recymech66

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.

Because they are too wide. When we move them we use mil police escort otherwise its a low loader. With all the grills in front of the windscreen, armoured glass etc its a nightmare to drive on UK small roads.

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:

ok, this is a question to all you knowledgable people out there!!!!

 

When was the SLR phased out? I know that 68 pattern dpm was still in use way after 85 patt was introduced, and that 58 patt webbing was used with the SA80, but when was the SLR last used? and with whom?

 

Will await the answers!!!

 

Mark :cool:

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.

either on the ground or placed on the middle of a vehicle

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.

Near the city of Darmstadt is a big American Military Base , only I don't know if it's a rocket base

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.

And what do we know about this beast, one of the early prototypes for the recovery contract. This one has many different features to the truck that won the contract the most obvious here are the longer wheel base, larger cab and the recovery unit which is by the looks of it a underlift and a body similar to the Scammell Crusader

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

Not bad to watch, recovering a 432, tracks aren't turning, should it free wheel.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taGonGLc_tM

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.