Armortek's 1:6 prototype Chieftain tank out for a drive in the car park. Even without a sound module it sounds great. Rubber inserts for the tracks will make a difference, but they will not be ready for another couple of weeks. www.armortek.co.uk #armortek #onesixthscale #rctank | The Official Armortek

The Chieftain was Britain’s Cold War Main Battle Tank from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. It has a very distinctive engine note from its Leyland L60 Multifuel engine. An engine that early on was somewhat unreliable, luckily our Chieftain runs, so get an earful of that engine! For more on Chieftain: https://tankmuseum.org/tank-nuts/tank-collection/chieftain #tank #tankmuseum #chieftain | The Tank Museum

101K views · 3.6K reactions | From exile to Greenland chieftain, Erik the Red used a bold name to build a colony. #Vikings #Greenland #NorseHistory | The History Archives | Facebook

In the late 9th century, Viking ships prowled the coasts of Frankia, plundering monasteries and burning towns. Among their leaders was Rollo, a towering Norse chieftain reputed to be so large no horse could bear him for long. His real name may have been Hrólfr, but the Franks called him Rollo. In 911, after years of brutal raids up the Seine, Rollo besieged Paris and Chartres. King Charles the Simple, desperate for peace, offered him a radical deal: land in exchange for loyalty. Rollo accepted,