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NorfolkNWeigh wrote: Mon Apr 07, 2025 9:06 pm D2C0CC49-8EF1-4149-9D07-EC4FA9748622.jpeg
Mighty Antar?
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Super Heavy Mighty Antar I believe the chassis plate says on them. All lorries should be named by 11 year old boys.
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Those look like 11 year old boys designed them too, in a very good way
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Of course, the Antar didn't look quite as super, heavy or mighty next to the Leyland FV1200.

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Two prototypes built but then IIRC the monster tank it was supposed to transport was cancelled. The two prototypes survived for a while in a scrapyard but were broken up in the end.
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JimH wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 5:30 am All lorries should be named by 11 year old boys.
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JimH wrote: Tue Apr 08, 2025 8:21 am Of course, the Antar didn't look quite as super, heavy or mighty next to the Leyland FV1200.

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Two prototypes built but then IIRC the monster tank it was supposed to transport was cancelled. The two prototypes survived for a while in a scrapyard but were broken up in the end.
I thought that it was for the Conqueror which was used by BAOR?
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You may well be right. I know squat about tanks.
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Hat tip to those rocking worn-out Angleboxes, but a bigger one to whoever braved a murky M1 in that 100E with three forward speeds and inverse-speed wipers
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