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  1. Stolly footage courtesy of Mr Hewes on Youtube - apparently these are away to be restored
  2. My mistake - it could be the driver with the SMG - I was thinking that the senior NCO would be armed with the SMG The SD was definitely gone by '65/66 with the Vietnam deployment. The FAL was in use by that point and the heavy barrel version replaced the Bren as the section LMG. Maybe the Oxford carriers end up back in Australia after the Korean war...... Its worth noting that the link to the photo in Google maps also has a lot of pictures of the exhibits at the Armor museum at the former Puckapunyal armour centre.........
  3. Could it be the Puckapunyal training area in Australia......?? See a recent photo from google maps https://www.google.com/maps/place/Puckapunyal+VIC+3662,+Australia/@-36.9976498,145.0262172,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNhJaa5Ug_nPyNNr9Z0IEvkHKOsHM8m4ZZv4sAU!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNhJaa5Ug_nPyNNr9Z0IEvkHKOsHM8m4ZZv4sAU%3Dw203-h152-k-no!7i3648!8i2736!4m7!3m6!1s0x6ad787f46b64d9ad:0x40579a430a08270!8m2!3d-36.9961769!4d145.0272127!10e5!16zL20vMGJmOXB5?entry=ttu# Wikipedia mentions that the range was the training centre for the National Service recruits in the 1950's and 60's. NS service personnel might not be as smart as a demonstration team..... The trees and hills definitely feel Australian. The officers SMG certainly could be a Owen. These were still in use in the late 60's with the Australian deployment to Vietnam.
  4. Wally, do we know how many of the 431 load carriers were built? We know that FV437 06 EB 01 is converted from one of these vehicles. There is a load carrier photographed as a range target in Rob Griffins Pen and Sword book on the FV430 series (not a great publication - has the feel of being thrown together on a Friday afternoon). Theres no visible/legible markings on the photos. From the Chatham photos the FV437 at the RE museum is definitely built from a load carrier given the spacing of the wheel stations. So is this 06 EB 01 heavily modified/stripped of its original fittings....?
  5. Same vehicle in the Littlefield collection?? - results of the 2014 Auction https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lc14/the-littlefield-collection/lots/r0005-fmc-armored-command-recon-vehicle-lynx/574232 You can just make out the reg number and it does look like it ends 05...... (it also doesnt have the commanders cupola so would match up with the FVDRE photos) Also a prototype M113-1/2? https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lc14/the-littlefield-collection/lots/r0073-fmc-armored-command-recon-vehicle-lynx/574516 Prototype M113 IFV's https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lc14/the-littlefield-collection/lots/r0045-aifv-dsid-0001-prototype/574184 https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/lc14/the-littlefield-collection/lots/r0047-aifv-demo-1-prototype/574490
  6. @wally dugan when were the M113's at the FVDRE?? The Australians put Saladin turrets on M113's in Vietnam in 1971 - see Paul Handels website http://anzacsteel.hobbyvista.com/Armoured Vehicles/m113a1fsvph_1.htm The saladin turret was later replaced by the scorpion equivalent - I wonder if this was before the FVDRE work with the vehicle shown.....
  7. Clive, thanks for this. Whats the title/document number of this report? Is the FVDRE wading photo above from the report?? Obviously the author of the report had a liking for the Ferret when it came down to the size. I'll have to go and see how the CVRT compares size wise
  8. orientated as per the film Locking detent Rear retainer plate slot relative to detent Cable Retaining pin locked in position - bar has to be depressed to unlock and extract the pin 1/4 turn engages pin into retainer plate - view on the "back" of the block
  9. The New Zealand connection https://contractormag.co.nz/classic-machines/vickers/vr180-vigor-vikon/
  10. National Lottery Heritage fund application......one of the categories Anyone got experience of making an application???https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/print/pdf/node/110955
  11. Mark, Agreed - there could be more than one prototype. The square hydro - jets in the film stills definitely look like Dowty units with the "clam shell" doors for directing the water. The RE museum vehicle has nozzle outlets which are much more like the unit on a jet ski. I think these would have had to had larger protective boxes. The rear of the RE vehicle looks very bare (its missing a buoyancy unit where the rear door would have been) and theres no evidence of attachment points. A quick search on FV437 on the IWM web page lists another film of the amphibious trials of the FV437 and Scorpion at Instow - unfortunately its just the catalogue entry and no film has been digitised.....
  12. Mark, Looking at the Chatham photos and the film stills I would say the outlets have been changed - square to round. I'm presuming the power pack must have been moved to the crew compartment - the trunking extension looks to be where the circular crew hatch would normally be. I assume that this is protecting the pack air intakes and radiators . Exhaust arrangement is completely different from the regular FV430 series.
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