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Turret_Monster

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  1. I was always led to believe that the CVRT was designed to be driven in the water by 'paddle wheels' attached to the final drive sprockets, which allowed some steering as well as given better propulsion. I must say I'm amazed that anyone would risk their vehicle (and crew) by floating it untested, and set up in a manner dictated by a film company.
  2. This looks like a 1970s solution to a non-existent problem, built using 1960s technology. At a time when we're phasing out our CVRT fleet due to it's prehistoric design and materials, and rapidly reducing resistance to the typical IED threat, I can't see who's likely to buy this.
  3. My (very limited) experience of our special forces chums is that the correct/official way to do it is however they felt like doing it on the day.
  4. I'm not sure but I seem to remember that the splash screen is the hinged metal plate that sits above the gun inside the turret, and moves as the mantlet is elevated or depressed.
  5. Not the same one who (presumably many years later as he was now a REME sergeant) did pretty much the same to me while going over closed down at night. I didn't need medical assistance although a medicinal drink was on the cards later.
  6. Queen's Own Yeomanry. We were exercising the freedom of Newcastle to celebrate our 40th anniversary.
  7. Okay, so not today but I'm suprised nobody spotted this traffic jam in Newcastle a couple of weeks ago:
  8. Big Sheep seconded, and I don't even have a family.
  9. Some failure! Here's a couple of photos showing the sponson plate where the track chainsawed through it, and the stripped gun showing the result of using the barrel to support the vehicle's weight.
  10. There have been a couple of failures lately including one which resulted in a vehicle leaving the A1 and ending up on its turret. In this case the resulting report identified a failure of the tensioner hub despite the correct maintenence being carried out. Fortunately none of the crew was injured and the incident was a timely reminder to keep as low in the turret as possible to avoid unpleasantness in the event of an accident.
  11. Ignoring all your other woes, it could have just been a jamed starter gear so a brief spell of percussive maintainance might have done the trick. Although I've not experienced it often myself, it must happen regularly enough to have led to the introduction of the access flap in the Driver's firewall on dieselised vehicles.
  12. The ANR headset/crewguard helmet type are externally excatly the same but the manpack type is totally different. Not much help I know but before anyone posts pictures, please remember that the Army (or certainly were until very recently) get very excited about people posting pictures of Bowman kit on the web, and not in a good way.
  13. Bowman kit for sale anywhere is 100% nicked, end of. I recommend handing it in to your nearest armour equiped unit as they almost certainly need it more than you do.
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