recymech66

Dear All,

 

posting this on behalf of a mate who owns this truck.

 

What was C/S 38G?

 

How were the zap codes applied / handed out?

 

When did the BATUS fleet go from sand + green to just Sand

 

What is the paint code for sand?

 

Is there a vinyl rag top available for the vehicle?

 

Robin

Robin,

BATUS went from sand/green to just sand about 3 to 4 years ago.

Zap numbers are applied using a rectangle or square patch of matt black with the numbers in white painted on the vehicle in various locations depending on what vehicle it is.

Are you sure the C/S is 38G and not G38? Artilllery use the Golf prefix on their callsigns.

Sorry can't help with the NSN/code for the sand paint. (Although that's really lazy of me, wait out and I'll email my mate over there).

Welcome from another soon to be Chorley resident (currently live in Germany). Enjoy the site they are a friendly bunch:-)

Bit of a strange mix of American, British, German, Belgian?? I'll have to dig out my photos of the parade in the south.

Super pics, a few unusual wagons, nice to see Land Rovers thanks for posting.

TAC signs, still used today. The letters just peel off to be replaced with whatever you want on them. The G1098 stores have large packs of number & letter stickers for various uses including making up these route signing TAC signs.

Nice wagon, I have one just like it. welcome to the site.

It's the track rope from Challenger/Warrior.

Can you send me a private message with more information? When did you post them and what exactly did you post?

PM sent.

Do any IT experts have any idea why the video's I posted have disappeared?:-(

A bit of a thread resurrection...

 

Looking at your video I am guessing we must have been standing quite close to each other.... :undecided:

I have stacks of photos from the Independence day parade (various years) held each October the 1st in Nicosia south and quite a few from the one held in Nicosia north (I think the 28th October?)

Plus some also from the Kyrina so called Museum if anyone is interested..

Yes please post the pics I'd like to see them, unfortunately I only managed to see 2 of the parades due to only living in Cyprus for 2 years.

Lynx still being used in Afghanistan, not ready to be retired yet.

 

Although it clearly isnt a warrior to anybody who knows anything i dont think it is a bad representation to the untrained eye. I noticed on the programme that they didnt really linger on shots of the vehicle so maybe they were conscious that it would be picked up as an imitation!

Timbo

Sorry didn't mean to sound like I was being picky, just thought I'd add a few facts about the blokes. Whoever was involved with the vehicle has done a fantastic job, and you're correct average joe bloggs watching wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Thanks for the info on the vehicle.

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Blokes think they are ok, lots more room for kit etc. Will keep an eye out tonight and see what you mean.

Already been discussed Timbo, it's the CVRT2 or Scimiter 2. Basically a Scimiter turret on a Sparten hull, they've been in Theatre for a few months now( saw them in use just before I came back).

American MRE's. Some really nice and some really nasty like the cheese & macaroni. How's the Foden coming along?

Surprised you haven't found an half eaten moldy Naafi sandwich under the drivers seat also.

This is all very interesting and makes sense but why the british uniform with the swastika

Probably as already been said, souvenier photo, all squaddies do it, I've lost count of the photos I've had taken with various items of kit/weapons from the enemy in Bosnia,Kosovo,Iraq,Afghan.

Any Chobham would surely have been removed if even fitted to an ex prototype, Chobham is still highly classified.

Nice pic cheers Cosrec, The British SVR crane slews all the way round to the front to give us a limited lift capability over the cab. I see this variant can also use it for self recovery were we have an independent front winch mounted. Thanks for posting.

The bogie blocking system tranfers 5 ton to the front end thus increasing braking and steering effiency when suspend/support towing heavy vehicles.

1st pic is trails being carried out on a prototype of a possible future wrecker based on a Drops, it never happened, hence MAN SVR. 2nd pic is of the Foden which accompanies Nuclear convoys, somebody more knowledgeable can give you more info.

It has indeed got the markings and callsign of RSDG COs tank (11B).

No the last one being kept on the road at the time was the Opfor Foden, red top wheeled wrecker had just changed over to SVR. If I remember correctly the red top Foden had a smallish fire in the cab so was parked up. (I may have got that bit mixed up with another wagon though).

Steve,

Yes that is your cab, I took the photo outside BATUS workshops last July, as you can probably make out it was in the process of being stripped for parts. A fellow Recy mech mate of mine went back a few times to take bits off it to keep his Foden on the road last year, his was the last Foden to be used on the Prairie (all SVR now).