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    The things you find on E-Bay...

    I do a daily search on military vehicles and found these three pristine Britishicon tanks out of New Jersey, USAicon:

    1989 Other Makes | eBay
    2001 Other Makes | eBay
    2001 Other Makes | eBay

    Since I've never really followed tanks, I don't know if these are priced right, but they seem cheap for what they are...

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    [checks to see if shipping from Ukraine]

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    Quote Originally Posted by m4a3sherman View Post
    [checks to see if shipping from Ukraine]
    These weren't listed as BFPU.

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    Make a complaint to eBay under misleading/incorrect description. They are not Tanks.

    If you want a Tank you won't go far wrong with a Challenger 2 MBT, should the UKicon decide to sell any off.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flying10uk View Post
    Make a complaint to eBay under misleading/incorrect description. They are not Tanks.
    I avoided saying that but as per usual, Ebay seller has an incorrect listing. Agreed, not even close.
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    Most of us civilian types tend to call any war machine on treads a "tank", just like we tend mislabel toilet paper as "Charmin" or facial tissues as "Kleenex"...

    Aside from all that, pretty cool stuff!

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    Quote Originally Posted by RASelkirk View Post
    Most of us civilian types tend to call any war machine on treads a "tank"....Russ
    Most media types as well.


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    When there was more Abbot 105mm Self Propelled Guns around in the UKicon many people insisted on calling them "Tanks", in a very irritating manner, just because they had a gun and a turret. It was a losing battle trying to explain that they were not Tanks.

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    Agh! I meant to ask, what are the splayed tubes near the front of these "tracked vehicles"? I'm thinking chaff mortars?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RASelkirk View Post
    Agh! I meant to ask, what are the splayed tubes near the front of these "tracked vehicles"?
    For firing canisters of smoke for when one drives into a "spot of bother"; in order to extricate ones self under the cover of smoke.

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