"What is your experience with aro(u)red military vehicles?" Topic

It occurs to me that many TMPers have little experience with armo(u)red military vehicles and yet many of us play games where such vehicles are central to the conflicts involved.

So, what is your experience with armored military vehicles?
A) none
B) I have seen a replica(s)
C) I have been inside a replica(s)
D) I have been inside a real one(s)
E) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) but not in combat
F) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) but not in combat
G) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them & without anti-tank weapons
H) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them & without anti-tank weapons
I) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them but with anti-tank weapons
H) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them but with anti-tank weapons
I) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) in combat against opponents with them
H) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) in combat against opponents with them
J) I have served in combat against them but my side possessed no armored vehicles of our own & our side possessed no anti-tank weapons
L) I have served in combat against them but my side possessed no armored vehicles of our own but our side did possess anti-tank weapons
M) I have served in combat against them and my side possessed armored vehicles of our own but I was neither a passenger nor crew

Other answers?

what is your experience with armored military vehicles?
E) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) but not in combat

Enlisted as Crew and Vehicle Commander, Commissioned as Platoon Leader and Vehicle Commander.

I) I have have served as a crew member on a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them but with anti-tank weapons

H) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them but with anti-tank weapons

And had the good fortune to not be in it when the enemies showed us their anti-tank weapons…

I.

Other. I was the guy who fixed them when the rest of you broke them.

l

D

A.

E and F

D, if a recovery vehicle counts, that is. I got the chance to crawl around in a tank recovery vehicle when I was a teenager, at a fair.

N. I've seen lots of real ones up close, at various venues, including the Littlefield collection, before it was broken up, in CA.

O. Had a father who collected the damn things and watched them rust over years in our backyard?

F

I once fired a 25 pounder at a Churchill.

E and F. While in the ARNG .

Just Jack wrote

H) I have been a passenger in a real one(s) in combat against opponents without them but with anti-tank weapons

And had the good fortune to not be in it when the enemies showed us their anti-tank weapons…

Amen, brother.

LT

E & F.
My main experience is in a 432 in Germany in the 80's. These things were supposed to be able to swim and be NBC proof, I always used to stare at the seals on the back door as shafts of sunlight pierced the rear of the vehicle. There was no way they would have kept me in there if it was going through water lol.

Sorry, optional field, I just did the other two and am too fatigued for this one now…

E

I trained briefly with M48A5 and M113 some in ROTC and our police department had a wheeled armored vehicle for a short time, but no combat use.

Mike Bunkermeister Creek
Bunker Talk blog

Rumbled around in an M113, some truck I don't recall and been next to Leopard 2 tanks (A5 I believe).

D & F

Since I'm a Navy Man, I'm slightly miffed you didn't do one of these topics for warships…

D & F.

B to F. I've driven a 432.

B, D & F.

As there is answer B I would say that there should be an answer telling "I have seen a real one(s)."
I saw hundreds of them, especially during my youth in Northern Germany back in the 80s…

Cheers,
Benjamin

D

E

E and F. Also while in the ARNG.