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One Hundred Years Today

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One Hundred Years Today
Posted by ridleusmc on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:36 AM

Today is the 100th anniversary of tank warfare.  The first British Mark I tanks lumbered into fighting at the Battle of Flers-Courcelette on September 15, 1916.

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:44 AM

The Tank Museum has their replica Mk IV in Trafalgar square to mark the event and will be driving through London later today.

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Posted by ridleusmc on Thursday, September 15, 2016 2:23 AM

It would be interesting to see such a vehicle in London.  I know they used them in London in '17 and '18 to sell war-bonds.

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 15, 2016 7:58 AM

Very cool, thanks for the head's up!!! I thought it was sometime close but didn't know it was today. 

And thanks Bish, I'll check YouTube later, hopefully someone will put up some videos of that.

"I dream in fire but work in clay." -Arthur Machen

 

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Posted by hogfanfs on Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:42 AM

50 years of Star Trek - September 8th

100 years of tanks - September 15th

My head just exploded!

 

What a great month! lol!

Thanks for sharing, ridleusmc!

 Bruce

 

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:28 PM

Not seen any footage yet as i have just got in. But the BBC page has some nice pics of the replica in Trafalgar square.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-37370764

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:31 PM
Cool, that thing must have scared the crap out of the Jerrys, at least until they saw its massive limitations.

Steve

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Posted by Bish on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:33 PM

They have a real one in the museum ay Bovvy and you can go inside. Theres no way i would have wanted to crew one of them.

Ye, the Germans were shocked at first, hardly surpriseing seeing as many of them had probably never even seen a car or aircraft before the war. But they soon figured out how to handle them which lea the British to work on new tactics which was the beginging of what we know as Blitzkrieg.

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Posted by modelcrazy on Thursday, September 15, 2016 12:35 PM

Yeah, the Germans really took that idea and ran with it. Wow, talk about scaring the crap out of someone.

Steve

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Posted by Gamera on Thursday, September 15, 2016 8:35 PM

Found a short video on the replica in Trafalgar Square and a cool 100th Anniversary tribute:

 

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Posted by ridleusmc on Friday, September 16, 2016 12:42 AM

Great videos!

 

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Posted by Bish on Friday, September 16, 2016 12:42 AM

Thanks for posting those G. Just a shame Dan Snow had to be there. Don't know what happened to it driving through London, maybe the presenter got that wrong yesterday.

I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

 

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