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Old 01-30-2007, 13:22 PM   #10 (permalink)
Callmecur
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Originally Posted by Ex MIB View Post
Hold on a minute, before we start giving these chaps delusions of grandue,

Granted they are nice piece of kit, but In my day they were refered to as AVLB's and AVRE's. Only non-tankies called them "tanks".

I know our armoured strength has been reduced considerably since '92, but if we're not carefull someone will have us up on the trades discriptions act

Blooming heck, we will call the Abbot one next...

(walks off into the distance muttering to himself and kicking at the ground)
Good point Ex MIB, to make a distinct point they are not MBT's but AVRE's and AVLB's. Does that mean a replacement for Challenger is in the offing? I wonder if the Trojan can really compete with the Cent bridgelayer - seriously!
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