Dummy Tanks

[Pontius Navigator]

Anyone know where to get dummy tanks or full-scale sillouettes?

[Bill O'Average]

You could try prowling around Salisbury plain in the early hours of the morning. If you take a walk about 2500ms from the range hut, you will find a plentiful supply. Careful what you tread on though.

[LunchMonitor]

There used to be inflatables available from Hullavington but that was quite a while ago.

[Sideshow Bob]

Try the Paint Shop at Benson, they look after all the dummies now.

[PTT]

If you want to get REALLY realistic then there's a load of burned out hulks scattered around the Iraqi desert.

Of course, you'd need to offset the transport costs and the radiation poisoning (from the depleted uranium) against your profits...

[Vage Rot]

Take 200 old newspapers and 20 gallons of solvite, a pair of Val's old knickers (available off the internet at £9.99 - allegedly!).

It should then be a simple matter to fashion a lifelike tank from bits of old fluff, papiermache and the green stuff from a crewroom coffee mug!

[donald stott]

According to a newspaper article, last year I believe, the Army lost a dummy tank in Wales. Some OTC people discovered it in a gorge after a severe storm. Don't quote me but the cost was something in the region of £5000.

I had a look at an RAF owned dummy tank on exercise and I am sure myself and a few friends could knock up a better dummy tank, on a Friday afternoon before happy hour, for as little as £500.

I can assure you that the money would be spent behind the bar on alcohol and a jumbo sized packet of Ready Salted crisps.

(I am also contemplating making a cannon that fires crap beer cans). Not sure how much this will cost. :}

[Pontius Navigator]

Thanks all.

Don't think I didn't think of one-owner used tanks in fetching sand colour.

The lost tank was actually an air force one but it was the army that lost it.

Benson sounds a good bet I'll try that.