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The last Tommy

The story of the military Armstrong is an interesting one -a tale of circumstance and opportunism, of spotting an opening and some lateral thinking to take advantage of it.

It involves a dizzying multitude of names, from different countries - Bolton-based CCM (and its then parent company, Armstrong) from Britain,

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