the war Toby (but you knew that). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil G Posted July 1, 2014 Author Share Posted July 1, 2014 JonL - I believe the Hanomag halftrack had drive and steering through the front wheels plus track steering, whereas the US version only had steering at the wheels - Toby, correct me if I'm wrong. 😬 Correct on all counts Toby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TobyCoulson Posted July 1, 2014 Share Posted July 1, 2014 Yes, the US White half track only steered through the front wheels. The Germans were a lot cleverer.....................................at building weapons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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