Who am I and where am I calling from?

[M1Buck]

Name:Tom

 

Age:35

 

Country:USA

 

Service:Active Army (89-92), NYARNG (92-Present)Smart enough to become 19K4A8 (M1/M1A1 Master Gunner, Sergeant First Class), dumb enough to accept a Commission (2001), now a unqualified 2nd Lieutenant! Going to Armor Officer Basic Course in 8/02. Desert Storm Vet, served with Ray in same Brigade, Graduated MG school with alot of help from Adam, come from good stock-Richard Lindquist (BR-VMI class of 1988).

 

Interest:My three young girls, My full time civillian job (civil engineer), My part time job (surveying), TANKS, flying my airplane (PA 32r-301 Piper Saratoga AKA Kennedy Killer)

 

Tanknet:I've been here since "Heavy Metal"

 

Comments:Many more people have to go to the I&I's and it's only once a year. I've been to 3 out of the 4 and it is so much fun. I've met some of the nicest people there.

I have been very busy studying for my engineering license (PE) exam to really spend alot of time posting lately, so I've been relagated to lurking for a few months now.

[Gipper]

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[Alexey M Kalinin]

Name: Alexey Kalinin

Age:21

Country:Russia

Service: Russian army reserve officer

Interest:economy (my main job), football and TANKS - volunteer tank restorer at Kubinka.

Tanknet: Joined in 2001

[yuval]

hello all

 

name: Yuval Raz

age: 21

country: Israel

service: started as flight cadet in IAF. then went to infantry, right now i'm an intell' officer in the Giva'ati brigade.

intrests: MBT technology, avionics, small arms, AT technology, martial arts, fishing.

tanknet: been here posting since i was 16 or so (5-6 years).

comments: tanknet (and previouse heavy metal) helped me a lot in many aspects, mostly in the writing of my study of the evolvement of tank technology.

 

keep up the good work

yuval raz

 

edited for updating details

 

[Edited by yuval (11 Apr 2004).]

[Antti Eilola]

Name: Antti Eilola

Age: 21

Country: Finland

Service: T-72M1 gunner for 1 year in Finnish Defence Forces

Interest: Tanks and Steel Beasts

Tanknet: Been in the background for couple years and after learning a few tricks about T-72 started posting once in a while.

Comments: This is great place to find the information you need on pretty much anything military. If you got a question about the FCS and gunnery stuff of T-72M1, don't hesitate to ask.

[Cavalier]

Age: 27

Country: Spain

Service: Joined the Army in 1995. Now Frist Liutenant, Cavalry

Interest: AFV,s, ATGM,s... Armored Warfare

Tanknet: a few months ago I found the link to TANKNET

[Amedeo Matteucci]

Name: Amedeo Matteucci

Age: 30

Country: Italy

Service: conscript service, trained as infantryman, supposed to be in the artillery, actually served in a command unit...

Interest: AFVs (of course!), history, philosophy, science, ancient languages and a couple of other things I'd better not mention here...

Tanknet: since the glorious years of the Heavy Metal Forum...

Comments: better late than never!

 

 

 

[Edited by Amedeo Matteucci (17 Feb 2002).]

[nitin]

Name:Nitin

 

Age:23

 

Country:India

 

Service:Too old to join up the IA now,still tryin' though.A couple of years in the national cadet corps(NCC).

 

Interests: Defence matters(Air and Land mostly),art,literature(nothing heavy!), history .

 

Tanknet:Came here about 4 years back.Lurked and was amazed to see the wealth of knowledge on display-from all nations .First posted about a year or so back .And the people here are -lets just say,amazing.

 

Tanknet rules.

 

Regards,

Nitin

 

 

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[Edited by nitin (19 Feb 2002).]

[Guest The Biss]

Name: Dave Bissette

 

Age: 30

 

Country: USA, Wake Forest, NC

 

Service: Tanker on M1A1(HA) 89-92, 2AD & 1st ID in Desert Storm

 

Interest: Camping, my wife, daughters, Flash cartooning, skinning in Steel Beasts

 

Tanknet: Came to participate in FLAME wars that SteelBeasts.com would lock up tighter than a virgin's honeypot

 

Comments: What the heck kind of name is Attack of the Clones? Well, when you think about it all the Star Wars movie names are crappy... I mean Star Wars... ohhhh, it's a war in the stars...

 

[Froggy]

Name:Sébastien Fève

Age:29

Country:France

Service: S-SGT; 1994-98 AMX30B2 Tank Commander; 1998-? Leclerc T8 Tank Commander

Interest:Tanks, Steel Beast, my daughter

Tanknet:Since I have ADSL (8 months)

Comments: Leclerc is a better tank than you think...

[Slater]

Name: Paul

 

Country: USA

 

Service: 20 years USAF (Munitions Systems Specialist/Supervisor)

 

Interests: General military topics, history, insignia collecting

 

Current Employment: Energetic Materials Tech (Pyrotechnics, Delay Compositions, Rocket Motors). My company makes the ACES II ejection seat.

[SimeyTheLimey]

Name: Simon

 

Age: 35

 

Country: USA, but I also lived in the UK for 19 years.

 

Service: 1989-1990 U.S. Army Reserve 31C1P (Airborne Single Channel Radio Operator); 1990-1995 Regular U.S. Army 11M20 (Mechanized Infantry NCO, but I less gruntish jobs as well).

 

Stationed in Ft. Polk (ugh!), Mannheim and Bad Kreuznach.

 

Interests: International security issues. Got a degree in it, came to my senses, and I'm now in law school. Photography.

 

Tanknet: Just joined. I stumbled on Manic Moran's diary and it turns out he went to my old Basic Training company (A 2/46).

 

Comments: I see I am not the only Hoya, 31 Chuck or 11 Mikeymike. Cool!

 

 

 

 

[Edited by SimeyTheLimey (01 Apr 2002).]

[Browser]

Name:John Madick

 

Age: 35

 

Country: USA (That little place north of Texas)

 

Service: None, aspired to NSC, then the wall came down my Sr year in college.

 

Interest: Modern land combat, wargaming, small unit actions, all pushed to the back by my 3 year old daughter.

 

Tanknet: Lurking off and on for years, just started getting involved.

[buckshot]

Name: Sam T.- Due to internet parnoia, that is all you get.

Age: 27

Country: Montana, USA

Service: I take orders from no man, hence, no service.

Interest: Professional Wrestling, Technology.

Tanknet: About a month posting. Came to Tanknet since my favorite forum looks like it is soon to croak. Lurking for 4-5 months.

Comments: "Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something. "

- last words of Pancho Villa (1877-1923)

[Erik]

Name: Erik Sturzebecher

 

Age: 19 (oh-my-god my teenage years are almost over!)

 

Country: United States, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, (Wexford/North Hills actually)

 

Service: Soon,...I am in the DEP (Delayed Entry Program) for the USMC!!!! infact just got promoted to PFC yesterday, got my two refferrals in. Signed up for (CE) (combat support) gunning for (1800) (M1A1 tank crewman). Leave for Parris Island on this June 17th, can't wait!

 

Interests: Lots of them: Muscle Cars, WWII (12 yrs studying and counting!), Tanks (duh!), Warhammer 40,000; Love my girlfriend, did I mention WWII

 

Tank.Net: Found it about a week ago through Onwar.com Love it!!

 

Comments: I have been a Senior Member over at Onwar.com for over 2 years and that forum is dying but yet this one thrives on. Thanks to everyone for letting me post, I am not much of a lurker, but I only post when I am at least pretty sure that I know what I am talking about. Love talking to people from all over the country, and the amount of knowledge here could fill the Pacific Ocean.

[SK]

Name: Stefan Kohlbrecher

Age: 21 (22 on 16th may )

Country: germany

Service: 10 month artillery duty with 4./BeobPzArtLBtl 51 (artillery), looking into becoming reserve officer with the Panzertruppe in a year or two.

Interest: military,my g/f,sports.. studying computer science

Tanknet: lurking quite some time, registered some days ago

Comments: Great Forum, there´s no place else if you wanna hear opinions from tankers from all around the world.

[Hugin]

Name: Kim Goltermann

Age: 40

Country: Denmark/Copenhagen

Service: Yep. 2y + 5y/active reserve, squad leader/motorized infantry/army '85-'92. Served most of the time on the island Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

Interests: AFVs(mostly contemporary), wargaming(the old-fashioned kind with small cardboard counters - WW2), current military/political developments.

TankNet: Almost 4 years now, but not many posts. Not enough time w. wife, 2 small daughters etc.

Edited January 10, 2006 by Hugin

[RetCop]

Name: Vince B.

Age: 53

Country: Land of the free, home of the brave, sunny AZ

Service: USAF 1967-1971, 21 years as a cop, locked and loaded every day

Interest: motorcycles and enjoying my retirement.

Tanknet: off and on about a year

Comments: don't bring a knife to a gunfight

[Kraut]

Name: Kolja

Age: 22

Country: Germany

Service: I joined the German Navy as an officer cadet in 1998 and was promoted to LTzS last year. At the moment I am studying mechanical engineering at the University of the Federal Armed Forces in Hamburg.

Interest: running (10km), history and historical movies

Tanknet: I registered some time ago and have lurked until now.

 

[Edited by Kraut (16 Apr 2002).]

[Spiff]

Name: Brian M.

Age: 28

Country: USA, San Antonio, TX

Service: None

Interest: Medicine (currently a medical student), Biomedical Engineering, Camping, Military History... and tanks of course.

Tanknet: What can I say, I like tanks. Been lurking here for a while and have been impressed with the level of expertise here and it's entertaining too.

Comments: Thanks for the site!

[Stargrunt6]

Name: Mark Anthony Cabrera (what the heck . . .)

Age: 24 (until next week!)

Country: US to the A, in Loozyana

Service: One year in AFROTC (OOOHHH!) Planning on being an Army doc

Interest: History, all things military, gaming, art

Tanknet: This group is home to me. I'm a tank nut, exposed to my first AFV at the tender age of 5 (KO'D Daimler Staghound near a playground in Nicaragua. Got pictures of it, too). What I like about this group is the maturity. Tried to peruse a video gaming forum, but the immaturity was WAAYYY too much.

Comments: I just came from the dentist and the left side of my mouth is very numb. I am chewing a health bar on the right side of my mouth, but am having a hard time knowing whether I'm done or not. On the plus side, I can do a really good Sly Stallone impersonation.

 

Peace,

 

MCab

 

 

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[Edited by MCab (18 Apr 2002).]

[savantu]

Name:Crisan Paul

 

Age: 20

 

Country: Romania,country of vampires and Drakula

 

Service: none

 

Interest:tanks,army stuff, Red Army in special,economic power,politics,everything you want.

 

Tanknet: The Black Sheep (former i supose) ;love it anyway , got here by using the big G

 

Comments: great forum and even greater members.

Edited July 3, 2006 by savantu

[cotton]

Name:E. B. Buck Owen

Age:59

Country:Texas oops I mean U.S.A.

Service:25 Years U.S. Army 19D retired June 85 1 Sgt. Last 17 years Law Enforcment.

Interest:Tanks!and all things military

Tanknet:3 Years I think?

Comments:Great site with lots of good personnel. The post keep getting better and better.

 

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[Edited by TC (21 Apr 2002).]

[Thunderbolt-6]

This is an update... I originally posted my details on 5 Jan 02, some has changed:

 

Name: Mike

Age: 36

Country: USA

Service: Army... 19 years. I enlisted in 1983, first Reserves, then National Guard, and now Active Duty. 11B Infantryman first, then 54B Chemical sergeant. Staff Sergeant when I went to OCS. Armor Captain now, working on Major, I was assigned inside the Beltway (I used to work with A.ndy, and served in the same battalion with him for 3 years), but I got time off for good behavior... actually I made a royal pain in the a** of myself until they transferred me. I'm now at Fort Knox. Looking forward to meeting whoever comes by the Patton Museum on Independence Day.

 

Interest: See my profile. I'm expanding my interests to include urban warfare, anyone with background or specialized knowledge (especially current) feel free to contact me.

 

Tanknet: A friend sent me the link, I liked what I saw. I still do. I'd like to congratulate some of the heavy posters (you know who you are) for consistently good comments and insight, I'd also like to particularly commend the staff for their excellent jobs of keeping flames, personal attacks, and egregious bull**it to a minimum.

 

Comments: Good stuff... I refer to the informed and intelligent inquiry and debate that goes on. I specifically except some of the silly bs that appears from time to time: I was a smart and well-informed 17 year old once, and I was cocky too. But try not to engage your mouth (or typing) before your brain. Think before you post and be willing to accept honest criticism (not personal attacks) for what it is.

 

I use this forum for research, by the way, so some of you may end up contributing more to the US Army than you might think. By the same token, I conduct reasonable self-censorship. Sorry, but this is an open forum.

 

Quotes: "You can love the Army but the Army won't love you back."

"Rome did not become an empire by having meetings. Rome became an empire by killing everyone who opposed them."

 

I'm still waiting for "Baghdad delenda est." Working on it, though. Is 10,000 pallets of salt considered Class IV, IX, or X?

[M1Buck]

Name:Tom O'Buckley

Age:35

Country:USA

Service:Active Army '89-'92, National Guard '92-present

Enlisted '89-'01, Commissioned '01-present

Interest:Tanks, My Family, Civil Engineering, Surveying

Tanknet:Been here awhile now. I can't remember when I actually came on board. Has to be atleast 4-5 years now. Looking forward to the next I&I, if we can ever decide where and when.

Comments:Great People, great fights, interesting topics