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24-01-07, 10:26 AM

The best Harley for the winter?

http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=936&Overide=1

tinpants · 24-01-07, 11:31 AM

Blimey!!

I passed my test on one of those! The Rotax engine is a bitch to start from cold if you only have the kicker but I believe they are much better now with the dual start.

£950? Sounds like a bargain. They'll go all day over practically anything and the spares are plentiful and cheap. (especially if you know someone in the MT section of your local Army Unit

)

Check the headstock bearings, squaddies are renowned for being hard on kit. Particularly bikes. And these can wheelie quite well

24-01-07, 11:55 AM

i looked at those for a while, £950 really is optimistic though. Solid handlebars- great for taxi wingmirrors

northwind · 24-01-07, 02:10 PM

The gun rack would certainly be handy.

24-01-07, 05:18 PM

I'd rather have a Sabre tank for under £10k or an APC

24-01-07, 05:21 PM

if you slid off that you wouldnt break anything

tinpants · 24-01-07, 05:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlanSv

I'd rather have a Sabre tank for under £10k or an APC

*pedant mode on*

I think you'll find that the Sabre was / is a member of the CVR(T) family of vehicles; that is a Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) and therefore by definition cannot be a tank. To be a tank it would have to have a main armament of 88mm in diameter or over and be designated a Main Battle Tank or a derivative thereof, ie training vehicle, bridgelayer (AVLB), Royal Engineers Assault Vehicle (AVRE) or a Recovery Vehicle (ARRV)

The current , in service, MBT for the British Army is the Challenger (mk 1 or 2) with the derivatives being mainly based on the old Chieftain hull. The exception to this is, of course, the CRARRV. This is used as the recovery vehicle for the Challenger series as it is specific to type.

*pedant mode off*

BTW, if I was going to spend 10k on a tracked vehicle then I'd buy a Chieftain

. Not some scrotty hibrid piece of **** that you can't fire when the turret is traversed thru 90 degrees

Having said that, I'd not turn a Challenger down

24-01-07, 05:51 PM

This one still makes me laugh. Vespa 150cc. 2 man Anti-tank gun - apparantly had quite a bit of success.

tinpants · 24-01-07, 06:04 PM

Now that is sooo kewl. I WANT ONE!!!!!!

24-01-07, 06:19 PM

The AMCA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56 is a Vespa mounting an M20 75mm recoilless rifle used by the French Airborne Forces in Algeria and Indochina. The M20 was a U.S. made light anti armor weapon which could be fired from the shoulder but still penetrate 100 mm of armor. The recoil is counteracted by venting propellant gasses out the rear of the weapon through a preforated cartridge, eliminating the need for a mechanical recoil system or heavy mounts. The weapon, ammo, and crew were dropped via parachute into action and the weapon could even be fired on the move.

24-01-07, 10:26 AM	#1
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	Winter hacks The best Harley for the winter? http://www.witham-sv.com/infopage.php?ID=936&Overide=1

24-01-07, 11:31 AM	#2
tinpants Ubique Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Posts: 643	Blimey!! I passed my test on one of those! The Rotax engine is a bitch to start from cold if you only have the kicker but I believe they are much better now with the dual start. £950? Sounds like a bargain. They'll go all day over practically anything and the spares are plentiful and cheap. (especially if you know someone in the MT section of your local Army Unit ) Check the headstock bearings, squaddies are renowned for being hard on kit. Particularly bikes. And these can wheelie quite well __________________ Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're a pillock

24-01-07, 02:10 PM	#4
northwind Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: In the garage where I belong Posts: 17,083	The gun rack would certainly be handy. __________________ "We are the angry mob, we read the papers every day We like what we like, we hate what we hate But we're oh so easily swayed"

24-01-07, 06:04 PM	#9
tinpants Ubique Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire Posts: 643	Now that is sooo kewl. I WANT ONE!!!!!! __________________ Jesus loves you. Everyone else thinks you're a pillock

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24-01-07, 11:55 AM	#3
gettin2dizzy Guest Posts: n/a	i looked at those for a while, £950 really is optimistic though. Solid handlebars- great for taxi wingmirrors

24-01-07, 05:18 PM	#5
AlanSv Guest Posts: n/a	I'd rather have a Sabre tank for under £10k or an APC

24-01-07, 05:21 PM	#6
kwak zzr Guest Posts: n/a	if you slid off that you wouldnt break anything

24-01-07, 05:51 PM	#8
Demonz Guest Posts: n/a	This one still makes me laugh. Vespa 150cc. 2 man Anti-tank gun - apparantly had quite a bit of success.

24-01-07, 06:19 PM	#10
Razor Guest Posts: n/a	The AMCA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56 is a Vespa mounting an M20 75mm recoilless rifle used by the French Airborne Forces in Algeria and Indochina. The M20 was a U.S. made light anti armor weapon which could be fired from the shoulder but still penetrate 100 mm of armor. The recoil is counteracted by venting propellant gasses out the rear of the weapon through a preforated cartridge, eliminating the need for a mechanical recoil system or heavy mounts. The weapon, ammo, and crew were dropped via parachute into action and the weapon could even be fired on the move.