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Fellow camarades in arms,
I should have actually introduced myself a few months ago, but events have been unfolding since March.
Our cat, sixteen years old, suddenly had a tumor on its left hind leg. A visit to the vet didn't bode well. She had a cancerous tumor. We, my wife and I, agreed that as long as she was still doing well, even if it required a lot of visits to the vet, she should still enjoy her life. Unfortunately, on April 8th, the time came for her to go. The tumor had burst open and she was limping noticeably.
The situation after that was only bearable for me with Tavor. I have PTSD, which broke out in 2009 and resulted in me spending five months in the psychiatric ward of the Bundeswehr Central Hospital. I'm still struggling with it! But that's not all. At the beginning of June, I had a serious car accident. Nose broken, ribs on the right thorax broken and/or sprained, lumbar vertebra fractured. In 2009, after my stay in hospital, I left the German army after 38 years. I spent 22 years in tank battalions, before being deployed as a logistician, as we called it in the German army: "armchair farters".
I did three tours in Bosnia-Herzegovina, three in Kosovo, as LNO to the US Brigade in Camp Bondsteel, and one in Afghanistan as LNO to the US task force.
I have been building models since 1961. I was so proud when I built the TAMIYA Panther A. Today we know that this model is an absolute crutch. The angle of inclination on the turret and the hull are not correct. TThe running gear is too short. Well, you had these models in these days then. When I look at the models today - a quantum leap. Even the annoying application of Zimmerit is no longer an issue today.
This concludes my introduction.
Hauke "Hank" Krapf
I should have actually introduced myself a few months ago, but events have been unfolding since March.
Our cat, sixteen years old, suddenly had a tumor on its left hind leg. A visit to the vet didn't bode well. She had a cancerous tumor. We, my wife and I, agreed that as long as she was still doing well, even if it required a lot of visits to the vet, she should still enjoy her life. Unfortunately, on April 8th, the time came for her to go. The tumor had burst open and she was limping noticeably.
The situation after that was only bearable for me with Tavor. I have PTSD, which broke out in 2009 and resulted in me spending five months in the psychiatric ward of the Bundeswehr Central Hospital. I'm still struggling with it! But that's not all. At the beginning of June, I had a serious car accident. Nose broken, ribs on the right thorax broken and/or sprained, lumbar vertebra fractured. In 2009, after my stay in hospital, I left the German army after 38 years. I spent 22 years in tank battalions, before being deployed as a logistician, as we called it in the German army: "armchair farters".
I did three tours in Bosnia-Herzegovina, three in Kosovo, as LNO to the US Brigade in Camp Bondsteel, and one in Afghanistan as LNO to the US task force.
I have been building models since 1961. I was so proud when I built the TAMIYA Panther A. Today we know that this model is an absolute crutch. The angle of inclination on the turret and the hull are not correct. TThe running gear is too short. Well, you had these models in these days then. When I look at the models today - a quantum leap. Even the annoying application of Zimmerit is no longer an issue today.
This concludes my introduction.
Hauke "Hank" Krapf
