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From: djm@castle.ed.ac.uk (D Murphy)
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Subject: Re: Tanks in the Persian Gulf--The Challenger MBT
Keywords: tanks, specs, data
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Date: 8 Oct 90 03:07:13 GMT
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From: D Murphy <djm@castle.ed.ac.uk>

In article <1990Oct4.012638.12150@cbnews.att.com> jfb@ihlpm.att.com
 (Joseph F Baugher) writes:
>
>		First entered service with the Royal Army in 1983.
>
>Joe Baugher	

Quibble time. In the UK, there are the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, both
of which are royal because they were set up at the command of the monarch.

However, it is the *British* Army, presumably because the regiments which 
go to make up the army did so without the express command of the monarch.
Individual regiments, such as the Royal Artillery or Royal Engineers, may
have the same roots as the RN and RAF, but the army as a whole does not.

Murff...