Caption competition
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 32,856
Received 2,814 Likes
on
1,200 Posts
"So are the charges primed?... Right, well show those Robot Wars Johnnies how to win a fight"
Avoid imitations
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Posts: 14,573
Received 419 Likes
on
221 Posts
The "Dwarves in Tanks" idea proved to be a complete flop when all of them turned over during initial field trials.
Avoid imitations
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Wandering the FIR and cyberspace often at highly unsociable times
Posts: 14,573
Received 419 Likes
on
221 Posts
"Plan is that the enemy see these tiny tanks but thinking they are still miles away, hold their fire. So we always get to shoot first!"
"Shoot - what with?"
"Oops...!"
"Shoot - what with?"
"Oops...!"
Fed up that the last homing pigeon had become another dinner for General Melchett the British army devised a way to armor plate the birds. However only Captain Blackadder foresaw the lift versus weight problem
Gnome de PPRuNe
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Too close to Croydon for comfort
Age: 60
Posts: 12,615
Received 291 Likes
on
159 Posts
Dashed clever idea that for getting lunch to the front line. We'll call it... Deliverstew!
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 32,856
Received 2,814 Likes
on
1,200 Posts
"Well, the spec was for a tracked anti-personnel weapon and you cannot fault BAe's logic, because since they were delivered we have done nothing but trip over the damned things"
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Hanging off the end of a thread
Posts: 32,856
Received 2,814 Likes
on
1,200 Posts
"They can't be built by Daihatsu, because theirs is a fourtrak"
..
Last edited by NutLoose; 5th Mar 2018 at 13:41.