Tank Nuts World of Tanks

I chat with the incredible Mr. Rich Fisher one of the director's of the Vickers MG & Research Association whose goal is to inform and educate the publics knowledge of the Vickers machine gun's role in military history. 

Join me for this incredible journey into historical research and remembrance.

I chat with Dick Taylor. He started his service in the British army at the tender age of sixteen as a Junior Trooper at the Junior Leaders Regiment Royal Armoured Corps in Bovington. After completing training, he served with 3RTR and 2RTR. As well as being a tank commander, he was a specialist in tank gunnery. He was commissioned as a captain in 2000 into 1RTR and left the regular army as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2013, although he has since been mobilized for operational service three times for tours overseas. During his long career he completed fifteen operational deployments to various hot spots including three tours of Afghanistan, two to Iraq, as well as Northern Ireland, Bosnia, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, and South Sudan. He is the official historian of the Royal Armoured Corps, has an avid interest in modern and military history and writes military history books for a hobby. His most recent publications have been The Second World War Tank Crisis: The Fall and Rise of British Armour 1919-1945, and the first two volumes of Armoured Warfare in the British Army (Find, Fix and Strike).

I sit down with Nikki Scott the founder and driving force behind Scotty’s Little Soldiers the incredible charity dedicated to supporting bereaved military children & young people who have experienced the death of a parent who served in the British Armed Forces. 

Inspired by the experience of Nikki following the death of her husband Corporal Lee Scott in Afghanistan in 2009, the charity is currently providing assistance to hundreds of bereaved Forces children and young people around the UK.

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We chat with Frank Wood -Site and Restorations Manager at Eden Camp Modern History Museum. Hear more about this incredible venue all set in the buildings and grounds of an original World War 2 Prisoner of War Camp. We discuss his passion for keeping History alive, his love of a particular exhibit the M-50 Sherman Tank and a whole lot more. 

Image Courtesy- Charlotte Graham 

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Tank Nuts is sponsored by World of Tanks PC- a game where history meets action. Historical accuracy, stunning graphics and immersive sound make you feel like a real tank commander taking part in a furious armored offensive. Create an account and get a special Starter Pack with a bunch of valuable in-game content. 

We chat with "Baz" a private collector and restorer of French Military Vehicles, we discuss his love for living History, the joys and pitfalls of ownership and restoration and the incredible stories along the way, including meeting the man who keeps a Naval Mine in his living room....

The French Army Reenactment Group on Facebook.

Part 2-We follow "The lost Soldier" Rich Jones as he gets deeper into the world of organized crime. Culminating in arrest and a 15 year prison sentence in 2012 after being convicted of conspiracy to supply cocaine.

 Want to win a signed copy of Rich's first book Charlie Four Kilo simply leave a review on your chosen podcast listening page and answer this question - What was Rich's very first job on a tank when he joined the Army ? (Hint-Episode Thirteen)  e- mail your answer to FirebaseChallenger@wargaming.net  

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