September 27, 2006
Soldiering is Serious Work
So you can understand why while staging a coup it would be necessary for the Thai coup leaders to ban go-go girls from dancing near tanks and troops
Canadian soldiers may want to point out that they are not staging any coups at the moment, though you wouldn't want to disrupt any overseas operations.
Posted by Jaeger at September 27, 2006 2:23 PMlink is broken...
Posted by: shawn at September 27, 2006 3:39 PMthat pic was taken as part of a fashion assigment at a school in Thailand.....the student must have figured it was a once in a lifetime location / prop chance....
notice how the coup barely recieved any news attention???
sad but true
Posted by: jsaw at September 27, 2006 3:51 PMSorry, link fixed now.
Posted by: Kevin Jaeger at September 27, 2006 3:56 PMWhere do I join the Thai army?
Posted by: kakola at September 27, 2006 4:17 PMAs Sir Galahad might have said to the coup leaders: "bet you're GAY!" I mean, come on, this should be considered a fringe benefit for the rank and file! And it IS Bangkok, after all.
Posted by: Dudley Morris at September 27, 2006 4:24 PMAdds a whole new meaning to the phrase: "War is hell".
Posted by: Texas Canuck at September 27, 2006 4:35 PMDoes Thailand have a central bank or reserve system?
Posted by: Real Conservative at September 27, 2006 4:46 PMMy fantasy today is to have Talibam Jack and Libby dancing the go-go for our troops! Now that woulld be newsworthy, wouldn't it?
Posted by: melwilde at September 27, 2006 4:54 PMHmmm, I think that's an American M-46/7 "Patton" style tank from Korean war vintage. I suppose they think they are good enough against the rock throwing populace. I'm feeling pretty good about our C-2 Leopards (Type A-1) right now.
Posted by: Schwarze Tulpe at September 27, 2006 5:12 PMApparently....not everyone in Thaistick land is taking this coup business so seriously.
Posted by: OMMAG at September 27, 2006 5:38 PMSchwarze Tulpe
The US of A used that model (likely the later M-60 Patton) into the 1980s, maybe the 1990s.
Our Leopards Mk1s were originally designed in the 1960s. Although they have had serveral upgrades to the optics and such since they are still definately a Tier 2 MBT and I would not put them up against a Leo 2, Challenger 2, Leclerc or Abrams.
They should be adequate for Afghanistan, but we will loose some to RPG fire.
Posted by: DKJONES at September 27, 2006 6:56 PMThis calls for a caption contest. I'll start. "Thai tank and crew knocked out by a couple of bazookas".
Posted by: DrD at September 27, 2006 7:03 PMThere was a tank in that picture?
Posted by: missing link at September 27, 2006 9:15 PMTank? There's a tank? Ah, so there is.
If Wikipedia can be trusted the Royal Thai Army has M-60A3 and M-48A5 medium tanks, in addition to some Chinese copies of the T-55.
So I'd guess it's an M-48, but I don't claim to be an expert.
But I'd still take the C2 Leopard, unless, that is, the M-48s come with go-go girls as standard equipment.
Posted by: Kevin Jaeger at September 27, 2006 9:16 PM
I guess the Thai troops are deployed to date, too.
Posted by: andycanuck at September 27, 2006 10:58 PMmy niece was/is in banghok and it scared the crap out of us here. she didn't know about the coup until she phoned home
Posted by: kelly at September 28, 2006 12:22 AMThe tank is an M41 Walker Bulldog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-41_tank
Posted by: Zip at September 28, 2006 12:52 PMThe tank is an M-41 Walker Bulldog, 1940's technology, not 1960's.
Still, more than enough firepower to send the message in Thailand. :-)
Nothing says "obey me" better than armour.
Posted by: Zip at September 28, 2006 12:57 PMThere was a tank in that picture? All I see is a tank TOP.
Posted by: Sakaki Onsei at September 28, 2006 1:36 PMThe tank is an M41 Walker Bulldog, more than enough firepower for Thailand.
Nothing says "OBEY ME!" better than armour :-)
Posted by: Zip at September 28, 2006 2:13 PMJust imagine having the ABRAMS tank in WW II just imagine wheat they would have done with those german TIGER TANKS?
Posted by: spurwing plover at September 30, 2006 3:38 PM