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Modern Bundeswehr tank crew
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Posted: Monday, October 09, 2017 - 07:41 PM UTC
Nice surprise from Miniart.

http://miniart-models.com/products/37032-bundeswehr-tank-crew/

Good to see a female tank/vehicle crew member.
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Posted: Monday, October 09, 2017 - 09:16 PM UTC
Only two crew members with body armour. The sitting one is useless in my mind.

Are they good for Afghanistan theater?
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Posted: Monday, October 09, 2017 - 10:13 PM UTC

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Only two crew members with body armour. The sitting one is useless in my mind.


The sitting one is a girl. It makes it double useful
HermannB
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Posted: Monday, October 09, 2017 - 11:06 PM UTC

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Only two crew members with body armour. The sitting one is useless in my mind.

Are they good for Afghanistan theater?



The guys in green Flecktarn are good for European theater, the guys in desert flecktarn could be used in Afghanistan and Europe.
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Posted: Monday, October 09, 2017 - 11:06 PM UTC

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Only two crew members with body armour. The sitting one is useless in my mind.


The sitting one is a girl. It makes it double useful



Second that.
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Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 01:40 AM UTC
Ok but not visible at all in a finished kit
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Posted: Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - 01:43 AM UTC
Ok thank you.
HermannB
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2017 - 12:13 AM UTC

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Only two crew members with body armour. The sitting one is useless in my mind.


The sitting one is a girl. It makes it double useful



Second that.



Older video of a female NCO (Feldwebel) acting as loader in a Leopard 2 A6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0EUc07QbM
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2017 - 12:58 AM UTC

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Ok but not visible at all in a finished kit


Really? Most German male soldiers don't have ponytails and large breasts
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Posted: Friday, October 13, 2017 - 01:44 PM UTC
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 03:06 AM UTC

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Ok but not visible at all in a finished kit


Really? Most German male soldiers don't have ponytails and large breasts



... how about a 'man bun' and too much oestrogen?
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 05:37 AM UTC
Judging from her pose she wouldn't be inside anyway, so even more obvious.
HermannB
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Posted: Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 08:27 AM UTC
Nice site with images of women serving the military worldwide.

https://miliwoman.com/Germany/Army/
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Posted: Tuesday, November 07, 2017 - 06:25 PM UTC

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Older video of a female NCO (Feldwebel) acting as loader in a Leopard 2 A6.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3O0EUc07QbM



Well, but obviously just in general tank training, because using a seargent as loader is quite a waste She's in there for commanders training. We even used Corporals as commanders on the Leopard 1. Drivers, loaders and gunners all enlisted guys like me Could have used an NCO as driver here and there, because driving a tank properly needs some more training I think...

You can nicely see the blue training warheads on the ammo and how the shell almost completely burns when firing. Means you're having basically no real shell left (we called the remains "ashtray" in my active time) which helps a lot in increasing the fire rate. Leopard 1 still had to remove all those empty shells from the basket after 5 shots... But getting here...

To the figures: Yes, the sitting woman is most definitely somewhere outside, probably sitting on top of the turret.
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