Thread: If you could have any tank from WWII what would you have?

For sheer power i would have to go for the King Tiger but for over all performance it has to be the T34.

Enjoy the snow Keith, we have none here in Oxfordshire now.

Merry Xmas to you all, have a safe and happy holiday

Sniper

Thanks for the kind words and thoughts Keith.

Trouble is no matter what we humans do ,Australia in particular the states from Sthn Qld & Northern NSW down to Victoria and South Australia are full of forests that burn it's part of the forests regeneration as many plants will only shoot once a bush fire has gone through they need the heat of the fire to germinate or whatever plants do. The big fire last year where all the people were killed was just one of those things.
In most Bush fires as we call them only a few* houses and out buildings not to forget the stock and native animals get hit, That's is the biggest shame to me is the native animals who are just forgotten about unless a fancy picture is flashed around the world. So many native animals and stock die a horrible death, non native animals who live wild in the Aussie bush, well they can burn in hell as far as I'm concerned.

As said the fires were a once in a generation type fire and with more people living out their in the bush areas, their may be more casualties, in the future. However I cannot see a repeat of that day in the foreseeable future, as in the past they have come close to wiping out towns etc out but were stopped at the gates, so hopefully this will be the case for many more years to come.

I see they are finally bringing out large fire fighting planes able to drop massive amounts of retardent./water on the fire, more of a moral booster but look what happened when the bought out the sky crane Elvis, the NSW CFA didn't even know it was in country untill the Vic CFA offered it to them. People when they saw it were clapping and cheering as it can drop a decent load and when it's job was done their hundreds of people came out to wave and cheer the work done by the Sky crane we now have at least two in country each summer, so these big planes when the people see what they can do they will be on their knees in prayers of thanks.

What I would do is place a large water tank on my roof with a sprinkler system running at a slow pace to keep the roof and walls wet, also several more large water tanks just for protecting the perimeter of the home paddock, leaving the dams for other work.

It can cost a small fortune to have your block seriously protected, especially when the Govt agencies won't allow people to clear too much trees etc from the perimeter, but hey this year it's gunna be different sure we will have fires however I hope they will be blown away from populated places and with all the new programs and laws in place for the fire season hopefully even if we have a repeat of that day the people will be more prepared to fight or flight.