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Pardon my ignorance, but what are "Cloggies" or "Box-heads"? Tom
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06-18-2014 11:19 PM
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Originally Posted by
oldpaul
"Cloggies" or "Box-heads"
Dutch or German
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Well Badger I guess a couple of things come to mind;
It was a long time before you needed a haircut or shave,
You were cool under fire even though it was blue on blue,
You did not get into a flap which underlings admire,
And as a footer I hope you kept your singed Beret and had your mouth open when they let rip it is bad enough when a 30 cal rifle uses a brake on the mound let alone a 75mm Yikes........
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I had the honor to be under the muzzle of the Leopard tank when it fired the sabot down range...I was dug in right beside the road and the MBT was moving...he fired a bit early. His barrel was just a few feet away and to my left. The drip pan that was being used as a marker in front of him went flying down range like a frizbie. Strike on target...at least there was that.
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What great picts of the moment of discharge. Appears you had ample ordnance to expend, though to a civilian it seems it is stacked pretty close to the firing line.....maxim ( A Cloogy/Boxhead mix)
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My friend who told me about the last UK Shermans came back to tell me that the Dutch used Shermans fitted with their own dozer blades until quite late. Very unwieldly to use apparently but cheaper than buying ex UK Mk3's Cents with dozer blades that wouldn't fit into their Mk5 Cent order of battle - apparently! Maybe some of the Dutch forumers could comment on the rightness or wrongness of this!
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Originally Posted by
Bruce_in_Oz
I understand that the 25 pounder SP guns were called "Sexton; one of the several "clerically" named SP guns in the Brit fleet. Others include "Abbot" (post WW2), "Bishop" (25 pounder on a Valentine chassis), Priest",(105mm howitzer on an M3 chassis) etc.
Yes the Abbot essentially a 432 with a turret mounted 105 on top.
There are a few 'round these parts that are used for "tank" driving days. No amount of persuasion on my part will convince the locals that they are NOT "tanks".
Cloggies = Dutch. Box-heads = Germans - because we were not allowed to call them "square heads". Falkland Islanders are called "stills" because even though they are not allowed to be called "Bennies", they are still Bennies.
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Originally Posted by
Beerhunter
Yes the Abbot essentially a 432 with a turret mounted 105 on top.
There are a few 'round these parts that are used for "tank" driving days. No amount of persuasion on my part will convince the locals that they are NOT "tanks".
Cloggies = Dutch. Box-heads = Germans - because we were not allowed to call them "square heads". Falkland Islanders are called "stills" because even though they are not allowed to be called "Bennies", they are still Bennies.
Bennies , as in the Crossroads character ??
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Apparently there's one that's come for sales here in Canada at Collector's Source. I can't find it in their listings, but here's information about it that was posted on CGN with a pic.
M4A2E8 Sherman tank, the last version of the Sherman in use by Canada. Used in Korea by Canadians. Two Detroit Diesel engines rebuilt in 2013. Beautiful Canadian coat of arms on top of gun barrel. Requires external restoration, cleaning and repaint. Comes with approx 100 pieces of rubberized road track and 4 crates of misc. parts. Located in Toronto area. Serioius enquiries only can contact us by e-mail for further discussion. Firm price is near $300,000.
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Regards,
Doug
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This is a project for that genius Alpaca to get his hands on next.
Where are you Alpaca Andy..............?
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