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    106 recoilless Landrover 2A Vietnam

    in British Vehicles

    Posted

    Here is an image of my Series 2A Gunbuggy minus the 106, as they are just not available to us in NSW and also the Firearms laws etc dictate way too much $$$ for a permit if you could get a 106.

    Dinty2010.jpg

     

    The reason they were called 106 is because the Aust/army (but this could also be true of the US as well) also used a pack howitzer (Italian design) and it is designated 105mm, now they are both 105mm in the bore, but the 106 has a much longer shell casing full of holes (because it's a RCL) I do have 4 empty cases and 6 of the cardboard outer cases.

    We in REMLR know of 13 gunbuggies in private hands across Australia, and there are 7 in musuems, what happened to the rest of them?? who knows, and No mine is not for sale sorry, cheers Dennis

    ps Ozitim, nice images, thanks for sharing them with us,,.

    pps here is an image of the said 105 Howitzer

    Cannon1_zps16028830.jpg

    that 105 is privately owned.

    Your gun buggy sure is a beauty.....

    Quiet, low profile life of a Sherman owner........

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Yes, that's him, he was really quite unpleasant!

    Just talking about things I actually saw:

     

    • The Abbot overtook me going up Brixton Hill, I was doing about 30 and he had an old daimler hearse painted like Mr Blobby swinging off the back on a rigid bar with no driver. Definitely brown-trouser time for everyone else.

    • As mentioned before, he stoved in the front of a mates car with his careless reversing then denied it ever happened.

    • He would occaisionally tie another Abbot on the back on an A frame then give it some beans off the lights at St Leonards Church on the A23 (Steep uphill gradient) which resulted in a bit of tarmac removal.

    • The local police were so sick of him that they wouldn't even contemplate taking any action if you complained, too much paperwork and no results.

    • He portrayed himself as a local hero battling bureaucracy, everyone thought he was a tw@t

     

    From that second story it looks like he still is.

     

    His driver, who used to drink in the Tulse Hill Tavern, thought it was acceptable to scrape a few parked cars in narrow streets rouund Westminster because the cops wouldn't let him drive round Parliament Square.

     

    That kind of behaviour does more damage to the 'hobby' then all the parking protests in the world.

    Anyone know if he still has the tank and if he still drives it like that ?

    Quiet, low profile life of a Sherman owner........

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    we got monster raving loony party over here joeferret,

    Sutch a nice bunch ;)

    and yes the screaming lord had his radio station on shivering sands army fort at sea, still playing the recordings.

    http://www.omrlp.com/

    and some music,

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fknUlQ3mlwM

     

    http://www.supertightstuff.com/05/22/pictures/tight-pictures/shivering-sands-army-fort/

    to keep it military :-)

     

    Well i'm sorry for that....Can't help but think some of ours got loose and went over there...

    Hello from UKMOD

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    Hi,Currently still serving and responsible for storage and distribution of the UK's defence inventory - including vehicles. I'm interested in this site because I've made it my business to ensure that, as we close various sites, the gate guardians in my organisation do not get destroyed/abandoned. I currently have a Chieftain Mk1 (one of the first 40 built), two Ferrets, a Striker and a Saladin plus innumerable artillery pieces and missiles. I've had the workshops in Bicester externally restore one of the Ferrets and the Striker but my real interest is in the Saladin which has a very interesting history that begins in Libya (El Adem) in 1967.Hope to try and find out more about these vehicles on this forum.

     

    Welcome to the site....IF you ever come across a few railroad cars loaded with Ferret parts please contact me.Thanks.:D

    Seriously keep up the good work..we must preserve the history for the people that served...

    I hope someday to find out the history of my 1954 Canadian Army ferret MK1..

    Quiet, low profile life of a Sherman owner........

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Hi Terry, sorry its now fitted with a 9 cylinder radial engine. The original multibank motor was in a very bad way so my easiest option was to fit the radial. The motor was very easy to fit as there is loads of room, just had to make up engine mounts, alter propshaft height slightly and plumb in oil,fuel, exhaust and electrics ..

     

    You need to get in contact with Adrian Barrel his M4A4 is running the correct mulibank motor.

     

    Thanks jim.

     

    Jim,

    Have you ever found out the history of it ?

     

    Thanks,

    Joe in USA

    Free T34 abandoned in remote location

    in Russian-Eastern block-Warsaw Pact Vehicles

    Posted

    That's a good question. The Russians occupied the Somalia Ethiopia region in the 70s where this T34 now sits. I would have thought that the Russians would have used T54/55s around that time, and their were plenty of examples of those lying about. Somalia was occupied by the Italians during the second war and up until the late 60's. Now, the Italians did have some T34s that they used in the war, and maybe this one was one of those T34s and was brought out with the Italians to assist with the post war military defence. The tracks were laying besides the hull and had been laying there for some years. The local villagers were using it as a pill box. The local terrorists were operating Toyota tray backs with anti aircraft guns. The T34 would have proved too slow in the hit and run tactics that they were using. Unfortunately this T34 had very little markings to indicate its military pedigree. Perhaps the desert sand and wind had long since sand blasted them away.

     

    Here is something really interesting for great backyard mechanics like yourself..Go on Youtube and enter ARMY TANKS STUCK IN MUD...There are a few that people pull out of ponds after 60 plus years of being under water and mud then get the tanks going !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Really great mechanics.

    Free T34 abandoned in remote location

    in Russian-Eastern block-Warsaw Pact Vehicles

    Posted

    That's a good question. The Russians occupied the Somalia Ethiopia region in the 70s where this T34 now sits. I would have thought that the Russians would have used T54/55s around that time, and their were plenty of examples of those lying about. Somalia was occupied by the Italians during the second war and up until the late 60's. Now, the Italians did have some T34s that they used in the war, and maybe this one was one of those T34s and was brought out with the Italians to assist with the post war military defence. The tracks were laying besides the hull and had been laying there for some years. The local villagers were using it as a pill box. The local terrorists were operating Toyota tray backs with anti aircraft guns. The T34 would have proved too slow in the hit and run tactics that they were using. Unfortunately this T34 had very little markings to indicate its military pedigree. Perhaps the desert sand and wind had long since sand blasted them away.
    Really interesting...Seems like you could write a very interesting book about your adventures...

    It is well known about the new generation of young terrorists in that Country....Again very glad you got out when you did....A person can only temp fate so many times in life....

    Free T34 abandoned in remote location

    in Russian-Eastern block-Warsaw Pact Vehicles

    Posted

    For those that are desperately seeking a really cheap T34, I took these photos in Somalia 21 years ago. I would be confident that this fairly complete vehicle is still there. Basically get to Biadoa, central Somalia. Once there head North and drive a few kilometers until you get to a right turn. Take this turn and drive until you reach the first village. It will be in the Village on your right, nestled amongst some grass huts. Its complete, but the tracks have been taken off and are laying beside it. Sure, you may have to negotiate with the Al Shebab terrorist group who maraud the area and if I recall correctly, the area was pretty heavily mined, so you may want to take a metal detector. But, this is probably the cheapest and best condition T34 that your going to find anywhere. I would be interested to know if anyone plans on taking a trip to collect it. Oh and by the way, you will note in the photos, that I have removed at least two of the antitank mines, so that will be two less you have to worry about. I would have grabbed it, but im more into British vehicles. haha

     

    Regards, Tim

     

    Tim,

    In your opinion who do you think was the last to have control and drive this T34 ? Was it a designated Army or terrorists that won it in battle...What was the story if any ?

    Thanks,

    Joe in USA about 1 hour outside the terrorist city of Chicago

    Quiet, low profile life of a Sherman owner........

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    In the 50's and especially the 60's here in the USA it was the trend to not to be seen with anything with rust...Everybody wanted modern things....That guy that bought all those tanks took a tremendous risk as everybody here wanted to just forget about the WW2 and the Korean War..The thing here was to take a car drive in the country and have picnics...

    I grew up in the Chicago area with a lot of steel mills..I hate to think about any nice tanks being melted down for steel..

    The other article shows grocery carts on a track in an underground tunnel....I remember that at the one grocery store....It was amazing to see how busy the store was and for people to wait to have their shopping cart come up out of the tunnel...

    Again a superb article on the tanks...I hope every tank lover can see that article...

    Thank you for posting it...

    Quiet, low profile life of a Sherman owner........

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Hey Joe it must make you mad knowing every single one of them was built over that side of the Atlantic :) .and.....how many were made??? Jeeeez! .... They do appear for sale here in the UK relatively regularly but they are always up around the £300,000 ..£s !! :) whether anyone is actually getting that sort of money though is a matter that some of the tank boys on here may be able to comment on :)

    I did read somewhere on the 'unit cost' of a Sherman at the height of their production and as I remember ..I think it was about $30,000 dollars ??.. ...I guess they weren't 'cheap' back then when you consider what wages were in 1945 ?? . :)

    Going off thread a little I know and I apologise in advance .........

    ..........have you ever seen the article in I think the magazine is called 'Home Mechanics' about a scrap dealer fella up New York way who bought about 1500 (?) of them in one go after the war? they were brand new and had only traveled as far as a Military arsenal where they had sat unused because the war had ended as they were built.....I think he bought them in about 1950 (?) and once the deal was sealed he was responsible for moving them pronto off Government property ..he managed to do it and even advertised for ex Armoured US Army Mechanics and drivers to come and have a job working for him....anyways..sorry to digress a bit but it's a cracking read......someone on here may be able to find a link to the story for you :) oh...I think..not sure...but I think his 'unit cost' was about $3000 each :) EDIT: sorry !! totally wrong ! his unit cost was about ..wait for it...$600 each !!!!

     

    EDIT: OK..after a little digging ...the magazine was called 'Popular Mechanics' and the issue he was featured in was from 1960 so ..a little later than I suggested..here's a link ! :) oh and it was 536 Shermans he bought apparently :)

     

    http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Z9sDAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA81&pg=PA81-IA2&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false

     

    That article about the tanks was awesome...I just can't imagine the work that was needed to do all of that...

    Thank you..

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