#88 Old tank, Imber Range, Salisbury Plain

purdey12345, on January 13, 2008, said:

This is the rear of an old Chieftain main battle tank.

coppe, on August 16, 2008, said:

Thanks Purdy12345,i like this one.

Sheepdisease, on August 26, 2008, said:

Why have these tanks just been left like this in this location?

purdey12345, on August 26, 2008, said:

Thanks for your visit coppe. I've only just noticed so sorry for the late reply.

Sheepdisease there are many tank hulks here as this is a military training area which is closed to the public most of the time. They are used for target practice and for training in extracting tank crews from a wrecked tank.

Sheepdisease, on August 26, 2008, said:

Thank you for this information!

Sounds interesting, any video clips of this training?

purdey12345, on August 26, 2008, said:

The nearest I could find was this one from the British Army youtube channel. It looks as though a lot of it was shot on Salisbury Plain and in particular in the Copehill Down mock village

steve drury, on August 6, said:

Hi purdey12345 perfect shot for the NPC.. yes looks like this ones seen better days

thanks for your help with NPC info and good luck with this one

steve

Nick Weall, on August 7, said:

Nice shot Purdey, I used to go all over these plains when in the Army and also lived at Heytesbury for a while ~ Good luck in the NPC ~ Ciao nick

purdey12345, on August 7, said:

Many thanks steve and Nick. It will be interesting to see how the voters view it!