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Tier 7 in the 'Standard Armor' tree, sold by Sophie the Gunpeddler.
The other side of the same tree does German tanks, it seems, and offers the Leopard, which is the one I want, since I've taken a ride on one. Yes, on.
And, since I ALSO want the Tier 5 armored car recon vehicle in her trees. And, while I WOULD prefer another arty...the Panzerhaubitze 2000 isn't BAD.

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Leopard 1 or Leopard 2?

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In-game? Leopard 1 at Tier 3 and then various versions of the Leopard 2 from Tier 6 through 8. The ride? A Leopard 1 variant.

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Cool. I rode on an elephant once. ... Not an Elefant tank destroyer, an actual elephant.

What? Don't judge me, it was 30 years ago. It wasn't considered morally indefensible back then. Besides, he didn't seem to mind.

I remember getting a ride on an armored vehicle at a state fair once, but I was a very small child at the time and don't remember what it was. WWII-vintage American, I'm pretty sure, but I don't think it was an actual tank; I vaguely recall it didn't have a turret. Maybe a self-propelled gun - M7 Priest or the like.

There used to be a junkyard in a town not far from here (I may have mentioned this before) that was full of WWII tanks, trucks, halftracks, and so forth. The proprietor had used the wide range of parts available to keep a few examples running, and would bring them out for the Memorial Day and Independence Day parades in neighboring towns. So I've seen a Sherman tank and an M18 Hellcat tank TD on the move, but never got a ride on either one of those.

I'd quite like to have a Sherman. Just park it outside and maybe run it to the store once in a while. Possibly get a dozer blade for it and use it to plow the driveway in the winter. It would make a nice conversation piece. Knowing this town, the code enforcement office would get after me for untidy yard infractions.

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Just as cool!

>What? Don't judge me, it was 30 years ago. It wasn't considered
>morally indefensible back then. Besides, he didn't seem to mind.

Why would I judge? I'm not suffering the modern PC affliction. Considering that the eledphant is still used as a working animal in the East, today, and considering the size and strength of an elephant, I sincerely doubt that he was in any way strained, or minded even the slightest.

>I remember getting a ride on an armored vehicle at a state fair once,
>but I was a very small child at the time and don't remember what it
>was. WWII-vintage American, I'm pretty sure, but I don't think it was
>an actual tank; I vaguely recall it didn't have a turret. Maybe a
>self-propelled gun - M7 Priest
>or the like.

ALSO cool. I've had rides in, and on, a variety of armored vehicles, but nothing like that.

>There used to be a junkyard in a town not far from here (I may have
>mentioned this before) that was full of WWII tanks, trucks,
>halftracks, and so forth. The proprietor had used the wide range of
>parts available to keep a few examples running, and would bring them
>out for the Memorial Day and Independence Day parades in neighboring
>towns. So I've seen a Sherman tank and an M18 Hellcat tank TD on the
>move, but never got a ride on either one of those.

>I'd quite like to have a Sherman. Just park it outside and maybe run
>it to the store once in a while. Possibly get a dozer blade for it
>and use it to plow the driveway in the winter. It would make a nice
>conversation piece. Knowing this town, the code enforcement office
>would get after me for untidy yard infractions.

Which is the notable...lack? around here. There aren't all that many US-origin vehicles of that sort, old OR modern. There are a bunch of others, Brit Centurions and Soviet/Russian BMPs among others, but no US ones.

Though, there IS a Futurliner! Number 8, to be exact. I've seen it, though it isn't by far fully restored.

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To quote the late Don Adams on an appearance on Laugh-In, "Who's going to ticket a tank?!"

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Geoff Depew - Darth Mephron
Haberdasher to Androids, Dark Lord of Sith Tech Support.
"And Remember! Google is your Friend!!"

Early indications are fairly promising. It certainly looks good, and while the starting vehicles are (unsurprisingly) not very impressive, the gameplay is fun and there may yet be some hope in the PvE system (which has difficulty tiers!) for those of us players who are not very impressive either. I even managed to not die in one of the missions I played tonight, a feat I have yet to accomplish in World of Tanks or War Thunder.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

The question is not so much "is there a M113 variant with an autocannon," as "which one?"

The Danes only recently retired the M113A2 Mk I DK.
Egypt's EIFV mounts a M2 Bradley turret.
Lebanon mounts a ZU-23 twin autocannon on some of theirs.
etc.

I wish I were in a position to agree - I certainly enjoyed the Early Access gameplay I had - but thanks to the unique way in which client updates are implemented, I started downloading the beta client four days ago and won't be finished with it until well after the founder head start has ended. And so much for that.

(Judging by the traffic on the AW forums, this is happening to a lot more people than just me, before anyone goes pointing at my DSL.)

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Mod
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/
zgryphon at that email service Google has
Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.

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Fearless creatures, we all learn to fight the Reaper
Can't defeat Her, so instead I'll have to be Her

Good lord please no! Tell me you're joking! PLEASE!

*sigh*

This is the sort of thing you should have taken a picture, or even better a video, of and sent to Jingles so jagoff would get world-wide ridicule.

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