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Official page of Richard Cutland- Former Tankie now Head of Military Relations for Wargaming.net

07/12/2024

05/12/2024

The Type 74 from Japan- Fourteen years to develop 😲 so essentially obsolete by the time it entered service. Some 893 were produced, and while it was due to be replaced by the more modern Type 90 with the end of the Cold War the Type 74s remained in service until at least 2006, in fact you can still see some of the modified variants still in service now.
The video shows the hydropneumatic suspension in use which can be adjusted to suit the type of terrain being crossed. Operated either by the commander or the driver it enables the tank to be inclined 6° forwards or backwards, 9° left or right and raised or lowered giving a minimum ground clearance of 200 mm and a maximum ground clearance of 650 mm.

29/11/2024

Ho Ho Ho Its that time of year again🦌🎄
We are proud to have Jason Statham as the special guest this Holiday Ops season!😁
Plus a famous Sherman that you may recognize......
Check out the full video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IvKz7Pc6tY

28/11/2024

I grab a ride on an AMX-13 through the English countryside.😀
Certainly very distinctive with its oscillating turret this lightweight (13 tonnes) French Tank was exported to over 26 Nations and has seen service in a multitude of conflicts.

26/11/2024

The Sherman Firefly with its 17 pounder gun stood out among Allied tanks as a fearsome adversary for the German forces during World War II. This modified version of the Sherman Tank played a crucial role in the D-Day invasion and beyond.

22/11/2024

A Raumschaufelpanzer StuG IV 30 March 1944.
Räumschaufelpanzer" - Räumen: to clear. Schaufel: spade, blade. Please correct me if my German is wrong 😁😁
A StuG converted into a bulldozer for clearing debris and removing obstructions.

20/11/2024

Wishing all my family of The Royal Tank Regiment a Happy Cambrai Day. Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond. FEAR NAUGHT! 🟫🟥🟩
The Battle marked the first large-scale use of tanks for a military offensive.
Cambrai Day- By 0500hrs 20th November 1917 the tanks were assembled in a long line stretching for almost 6 miles in front of the British trenches. At 0610hrs (ten minutes before Zero Hour), they began to creep forward to get into the correct positions to lead the infantry forward.
At 0620hrs the artillery barrage began from 1000 guns as the tanks began their advance towards the German defences.

15/11/2024

Date for the diary 🙂
Tankfest returns 27-29 June 2025 for three explosive days. 😀
https://tankmuseum.org/events/tankfest/

13/11/2024

Spending some time with the fab Joe Hewes and team at his workshop 😃😃
If your wondering......... the answers are on his You Tube Channel🤣🤣🤣
https://www.youtube.com//videos

12/11/2024

A Czech built T-55 being put through its paces at the Muckleburgh Military Collection in Norfolk. 🥹
What are your thoughts ? Was the T-55 a good tank for the era ? 🤔🤔🤔
https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/

29/10/2024

Tankfest 2025 tickets on sale now 😀

25/10/2024

Training exercise on Salisbury Plain Training Area. UK.
😀

16/10/2024

Purring like a “Tiger” 😀🐅

15/10/2024

A quick catch up with, in my opinion, the most influential design in British tank history- The Centurion 😉 Plus a look at a protoype found at The Tank Museum 😀

06/10/2024

For a self-propelled artillery piece weighing in at 47 tonnes the K9 is no slouch capable of speeds of 67km/h on the road.
The power pack is the German-designed MTU MT 881 Ka 500 V8 water-cooled diesel developing 1,000 hp, coupled to an Allison Transmission Division X1100-5A3 fully automatic transmission with four forward and two reverse gears. This transmission is a further development of that installed in the General Dynamics Land Systems M1 series of MBT.

03/10/2024

Why we love the Musée des Blindés in France 😀😀
How many vehicles can you name ? 🤣🤣

03/10/2024

When the movie budget really lets you down 🤣🤣🤣

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The Type 74 from Japan- Fourteen years to develop 😲 so essentially obsolete by the time it entered service. Some 893 were produced, and while it was due to be replaced by the more modern Type 90 with the end of the Cold War the Type 74s remained in service until at least 2006, in fact you can still see some of the modified variants still in service now. The video shows the hydropneumatic suspension in use which can be adjusted to suit the type of terrain being crossed. Operated either by the commander or the driver it enables the tank to be inclined 6° forwards or backwards, 9° left or right and raised or lowered giving a minimum ground clearance of 200 mm and a maximum ground clearance of 650 mm. #military #militaryhistory

AMX-13

I grab a ride on an AMX-13 through the English countryside.😀 Certainly very distinctive with its oscillating turret this lightweight (13 tonnes) French Tank was exported to over 26 Nations and has seen service in a multitude of conflicts. #Military #militaryhistory

Cambrai Day

Wishing all my family of The Royal Tank Regiment a Happy Cambrai Day. Through the mud and the blood to the green fields beyond. FEAR NAUGHT! 🟫🟥🟩 The Battle marked the first large-scale use of tanks for a military offensive. Cambrai Day- By 0500hrs 20th November 1917 the tanks were assembled in a long line stretching for almost 6 miles in front of the British trenches. At 0610hrs (ten minutes before Zero Hour), they began to creep forward to get into the correct positions to lead the infantry forward. At 0620hrs the artillery barrage began from 1000 guns as the tanks began their advance towards the German defences. #militaryhistory #military #theroyaltankregiment

Panther Tank #militaryhistory #

Date for the diary 🙂 Tankfest returns 27-29 June 2025 for three explosive days. 😀 https://tankmuseum.org/events/tankfest/ #military #worldoftanks #thetankmuseum

The T-55

A Czech built T-55 being put through its paces at the Muckleburgh Military Collection in Norfolk. 🥹 What are your thoughts ? Was the T-55 a good tank for the era ? 🤔🤔🤔 https://www.muckleburgh.co.uk/