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so weve got malaka missile controls 1960s kandahar barracks tidworth anyone know a king who came here then as i was born in 65 so dont know the kings then

 

 

He has only recently become king & assumed this position in disturbing circumstaces some might say. When he visited he was a prince & a teenage one at that.

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Nepal? - yes well done.

I was in the process of posting another picture, where you can just read N E P on the uniform. The dignitory is the Crown Prince of Nepal who I assume is now King Gyanendra although his family did suffer a tragedy for him to ascend to the throne.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gyanendra

 

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Um not quite finished yet! Two unanswered questions!

 

1. What are these men looking at?

 

4. When was this?

 

I think Malkara was guessed at on the basis of my tendancies rather than deduced from photographic evidence. We have got an era, but the year can be defined historically largely on the basis of uniform.

 

Nobody identified "A" correctly although "B" does need some specialist knowledge.

 

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Um not quite finished yet! Two unanswered questions!

 

1. What are these men looking at?

 

4. When was this?

 

I think Malkara was guessed at on the basis of my tendancies rather than deduced from photographic evidence. We have got an era, but the year can be defined historically largely on the basis of uniform.

 

Nobody identified "A" correctly although "B" does need some specialist knowledge.

 

 

 

Clive,

 

It was I who suggested a connection with Malkara, true, you do have a strong link to it, but I was figuring on the Humber GS and RTR personnel as the link.

 

Now, those items A and B, is this anything to do with a Drone?

 

Oh, and uniforms, was it in 1967 that they were introduced?

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but I was figuring on the Humber GS and RTR personnel as the link. Yes valid link, but that is not just any GS, there is something special about it that can be seen. There is another sort of specialist Humber in one of the pictures which could have given the link.

 

Now, those items A and B, is this anything to do with a Drone? Nope

 

Oh, and uniforms, was it in 1967 that they were introduced? Nope, there is only year it could be. There were I suppose three units that were responsible for the system at different stages. One for trials, one for troop trials & one for service.

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but I was figuring on the Humber GS and RTR personnel as the link. Yes valid link, but that is not just any GS, there is something special about it that can be seen. There is another sort of specialist Humber in one of the pictures which could have given the link.

 

 

Right then, the first photo shows a glimpse of the rear of a Humber, to be precise, FV1622 Truck, 1 ton, Missile test, 4x4, Humber, then under the tent I believe, is its companion trailer, ie. FV2308® Trailer, 1/2 ton, Functional Test Unit.

 

The truck had a HP air compressor and alternator driven from the PTO, this suppled power to the trailer, for its role in missile testing.

 

The photo with item marked "B" is I think, the rear doors to FV1621, Truck, 1 ton, Missile Supply, 4x4, Humber

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