Tanks - the flipside

[ArcticWolf]

Here is a great article from BBC about tanks and the 'joys' of driving them:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A906716

[Bombardier]

Driving a tank is by far the best place to be on a cross-country exercise. At least the driver can see where he is going. Well, not exactly. A better description would be 'have some idea where he is going' since, when closed down, the view from the driver's periscope is not that good

Agreed army;


Thanks for that Arcticwolf

[trackman]

being the driver had its good and bad points........ good :: on a night move you were warm,( on a m110 the crew got very cold) .....bad:: first and last stag,.... your eyes were always sore (grit) your face was always black,you couldent get a smoke ( wink wink) any repairs that had to be done, you worked till completed, ( whatever time that took )

[Bombardier]

Yep, M110's no turret (who's idea was that?) :eek:
Absolutely right Trackman feckin freezing in a cold clime, for all the crew.

[Drone_pilot]

the view from the driver's periscope is not that good

Like trying to drive while looking through a letterbox,