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Chilli said:
Found some old photos today. I knew a guy that owned these Tanks years ago.
They were operational too. They were not supposed to be and I never knew at the time. They were confiscated eventually. How on earth he got them nobody knew.
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If I recall correctly he had ammo for this and it was taken with the Tanks.
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The tanks look like Centurions, British made and those appear to have the original 20 pounder gun. I could be wrong. The Israelis used them, up gunned to the Vickers L/70 105mm. to excellent effect in 1973 on the Golan Heights. Sometime if you want to read about a real soldier, look up Lt. Col. Avigdor Kahalani, CO, 77th Tank Battalion. IDF. Or if you have a library near, see if they have a copy of The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leaders War on the Golan, by Kahalani. Excellent read.
 

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crashbandicoot said:
The tanks look like Centurions, British made and those appear to have the original 20 pounder gun. I could be wrong. The Israelis used them, up gunned to the Vickers L/70 105mm. to excellent effect in 1973 on the Golan Heights. Sometime if you want to read about a real soldier, look up Lt. Col. Avigdor Kahalani, CO, 77th Tank Battalion. IDF. Or if you have a library near, see if they have a copy of The Heights of Courage: A Tank Leaders War on the Golan, by Kahalani. Excellent read.
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That's interesting info thanks.
 

Went for a drive to see a good friend today. Great to catch up.
Dropped into the local big res before seeing him for a fish. No fish. This is just an arm of it as it has several.
Lovely place. Lake Eppalock near the Heathcote goldfields Victoria.
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Good morning all.

We haven't seen the twins in a while, but their mama was in the yard last night raiding the apple tree with a couple of pretty good sized bucks not far behind.

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