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We had a discussion in the team, we think that the OT-90 might be a bit too big for the display. Making sure you can easily drive away with such a large beast is a bit hard as well =)

Thanks for the suggestion though! Appreciate it very much :-D

Hello all, last year our group went to W&P for the first time, with a display showing Russian Naval Infantry in Chechnya. We liked it very much and met some great people there! We also did an improvised display with Neil's OT-90 in the arena.

This year we are going again and our display this year is VDV (Airborne) in Afghanistan in 1986. However we are looking at display options.. one thing that would help very much would be to have a vehicle on site with our combat stations around it.

Does anyone know who to contact for such a thing or have any ideas?

You'll need a tripod as well then!! The ground gets a bit "bouncy" when it, and the 432's etc are bouncing around the arena.

The clip that would have been truly excellent was the one no one got (as is usually the case) - we were going clockwise around the arena, up into 4th gear and opted for the big loop around the back. As we left the main loop there was a minor ridge in the track surface which we hit head on - for a brief moment in time the whole vehicle was airborne! No mean feat for 13 tons of armour!! :wow:

Probably won't have the cash for a tripod, but no worries, since it's shoulder it should be good enough. It's an oldy (1998) but the form factor means a lot to me.

I also intend to do most shooting while cruising along in the vehicle if that's ok with you, what other way to show just how awesome such a vehicle is

This year I'm bringing a camera.. big old broadcast shoulder one.. should lead to some good vids about the OT90

Whole lot of fun =) You going again this year?

A few years ago Robbie Coltrane did a fascinating TV series called "Planes trains & automobiles" it featured a V8 powered air raid siren, they got it running, originally mounted on top of a tall building, remotely controlled, it ran on LPG

Great series

I may just be a bit biased:

Some exploded upon landing because of fuel/fumes left in the tanks.

Or dissolved the pilots when there was combat damage..

Video of the OT-90:

Excuse the horrible quality.. all taken with pocket camera's sadly. I wish we would have had a proper shouldercamera.. ah well.. got to bring that next year

Very nice video, can go very fast indeed..

I was wondering.. what are the basic laws regarding tracked vehicles such as the sherman in The Netherlands?

Out of curiosity, how much would a BRDM1 like pictured go for?

Very nice pics btw, thank you for posting them

Oh btw, maybe something people are interested in..

A picture of my dad in Dutch military service, early 70s:

He used to do tank recovery, and told us tales about turning over tanks in Seedorf etc.. He disliked working on the Centurion, but loved working on the other stuff :-D

Dutch military was famous for it's lack of hair discipline.. as witnessed here:

Showers in the main building were incredibly hot as well.. First time was doable but the times I went after that I just stood to the side a bit..

Most definitely yes please!!!! - and thanks very much!!! Will you guys be up for it next year too??? Digby from 9th Company is getting the reenactment status and PLI sorted by then to let us use blank firers, if possible, so things could be a bit more lively!!

 

Pics sent..

Yeah we have evaluated this year, found some stuff to do better next year.. so we will do that Bigger and better. It will most probably be Afghanistan next time.

No problem.. we have more.. would you like it if I PMed you the URL's to them?

Some of the pics I made:

View from the top of the Arena hill towards the living history field.

Some pics from within the Arena:

Neil's OT-90:

View through the gunner's sight:

On the inside:

PKM at the display.

After the crowd was gone:

Thanks for the welcome.

Next time will probably be next W&P, our team consisted of people from 5 nations who used W&P as a get together

We are allready planning a lot for next year and learned a lot from this edition, next year will be bigger and better. We got a whole year of planning ahead of us so it should be good

Hiya,

My real name is Sander Vreuls and I'm a 22 year old student. I collect Soviet and Russian military gear in my spare time and I have an interest in vehicles and weapons of the eastbloc.

I was at W&P 2009 as part of a Russian Naval Infantry display where I met Neil. Our group had the chance to ride along with his OT-90 and do a display as well. He also gave us the chance to drive a bit ourselves. I'm hope to one day own a military vehicle as well, though my current status as student makes that a bit hard.

I also hope I can learn quite a bit from this forum and maybe dispense some knowledge about Russian stuff