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Hello Simon, & Wellcome! :yay: PM sent to you. Regards:Mike. :coffee:

Your loader was badly trained in his drills then! He ONLY should slap you on the head if you had a Helmet on! A slap on the shoulder was the CORRECT drill! :cool2:

Too modest to read a list....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ But here goes, cos it's unusual. I have a Mountain named after me. My Uncle was a WOII on the Antartic expedition with Sir Vivian Fuchs in 1956. They discorvered a range of uncharted mountains there. The first was obviously Mt.Elizabeth. And there were enough for every member of the xpedition to have a Mountain named after them! Different, isnt it! :cool2: he used to do clutch changes on Weasels & sno-cats in an ice 'Garage' under the compacted snow. He appeared in a Book & was also mentioned in it a few times. Very nice chap & a wealth of Vehicle knowledge. Still alive & lives in Rochester. :coffee:

Ill bet he had a great time! It really is an impressive, Must see, if you can get an invite. :cool2: Tell Harry, from the photo, a SNCO has told you he looked smartly turned out & a credit to his unit. :yay: Well done! :coffee:

yes Neil, the local Ranges around Warminster did not have clearance for Full Chat A/T Weapons. ONLY the battlebury Bowl area when Firepower demo's were done. (Extremely impressive to watch!) Netheravon was Support weaps. Charlie G was a very interesting ittem to fire. It might well have been recoiless, BUT, the void effect of sucking all the Air around you & whipping your Trouser legs was MOST disconcerting the first time you fired full bore!! :shocked: I found after 3-4 rounds I was a bit dazed & Punch Drunk! :cool2: Wombat was also an Impressive item to see fired. THE loudest item of ordanance in the Brtish Army at the time. & that included Chieften!! :yay:

Evern worse if you were an Enthusiast & had stockings & Suzzies! :-D

More Finacial 'Stealth' movements! :-( Good job it's a Free Country? :??? ( As long as you do as your told & keep your mouth shut!) :coffee:

Neil, What!, you mean you didnt have any tights on!!!!.................:-D

Yes Im with you there Neil. Things are indeed VERY different now :-( I call it progress with a question mark! :??? Warminster was a very good posting for me. I was recommended for a posting onto 'The Regiment' by the Colonel who was CO there at the Workshops. He was of the Opinion that my Diverse & Much acquired skills could be utilised by Aforesaid Regiment! I turned it down in the mistaken idea that we attached arms had to be as fit (HATED fitness training!) as the Guys in the Regiment itself!. Young stupid & Ignorant young L/Cpl that I was at the time. Years later I regretted it when I chatted to a visiting EX Member to our Factory. (I think it was the Guy from the TV Are you fit enough for the S.A.S, Eddie, something) He was running a specialist weapons transportaion firm. We were section 5 Manufacturers & neeeded to move some items up North & it was he who i spoke to. Turned out we DIDNT need to do the same Fitness training at all! Think of all the diverse & wonderful toys I could have played with!! I did a lot of converstion work on some of the Regiments .50" Cal MG's. Converting from standard screw in to Q.C.B versions. I spoke to the R.E.M.E Lads who came down & they confirmed my mistaken ideas about Fitness trg. What a Pis*er! :argh: I recall Netheravon was support weapons wing, Mortars , Wobat, Charlie G, 66mm Etc. Warminster did use the sub cal units on those weapons though. Had a few Regiment guys through on courses. One or two strange types though. Wouldnt go to dinner in the cookhouse. used to squat down in the billets & cook thier own meals on a Small gas primus! Beats the hell out of me why! used to working alone I guess? :shake: Happy days! :yay:

Isnt that a Tac sign on the Lead Veh, & not a regimental Unit Insignia. I THINK it's a Recce Tac sign. Might be wrong...................:coffee:

Just a thought here guys. For those vehicles that can be recovered by a suspended tow. An idea springs to mind. It's so obvious, thats probably why no one has bought the matter up. :idea: The amount of restored Recovery Vehicles owned by members on this Forum is quite large. Why dosent' someone look into the possibility of offering a service using their own Trucks? It would be cheaper on a One-off basis, or run a standard price Plus so much per mile? Just a thought, but the idea of all this magnificent vehicles restored & simply just driving around carrying empty hooks is a bit of a waste! :-( Just a thought! :coffee:

Amazingly informative site, a MUST see for Drivers!

That's a lot more interesting, than some of the 'Tourist' Photo's I have taken in France!......................................:rofl:

Liz Hurley saying, 'Oh Mike, That was FANTASTIC!' :iloveyou: (And then I woke up!) :-(

The Indian Ammo problem was a result from the good old H.M.Government trying to save a few pennies. They though by buying in a few Million rounds of Indy 9mm they would make a good killing for cheap training. In the end, as a few member discovered whilst using it. The pressures varied hugely, & accuracy suffered as well as reliability issues. I had seperated cases (Ruptured cartridges) some virtually spitting out the muzzle & dropping 8-10 feet in front of me! Occasonaly, you would get a runaway gun. IE: The sub machine gun would continue to fire full auto without your finger on the trigger! This was due to weak chamber pressures failing to generate enough gas to blow the Breech block back far enough to engage on the sear. It blew it back , but it was only going back as far as JUST in front of the sear.! VERY disconcerting to say the least! In the end, it was policy to only fire Indy 9mm in Browning pistols. These worked from a closed & locked breech mech that was stronger & therefore safe to fire. In any event sometimes it blew the side back & functioned, sometimes it did not. This was obviously totaly unacceptable & eventualy it was all withdrawn & sea dumped. (In the days when ammo, guns, & weapon spares were allowed to be sea dumped!) Mike. :coffee:

All the same Clive, It's a very usefull item! If it's had the original fittings ripped out. You would lose nothing converting it into a comfy Mobile home for shows! Would look Fab towed behind a Bedford RL, or MJ! :cool2:

Whatever it's from. It is very sturdily constructed. even though spoked, they are short enough & thick enough to take a fair old load! :coffee:

The Chug, Chug, Chug in your right ear when Firing a GPMG! :yay:

Is that a Rolls Royce Logo in the centre? :confused:

Dont know if it's any use, but there is an article on the M4 Version in the latest copy of CMV. A Guy named Jim Clark has just imported some to the UK. They need ground up restoration though! :cry:

Has it got all the original Equipment inside it Clive, or has it been converted to a Mobile living Quarters for shows! Mike.

Probably the best thing to do with them.........:cool2: Mike :rofl:

Do we assume that the uniform you wanted was Battle Dress? I know the Canadian version of BD's was a Dark Bottle Green. My Father had a set when he was in the Irish Guards for Walking out Purposes! :cool2: Mike.

This APPEARS to be a POSTWAR variant of the Dodge weapons carrier. I know they made them postwar with the different looking front end. I may well be wrong but, I think that is what this is. Mike

Some Work?????? Blimey, what do you call a lot of work....? :shocked: Ha, Ha! :rofl: