I knew that various WWII special forces carried daggers or stilettos, such as the famous Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, but the type of stiletto with which the above-shown, er, soldiers are equiped aren’t a particular weapon category with which I was previously familiar. The closest equivalent I can think of is Betty Grable’s legs, photographs of which boosted the morale of American GIs in WWII to such an extent that they probably had a significant impact on the course of the war. I think that at one point 20th Century Fox went so far as to insure her legs for 1 million IPCs…um, I mean dollars.
TANKS FOR SALE!
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LOL…
http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/15/autos/littlefield-tank-auction/index.html?hpt=hp_t4
Good video! RIP Mr. Collector.
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A centurion for 92000$ seems a bargain all right. Probably cost that much to transport it back go the new owner’s home!
I think the German Halftrack would have been my choice too, if I could have had any of the options. Is there a comprehensive list or a link to one?
I wonder what the Sherman was which did not sell for 800000$.
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Awesome collection
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Hey this is the same one I linked to a while back… though it was about to be auctioned at that time.
Cool to see what they went for though.
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@wittmann:
A centurion for 92000$ seems a bargain all right.
Yes, but they guzzle gas and I think that British gasoline (I should say petrol) is very expensive. But for pure display purposes it’s not a bad deal, if you have the space for it.
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When you can spend $92,000 pocket money on a tank, the cost of petrol is no longer a concern. :)
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When you can spend $92,000 pocket money on a tank, the cost of petrol is no longer a concern. :)
Good point. It all depends on what “disposable income” means to a given person. Reminds me of the old joke about the very wealthy guy who’d buy a new Mercedes whenever the ashtray of his current one got full. :-)