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This one looks like its badged to 13/18H as well

I believe its decals show it as 13th/18th during WW2

another couple of pics

Tow law foundry closed at 6-8 years.

LD have just moved up from Previous locstat, came up with them

Does anybody have any contacts at Castlemartin, need some bits and pieces for The Yeomanry Volunteers. http://www.theyeomanryvolunteers.org/about

this is the ECC BOX.

We got rid of our Saracens just prior to conversion from Larkspur to Clansman, so doubt if any had Clansmann fitted.

01DC17 in NI, 1975-76. ""B" Sqn 15/19H.

I can remember after one of my many breakdowns in Germany, and after the fitters had worked on my Scorpion, we had similar trouble, after restripping the vehicle, the fitter hadn't connected the same cut off connection.

Weren't we all.:cool2:

Looks like a Foot Guards Regiment by the badge on the veh hull.

Looks Like Queens Royal Irish Hussars to me. The regiment moved to Aden in 1961, reroling as an armoured reconnaissance regiment and after serving there against insurgents for almost a year, sailed on the SS Oxfordshire to the newly-independent nation of Malaysia. It was based in Ipoh, Malaysia from October 1962, and saw limited action against Indonesian insurgents, seeing service in Brunei and Sarawak on jungle operations during the Indonesian confrontation, and in Singapore as part of the Internal Security Forces.

And wasn't I good looking then.

I've read and reread this book, absolutely brilliant.

NI 70s-80s.

these tyres do look huge.

Which one?

like most things, it depended on the mission and what your potential targets were.

We used to have a couple of spare ones per gun. We removed the good one from the barrel prior to firing and use the spare ones, the good one was replaced after firing and the barrel had been cleaned, and the spare plugs kept and cleaned when time was available. We used the soak the spare plugs on cola, very good for removing the carbon, but not very good for the surface and fish of the plug, that's why we only used the spare plugs.

I always knew you were backwards

I agree with Alien, we mainly wore the appropriate headset, whether Larkspur/Clansman with ferrets, we did get issued the RAC pattern steel helmet, but I can say I never saw them ever been worn whilst crewing the vehs.

Alien, I do apologise for my senior moment, I was nearly right.

There was a Sqn based at Nicosia, The Force Reserve Sqn, so called as the word reconnaissance could not be used as the Turks don't like the word recce. something to do with the connotations with spying. As far as remember there was five tps of 4 mk 2s and a mk 1 for the SSM There was also a mixed Sqn at Episkopi, of Ferrets, Saladins and some Saracens. numbers I can't remember I at times in my military career served in both units.

I'm an ex serviceman with a number of Decorations and Awards, I only wear them for "formal gatherings/parades etc. I was contemplating joining a re-enacting group, but at 55 and overweight decided that I would look a prat. At our local Remembrance Parade last year there was a number of locals (non ex forces) wearing uniforms and awards etc that they were not entitled to. A friend of mine in the local constabulary who is ex RMP, reminded those people, that it is still an offence to wear rank and awards you are not entitled to. To go on a bit more, why when they are a certain age and size must re enactors however well dressed, must be UK/Us Para's, or dressed as officers etc when it would more appropriate to be "other" Corps/Regt.