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Rommie's tax guilders at work
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Rommie's tax guilders at work
by cid » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:47 am
Standing behind your work is one thing...standing in front of it is another...
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by FZR1KG » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:26 am
Not sure what the point of that testing is.
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by cid » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:52 am
FZR1KG wrote:Not sure what the point of that testing is.
The ones that didn't flinch now have it in their permanent records that they'll volunteer for anything...
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by Morrolan » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:59 am
FZR1KG wrote:Not sure what the point of that testing is.
neither do i. weird. who comes up with this stuff?
actually the Leopard 2 weights 67.5 ton and has a road based top speed of 44 mph (speed limited). i don't think it was actually doing that speed, though.
nevertheless, although the act was pretty stupid, i'm sure it was safe as well: brakes in tanks are extremely reliable and given the mechanics of braking a solid moving object on two large flat solid surfaces (the tracks at full stop) on a concrete surface, this would have been calculated to the centimetre. i trained on the Leopard 1 and they basically stop on a dime. nevertheless, i would never have volunteered for something like this.
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by geonuc » Thu Jan 30, 2014 10:20 am
Maybe sales of the Leopard are down and they needed to demonstrate it's capabilities in a way that would catch buyer's attention.
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by Rommie » Thu Jan 30, 2014 11:37 am
Is it worth pointing out that we no longer have guilders, just Euros? 
I agree tho, I don't see the point of it save a good video.
I agree tho, I don't see the point of it save a good video.
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by Sigma_Orionis » Thu Jan 30, 2014 2:48 pm
Euros? that's today's name for Deutsche Mark right? 
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by Swift » Thu Jan 30, 2014 3:06 pm
cid wrote:FZR1KG wrote:Not sure what the point of that testing is.
The ones that didn't flinch now have it in their permanent records that they'll volunteer for anything...
Is that also why they were wears tuxes, and not uniforms (or are those their uniforms)?
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by FZR1KG » Thu Jan 30, 2014 9:28 pm
Morrolan wrote:FZR1KG wrote:Not sure what the point of that testing is.
brakes in tanks are extremely reliable and given the mechanics of braking a solid moving object on two large flat solid surfaces (the tracks at full stop) on a concrete surface, this would have been calculated to the centimetre
Luckily no one was about with a bit of soapy water or an oil water mix solution. lol
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Re: Rommie's tax guilders at work
by Morrolan » Sun Feb 02, 2014 4:30 pm
Like I said: you'd never see me standing on that spot. I've driven the previous model.
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