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tanks
HELLO ALL
Coming soon as soon as i can find someone to put them on are two pictures of tanks they are mk five cruiser tank called COVENANTERS i have had these pictures for fifty years my farther framed them during the war and put them on my bedroom wall looks like they were taken here in england regards to all vic eaton uk
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Covenanters
Hi Vic,
The Covenanter was only used for training in the UK, so your photo will almost certainly be over here. There is a Covenanter bridgelayer displayed at the Lancers Museum, Parramatta, Sydney, must have been a rare escapee from the UK. Richard |
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tanks
HELLO RICHARD
Thanks for the info on the COVENANTERS Yes it does say on the photoes that they are on a training exercise the first picture shows eight tanks with what looks like a bedford MW and a bren carrier in the background and the second picture show three tanks close up vic . PS stamped on the front it says BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH NO BH7943
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Re: Covenanters
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I may be mistaken, but Puckapunyal has what appears to be a Covenanter Bridge Layer - which would be an exceedingly rare beasty I would think? If it isn't, then it is definetly an A - something, pre Crusader for sure.
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Re: Re: Covenanters
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I have just dug out my guide book from Pucka' and you are right, they also have a Covenanter bridgelayer. According to the book, 8 of these bridgelayers were sent to Australia in 1943 and were used on active service on three occasions, at Bougainville, Balikpapan and Labuan. It was the gun tank only, that did not see action. Richard |
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Covenanter's in the movies
There was a movie made in 1944 called "The Immortal Battalion" starring David Niven which had some Covenanter tanks in it, along with a lot of other British Army equipment.
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film
HELLO JOHN
Ill look out for that film it could well come up here one day judging by the old films they show here at times like christmas but i expect that will be the one that never comes should soon be able to put some photos on here regards vic
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Covenanters
Vic,
The film has been on over here, but it was called 'The Way Ahead'. Some good footage of Covenanters moving cross country. Incedentally, there is a Covenanter under slow restoration in New Zealand. It is an ex-bridgelayer but will be restored as a gun tank. I can confirm the Pucka and Paramatta Covenanters, saw them both earlier this year. |
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Down Under weather
I'll bet the weather was a pleasant change from the dreary conditions so often found in England
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Tony,
I see you caught my worst side....: And to think they call it sunny paradise, I hadn't seen rain like that since Beltring |
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tank
have a look at this one
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Re: Down Under weather
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This what you should do (if the dumbware lets me attach it that is). . . . . . . . R. |
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Mud and movies
The local MV club here in past years had the occasional mud bash trip in the bush . These days the precious Jeeps are deemed to be too valuable to treat this way . Get the MB or GPW muddy - Hell will freeze over before that happens again . Nowadays they are treated like show ponies , polished and pampered til they shine !
The Covanteer tanks . A Late night movie often screened here has people running around saving a rare bird called the TAWNY PIPIT . The film was shot in the UK during WW2 , it has some great close up scenes of Covanteer or similar tanks on training . The army uses the birds nesting ground for training purposes . Cannot think of the film's name ! Old age again . Mike |
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Ahhh, now that is Owen Perry's Windsor and looking at the ground, must have been at the infamously wet Denmead. Richard |
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Re: valuable jeeps
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What about this one: http://members.lycos.nl/elevado33/scriptgpw/HTML/ An early Ford GPW "script" jeep for a mere €22500 / 26,746.74 USD / 34,835.82 CAD / 37,089.22 AUD.... It is the most expensive one I have seen advertised to date (though I don't pay particular attention to jeeps). Before the Euro came the magic figure was 25000 Guilders, roughly half of what the owner of this GPW is asking. I wonder if it actually sells for that price, though. Check http://www.milweb.net/ for more price ideas - it seems M201s are about evenly priced as MBs/GPWs these days. So how did we go from talking tanks and ended up talking jeeps? Hanno |
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Re: Re: valuable jeeps
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Re: Re: Re: Down Under weather
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I pulled them all in and I pulled them out again, as the saying goes. . . . . . . R. |
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