New Tank Sim: Gunner, HEAT, PC!

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would also love to see @Harry_Bumcrack attempt to wrangle us into a professional fighting force

So No Joke, There I Was

The night my tank caught fire! When I joined the Army, every soldier posted into 1st Armd Regt as a driver and progressed to loader/radio operator then gunner and finally crew commander (CC). I think my IET (Initial Employment Training) course was the first that spent an extra three weeks at Gunnery Wing, School of Armour after completing the Drivers course and marched into the Regiment qualified as drivers and loaders. This was because the Regiment was severly undermanned and a lot of the tan…

New Tank Sim: Gunner, HEAT, PC!

Although this is another installment of my ‘tankie warstories’ it has nothing to do with tanks… I was recently reminded how young soldiers can be complete arsehats. And in an exclusively male, testosterone fuelled environment; weakness will be preyed upon. That in turn made me think back to a time very early in my military career. Trooper ‘Biggles’ Biggins and I were as thick as thieves and when it came to 1 Troop we were always in the poo - only the depth varied. But we were having fun doing…

You guys seriously want me in charge?