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Old Mar 7th 2007, 11:43 pm
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Originally Posted by walla
I've only got one
That makes it easy then
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Old Mar 8th 2007, 12:04 am
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Originally Posted by walla
If it floated I wouldn't need a shipping company...
Smart arse! That was my next line!
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Old Mar 8th 2007, 12:40 am
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Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Smart arse! That was my next line!
Then you should have had this in mind



Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank!
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by sme
That makes it easy then
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by walla
Then you should have had this in mind



Carden Loyd M1931 Amphibious Tank!
Not talking to you, you ruined my joke, cost me at least a couple of seconds worth of chuckling to myself!
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Old Mar 8th 2007, 12:42 am
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by rugbymatt
Not talking to you, you ruined my joke, cost me at least a couple of seconds worth of chuckling to myself!

Actually, I'm looking at good boat ramps at the mo....
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by walla
Actually, I'm looking at good boat ramps at the mo....
I dont even know what that sentance means!
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by walla
Actually, I'm looking at good boat ramps at the mo....
So you can do this... like?

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Old Mar 8th 2007, 12:49 am
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Originally Posted by rugbymatt
I dont even know what that sentance means!

I'm looking into importing a T054A navy boat.
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by gruffbrown
So you can do this... like?

Not quite like, something without an outboard...
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by walla
Not quite like, something without an outboard...
Won't you have to paddle really fast like, to get it in the air?
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Originally Posted by gruffbrown
Won't you have to paddle really fast like, to get it in the air?
The Chinese never made a hovercraft
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by gruffbrown
So you can do this... like?

ONLY Roger Moore could do that...

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Old Mar 8th 2007, 10:19 am
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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by walla
If it floated I wouldn't need a shipping company...
The Russian variant (the T54/55) was fully amphibious - can you not drive it over on the sea bed? I guess it would need a pretty long snorkel though...

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Default Re: Shipping a tank from Hong Kong

Originally Posted by Swerv-o
The Russian variant (the T54/55) was fully amphibious - can you not drive it over on the sea bed? I guess it would need a pretty long snorkel though...

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