Tankie Talk 1

                September 21, 2022

            Tankie Talk 1

                So it begins

            This will be a regular slot, Tuesday or Thursday for #tanktuesday or #tankthursday for discussing all things tanks with friends. Today’s opener is about older books, basically from my youth until I moved to Germany and worked solely in the archives. 
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Dr Philip W Blood @HistorianBlood
For all my friends and dear followers, thanks for all the support and kind wishes. Here is the unveiling of the old man’s b’day present to himself. The parts are an art form, like the individual track links. 
10:05 AM ∙ Aug 29, 2022
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#TankTuesday - whatever happened to shake, rattle and roll? 
9:26 PM ∙ Aug 9, 2022
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#TankTuesday - a cold tank for another hot day. 
3:53 PM ∙ Aug 16, 2022
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Its #TankTuesday and #TrainTuesday - the agony of choice: 
1:48 PM ∙ Mar 8, 2022
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#TankTuesday - Musee Des Blindes - France 
12:43 PM ∙ Feb 15, 2022
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#TankTuesday - Royal Army Museum - Brussels. 
5:32 PM ∙ Nov 23, 2021
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#TankTuesday - IWM before the present regime - the Sherman tank: 
4:29 PM ∙ Nov 16, 2021
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#TankTuesday - everyone’s favourite film! 
4:49 PM ∙ Mar 22, 2022
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#TankTuesday - best tank of the 1939-45 war - (picture @BundesarchivD ) 
11:26 AM ∙ Feb 8, 2022
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#TankTuesday - Saturday, Bastogne, fairly cold: 
8:59 AM ∙ Dec 14, 2021
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Spare a thought for a lonely Tiger tank this autumn. A poor comparison with how America preserves its unique battlefield relics. #TankTuesday #CultureofWar 
11:26 AM ∙ Aug 31, 2021
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#TankTuesday -  Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II. 
First combat 18 July 1944. Too often dismissed as useless because of initial teething troubles. Their presence in the field, raised confidence & morale among all German troops. 
10:06 AM ∙ Jul 19, 2022
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Bastogne 2021 - #TankTuesday - the mock German tanks for the 60s film were M48 - one driving around: 
8:47 AM ∙ Dec 21, 2021
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#TankTuesday - white is right.

If NATO won’t help time for different solutions.

#UkraineRussiaWar #CultureofWar #GenocideOfUkrainians

Image: warzone 
8:45 AM ∙ Apr 5, 2022
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The PBI on #TankTuesday 
10:26 AM ∙ Aug 10, 2021
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#TankTuesday - captured Russians from an old war. 
7:25 PM ∙ Mar 15, 2022
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#TankTuesday - OTD France  1940 - survivors: 
2:03 PM ∙ May 10, 2022
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#TankTuesday 

‘Two tanks, totally tired tried to track to Twickenham …’ 
7:32 PM ∙ Mar 29, 2022
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Dr Philip W Blood @HistorianBloodAnyone else recall playing on the tank? #TankTuesday
landships.info/landships/inde… 
8:27 AM ∙ Oct 19, 2021
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For #tanktuesday - Brussels, Royal Army Museum: 
1:34 PM ∙ Nov 2, 2021
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Stop press - extra - have just learned that due to British exceptionalism, the backward fighting Panther was countered by the backward fighting Archer tank destroyer. #TankTuesday 
Dr Philip W Blood @HistorianBlood
Stop press - news incoming - research has found the Panther worked perfectly backwards. Thanks to the tank rescue department, it can now be confirmed the chassis was placed the wrong way round. https://t.co/WtDo3xq9r5 https://t.co/OcpPiAd1q211:12 AM ∙ Aug 17, 2021
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#TankTuesday - Sinsheim Technik Mueseum 
11:20 AM ∙ Aug 24, 2021
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#TankTuesday - Andrews AFB - 1999 
6:42 PM ∙ Aug 10, 2021

On a serious note:
Gareth Davies @bermicourt
Some of you may have seen me write/heard me utter the expression #ADayWithoutATankIsADayWasted. In the past few months I have been thinking quite a bit about what I think is the glorification of war & how war seems to have become something fun to some people. 
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3:23 PM ∙ Aug 16, 2022
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#TankTuesday - After the Battle magazine, 1987 - the last scrap yard in Falaise closed. The remains were acquired by the French museum at Saumur 
12:12 PM ∙ May 3, 2022
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#TankTuesday -  Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B Tiger II. 
First combat 18 July 1944. Too often dismissed as useless because of initial teething troubles. Their presence in the field, raised confidence & morale among all German troops. 
10:06 AM ∙ Jul 19, 2022
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#tanktuesday - #tankies - all three are very temping: 
8:24 PM ∙ Aug 23, 2022

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