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Can anyone identify this
henkman
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Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:04 AM UTC
Hi guys
Recently stumbled onto this tank sitting next to the highway at a restuarant.
No identification and no-one there seems to know what it is.Can anybody maybe ID this tank.Help would be appreciated!
Thanks
Henk.
PS.Sorry guys,the images are in my gallery!(Somebody really should teach me to upload them to my postings)
toadman1
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:09 AM UTC
Where's the pic?

Chris "toadman" Hughes
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henkman
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Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:13 AM UTC
Sorry Chris,they are in my gallery!!!To dumb to get them on my post!
Hisham
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Al Qahirah, Egypt / لعربية
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:14 AM UTC
I'm not an expert or anything, but isn't that a British Crusader?

Hisham
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:15 AM UTC
Okay, image didn't work...direct link HERE

Brit....can't recall the name....not my "cup of tea." Heheheheh

Mike

Edit: Wikipedia kind of confirms Hisham's call on it's name: Crusader
henkman
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Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:33 AM UTC
Thank You guys,now I can put a name to my images!
Happy modelling.
Henk
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:49 AM UTC

Quoted Text

I'm not an expert or anything, but isn't that a British Crusader?

Hisham


Right on!
GaryKato
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 12:57 PM UTC
Since it has the 2pdr gun turret and no auxiliary machine gun turret beside the driver, it's probably a Crusader Mk.II. However it could also be a Mk.I with a missing machine gun turret.
Drader
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Posted: Thursday, July 10, 2008 - 08:38 PM UTC
It's a Crusader MkII, the ID feature is the narrow rim around the vision port in the gunner's side of the turret front indicating it has thicker armour than the Mark I. Both Is and IIs had auxiliary turrets so that's not a reliable method of telling them apart.

From this page here you can download a provisional list of preserved tanks in South Africa, at one time thare were a couple of dozen Crusaders scattered about the country

http://stores.lulu.com/armourarchive

David
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