recymech66

Couple of Land Rover TUM HS (Wolf) and a Hippo Barv based on the Leapod 1 Future Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle.

Just re-read my post and realised I was talking rubbish, of course if you have an Estimated pull of 30 Tons then the loading at the Snatch block will be 30 Tons but the loading on the ropes on a 2:1 will be 15 Tons as will the loading on the winch, if you have a snatch block which is rated at 15 Tons then that will be the maximum load you can apply to the point were it's connected to the tackle layout. So the maximum winch pull you can apply will be 7.5 Tons. But as I stated before, I would be very, very wary of putting any load on a snatch block were you have no history, it may be damaged, it may have been repaired after failure, you have no idea of weather it may have been overloaded during it's lifetime. I'd suggest working out an estimated pull before any winching task, so at least you have an idea of what sort of load you are applying to your recovery tackle.

If you have an Estimated pull (EP) of 30 Tons the loading at the head of the apex will be 15 Tons, So... 15 Ton winch on a 2:1 pull will give you 30 Tons. If your EP comes to more than 30 Ton then you will be overloading the Snatch block, however I would be very wary of applying such a load to an item of recovery equipment you have no history of. Edited to add, looks at least over 30 years old, but could be wrong.

There will never be a need for them to be driven around UK roads fully uparmoured complete with Bar armour under normal circumstances, I take it you work in one of the Trails and Development units. Also I very much doubt a collector would get his hands on any of the new Armour.:nono:

I did Basic in 1989 with SLR. SA80 in use with most units during Op Granby but SLR still used, we got SA80 1990 IIRC. :-D

I can help with the newer ones, I know thats not what your after, but hey at least you'll have some.

Canadians seem to like them alot.

By which Army?

Challenger Armoured Repair & Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV) awesome.

MAN SV® is awesome in Afghanistan, towing Mastiff through the desert on support tow, you wouldn't even know it was there. Excellent truck.

The scream of a CV12 at full throttle..... Sweet.

Wow, no wonder people don't want to help.

At 30 Signal Regt we took delivery of our 1st Wolves in 1997, all the Series 3's were parked up on the airfield and got rid of by loads of car transporters in 1998, presumably to some place like Withams.

Never on the ground, these are the type welded to AFV's of varying types. I'll type the NSN in on Monday and tell you exactly which vehicle.

I think your on about Leighton Barracks Wurtzburg, it was the home of the 1st US Infantry Division (Big Red One) until last year now its closed down and they've all moved out, shame as it was an excellent place to spend a weekend shopping in the PX and staying in the American guest house on camp, they had some very good bars on camp too. Happy memories.

These Amoured Pinz are called Vectors and are very smart.

Found this in a scrapyard in Cyprus.

What a waste.

This Foden now resides at the vehicle museum at Bordon (SEME)

Probably already been said, yes obviously wheels/tracks should turn but you can see on the video that the track is thrown... ie off the sprockets and idler wheel.