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Found Churchill tank in Iraq
irocarmy88
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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 05:15 AM UTC
See my gallery
Enjoy
Rich
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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 05:17 AM UTC
hhmm, very interesting, looks like a mk9.

thanks for posting all the excellent pictures,

stay safe mate!

cheers

joe
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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 05:30 AM UTC
Thanks for the support.
I have more pics of this tank that I will post later.
I think it is a rare find, well what does everyone else think??
Anyway, thanks
greatbrit
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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 05:43 AM UTC
it is a rare find, is it a musuem piece?

it may have been left since the ww2 period, i know the british controlled iraq at that time.
my grandad had a night there in 1943 as a halfway stop on the way to burma, at what is now the baghdad international airport!

i know i speak for all of us when i say thank you for all you lot are doing out there, both US, British and the other coalitions soldiers

hope you come back safe and sound, and soon!

cheers

joe



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Posted: Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 05:43 AM UTC
Looks like they finally found the weapon of mass distruction. If they showed up in battle with a Churchill their enemy would probably all die laughing. :-) Sorry, I couldn't resist. What a treasure trove of all tanks there is over there. I can just see some of the US and Brit units over there bringing some of those old tanks home as trophies.
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