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It was a stolly you can tell from the cab. Plus richard did say it was based on a stolly. Don't know anymore than that.

The two serviceable components on a Scorpion's L23A1 were the recuperator and the buffer.

 

Because the breech was heavier than the barrel, the gunner had drummed into him always to end the gun lay in ... damn after 40 years I've forgotten. Elevation or depression. To take up any slack in a uniform manner. Whereas the Chieftain gunner was instructed to end the lay in the opposite direction because the barrel was heavier than the breech.

 

Suggests to me that neither had an equilibrator.

 

But I could be wrong, I am, regularly.

Easy one to remember when boar sighting " Break your lay, re lay and end your lay in one of elevation"

You always moved "up" to the target to take up slack in the gears. On the 30mm raden cannon.

we got sabre around 92 93. will did the orignal pic out and check the vrn. A old army buddy still has the troop orbat list will see if he can find it on there.

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[ATTACH=CONFIG]89048[/ATTACH]Before the GW 91, the look during, and after the Sabre transition

03 FD 66. Have a close look a my pic number 4 The same sabre..

Some of my old sabre call sign 11. C Sqn (cheshire yeomanry) Q.O.Y

You can test the night sight in the day but you need to cover the lens with either some cardboard or a wooden cover with a few small holes in it about the size of a old half penny you want about 4 or 5 of them. That should let just enough light through to give you the green glow you want.

If i remenber correctly in the bottom of the turret near the back by the fuel tank there should be a "gallons to fill" gauge which tells you how much fuel you don't have. Or was it behind the battery master switch in the drivers pit. That should keep you going till you can get the fuel gauge fixed.

Yea seen the pics of "the tank quarry" before on a urbex web site lot more stuff down there than them pics show. Shame its now in the open it will be wrecked now.

Mine is a pic of one of the lads from my old troop keeping watch when we were on execrise in the black forest.

And not a word on sabre i liked sabre it was a good cvr"t"

Got some pics of it it's newer than we thought and in good condition my be rethinking plans and use it as is as the cab and chisse look good

dvla plate says 1993.

Good queston not sure at the moment got someone looking at it next week for me will find out then.

Need to move a old bbc outside broadcast unit from London to dee side north Wales. It has not been started for about 5 years but batteries and tyres kept up as truck was used. Only need the box body off the back so cab and chassis could be donated to willing person it's a Bedford tk and has been dry stored undercover for the last five years. Just has not been started since it was driven in there and parked up. Looking at getting it moved in the next few weeks if possible. Anybody know someone who can help out and would like a nice Bedford tk chassis let me know. Thanks

Only thing its missing is the tie wrap.

Getting married next year (september time). And wondering if anyone knows of anyone who has a cvr"t" scimter or sabre i could hire With driver to get me and my best man to the venue. I am in north wales in Hawarden and would be traving to northop hall hotel about 7 miles away.

I am fully train with scimter and sabre so commanding not a problem.

Thanks

If i've got my Inst head on right was there not a firing of a round during the unload as there was always a fed but unfired round in the chamber and the only way to remove it was to fire it???

Yes you are right we did fire off the last rounds after a shoot as the barrel would have a round in it as well as in the gun itself. We never used the cycle switch as it was not part of the drill ( It was only use by helos to empty the gun before landing). And if you woiund it round with the dry fire handle it would fire off the rounds in the gun.

Yea the chain gun in sabre was fun. At first it was mounted upside down so the runs were been pulled up into the gun instead of coming down so had a lot of stoppeges at first. Found the best way to remove the barrel sfter firing was with a welders glove the little y bar that came with it was not very good. And after a few stops on the ranges wait for boats to get out of the way at castlemartin found out which verable pod ajusted the speed of the gun which was fun :-D:cool2:. Other good thing was using blanks as you could aim the blank cases to hit other vechicles which was also fun on exercise. Yea it was a pain to strip also at first it was trying to get use to the delay when you fired till when the first round came out.

I once drove a fully loaded 30 ton tipper across the laid out gardens and lawn at the front of Eaton Hall the ancestral home of the Duke of Westminster.........it ripped the place to bits but nobody turned a hair.

That will be because once we drive a sqn of scimters over his golf course under this orders :-D Would would think he didnt like the game much.

Drove then gunnd a fox with the QOY for a number of years we only had one roll in that time which was due to a bank giving way and the fox rolling down a hill only person in the vechicle was the driver (commander and gunner got out to guide the fox). Only ingure the driver got wa a burnt hand as he held on to the bv to stop in flying around in the drivers pit as he rolled. Reme jumped in and drove it back up the hill.

My fox pics are in my photobucket acc

The last pic is in the black forest that was exclation day. One of the foxes decided to remove it own engine oil all by itself right by the "house of a thousand clocks" reme were called out the poor reme mech lifted the back vent up had his hand half in the recise then the vent decided to close cutting off 3 of his fingers. So casy vac was called one heli landing on the road and took him away. Only good thing the shop lets us use there toilet first bit of porclain in a week :-D

If you ever around nantwich, cheshire go to a antiques place called dagfields got loads of them for sale some at good prices as well.

When i said shoot the white moggy i meant the wild cat.

or

i think the moggys dead.

Red bull team orders........

SABOT travis left stead on 600 red ferrari ahead fire when ready.

Just seen this thread brings back happy times for me use to fly them out of raf woodvale ? up by southport when i was in the A.T.C.

looks a credit to you lot of hard work done.

Yea after a quick search the afv one does look like the box i got

http://www.modelhobbies.co.uk/shop/club-cvrt-fv107-scimitar-35013-p-5730.html

My boo boo

ok Me wrong. Will tr and find out which one it is.:blush: