Bundu Basher
23-10-06, 23:04
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Southfields Farm near Husbands Bosworth, in Leicestershire, is destined to become the port of call for any self-respecting thrill-seeker.
One of Britain's leading 'gift experience' companies has just added tank paintball to its list of activities. In addition to, say, a ride in a hot air balloon or a winetasting course, www.funday.com (http://www.funday.com) is offering two hours of intensive tank warfare for £74 a head.
Southfields must be the only farm in Britain guarded by an armoured car and a 16ft artillery gun (both decommissioned). This is a working farm but, 15 years ago, Stuart Garner decided to try out an extra source of revenue on his family farm's 250 acres. He opened a conventional paintball site in one of the woods, but kept thinking up ways of improving it.
So, he bought an old tactical missile launcher (without a missile) to replicate landing craft assaults on dry land. That went down a treat, so he bought a couple of armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to liven things up even more.
Then, he had another idea. If the general public found it so much fun playing infantry games, maybe they would like to try out a spot of armoured activity, too. How about tank paintball?
It took a few years to perfect. Stuart eventually, found just what he needed at an ex-military vehicle sale. During the Seventies, the Army used an APC called an FV432. A handful were also built with turrets and a nasty 30mm Rarden gun...
Read the full article here... (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411993&in_page_id=1770)
The Daily Mail
23 October 2006
Southfields Farm near Husbands Bosworth, in Leicestershire, is destined to become the port of call for any self-respecting thrill-seeker.
One of Britain's leading 'gift experience' companies has just added tank paintball to its list of activities. In addition to, say, a ride in a hot air balloon or a winetasting course, www.funday.com (http://www.funday.com) is offering two hours of intensive tank warfare for £74 a head.
Southfields must be the only farm in Britain guarded by an armoured car and a 16ft artillery gun (both decommissioned). This is a working farm but, 15 years ago, Stuart Garner decided to try out an extra source of revenue on his family farm's 250 acres. He opened a conventional paintball site in one of the woods, but kept thinking up ways of improving it.
So, he bought an old tactical missile launcher (without a missile) to replicate landing craft assaults on dry land. That went down a treat, so he bought a couple of armoured personnel carriers (APCs) to liven things up even more.
Then, he had another idea. If the general public found it so much fun playing infantry games, maybe they would like to try out a spot of armoured activity, too. How about tank paintball?
It took a few years to perfect. Stuart eventually, found just what he needed at an ex-military vehicle sale. During the Seventies, the Army used an APC called an FV432. A handful were also built with turrets and a nasty 30mm Rarden gun...
Read the full article here... (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=411993&in_page_id=1770)
The Daily Mail
23 October 2006