Cold War Tank Tales from the Land Down Under (321) - a podcast by Ian Sanders

Many of Tim’s family had served in WW1 and WW2 and from a young age, he was determined to follow their path.
Overcoming huge competition for places he became a driver of the Leopard AS1 MBT at 1st Armoured Regiment of the Australian Army.Australia is largely ignored in most Cold War histories, however, we hear how the Australian Army prepared to fight the Musorians, a thinly disguised notional enemy which was obviously the Soviets or one of their satellites in everything but name.
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0:00 Introduction and Tim Whitford's early life and influences7:48 Tim's involvement in the reserves and training details
12:16 Transition to the regular army and experience with basic training19:41 First encounter with the Leopard tank and training experience
28:42 Comparison of Leopard and Centurion tanks33:57 Posting to the 1st Armored Regiment and first deployment
43:41 NBC training and river forwarding capabilities of Leopard tanks51:30 Reaction to the fall of the Berlin Wall and shift in military roles
55:09 Preview of Part 2 and recognizing financial supportersChapters powered by PodcastAI✨
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