timbo

I had a great time being picked up by DROPS and towed around. Check out afv society forum for some pics..

I'm only involved around the fringes but all I can say is that the amount of work the AFV soc lads put in was astonishing, including one of them working right through the night to get things sorted. Agree the MVT seemed to let the side down but there were some notable exceptions and these were very much appreciated so thanks..

Problem with advertising was basically a cost thing given it was the first year it was just too much money to get as much coverage as it should really have had. Similarly there weren't many stall but stalls will only come when there's people and base don this year next year will be awesome.

Glenns pyros were unbelievable and a bit too close for comfort on one occasion with some serious scorching on the back of the scimitar. In addition there was a scimitar being blown up and 2 cvrts colliding during the synchro driving display - how many shows do you see that at...

See you next year - I'll be going for the week !

And therefore at least two or three times the price! :-D

 

Not that "faster" is relevant for road use anyway, an FV432 will chug along at 20mph with no problem using free fuel to boot ...

 

Andy

Ok, it's a fair cop on both price and getting in and out.. Having spent weekend inserting and extracting myself from a Sabre, I now have aches and pains in places I didn't know existed (and I'm 5'7") !

As far as I'm aware CVRT vehicles don't present a problem as there is no over width issue. They are less than 2.55m wide. The fact they have tracks, armour, gun etc is not really an issue.

I think they also have seperate braking and steering mechanisms although that shouldn't concern the DVLA.

They are also of course more fun to drive, better looking, faster, and easier to fix....!

Before doing anything too radical I'd check the fuel filter again. If you've not got much fuel in and it's picking up all the crap in the tank you might end up going through 3 or 4 of them before it gets clean...

I enjoyed this very much

Erm, should this have a vid or some pics attached ?

well Saturday looks like Sheffield to look at Pinz bits then Withams

 

Sunday is Ramsgate (more Pinz bits) then to Military Oddessy

 

Monday, dont know yet :nut:

AFV Society show at Dunchurch nr Rugby. Circa 120 vehicles expected including a LOT of CVRTs - not sure there'll be too many Pinzs though - sorry !

I agree with recymech66, how many of you guys that have posted obove me complaining about the owner of the "snatch" landrover actually own a snatch or landrover yourselves ???,im sure its the owners pride and joy and if he uses it to raise money fof Help for heros then hes got my vote , lets just leave it at that .

Here here (or hear hear ?)...!

Rob - superb, always fancied one of these but never had space to store it or anything to tow it with.

I once got collared at an army dinner by an RA major who helped develop it and I kid you not he spent the best part of 2 hours telling me why it was such a fantastic artillery piece !

Now all you need is the tractor to go with it..

If you live in York the Elvington one is definitely worth a look. It is a prototype and has suffered somewhat from many years of being stood outdoors - the bins particularly are badly corroded. I would imagine if you go when it's quiet perhaps early morning weekday they would let you have a look over it...

For some reason I can't quite explain these vehicles remind me of something off Chuggington...

(if you need it to be explained you just won't get it !)

Good luck with the new purchase.

Sorry Alien, but I've checked the 16/5 L history and they used Scimitars on Op Granby. You're right about the T55 though - using Swingfire missiles and 30mm Rarden they destroyed 2 T62s and 7 T55s!

 

I've posed the question on here before but imagine finding that your ex Withams Sabre was formerly one of the Scorpions used by the Blue and Royals in the Falklands - they're out there somewhere!

 

I'd love to know if Scorpions were used in the Gulf War - I always thought the RAF Regt used them but I've never seen any pictures.

 

Peter,

 

Ferret Mk 2/3, 03 CC 42

Were the swingfires from Strikers ? Always wondered how effective the Scorpion 76mm actually would have been if used in anger...

Here's an interesting photo (or maybe I'm just sad!) This is the area usually covered by the front mud flap on 49AT37. It's obviously not been painted since the mid 90s as it's still white.

 

Chris

 

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No not sad at all Chris - it is these little snippets that make pre owned vehicles interesting..

My Spartan still has a (very grubby) list of call signs inside it - including CET's and AVRE's so I guess an armoured engineer squadron.

I dont think I've seen one before - very nice...

what is the 4th one down - not the Seddon the one on the back ? Cant recognise it from this angle...

Large spoon with holes in...

Rarely used but invaluable for recovering dropped sump plugs from drip trays.

Well it is next weekend. Is anyone else going???

Fraid not - was going to but will be going camping in Northern France instead, mostly pas de calais area, though maybe a bit further so hoping to visit some of the sites - Battery Todt, la Coupole etc..

Look forward to reading the report if you go..

A diesel Scimitar would be nice!

Yes I did think about that but then what would I do with all my J60's !

Ignoring the wisdom or otherwise of these cuts (no politics please !) I read somewhere that vehicle numbers may be reduced by 40% from current. On this basis I'll be watching the Withams tenders most closely for the following:

Warrior

Chally 2

Foden DROPs (yes I know some already out)

MRLS

Wolf

What would your choices be...?

Worked proffesionally on commission for a lot of years and find it hard going to work without air tools on the occasions I have had to even as a hobby, not just so very slow but so many more problem nuts and bolts...

I recomend 1/2 impact gun with impact sockets same in 3/4 drive a 3/8 butterfly impact and a 1/4 air ratchet all the 3/8 and 1/4 drive sockets at least should be 6 point (not impact) prefferably Snap-on there really is no better as far as never rounding a nut and the impact action works so well. It will halve your job times, get an air gasket scrapper, air screw driver, blast cabinet and decent pats washer and you will be even faster, of course your pay packet won't be any bigger but you'll get to spend more time down the pub or just get so much more done!

Would agree air tools v useful esp chisel for getting rid of awkward nuts and bolts. But if you dont have access to a compressor then as a minimum an electric impact wrench can also save a lot of time. Cordless more convenient but corded more powerful...

A similar scenario to the bombing of Dresden perhaps...

Ok possibly going to get political but will TRY to keep it measured..

Opinion remains very divided about the bombing of Dresden, but if the argument is that the strategic bombing campaign should have slackened on the basis that a) the war was already won, and b) all the militarily important targets had already been destroyed then this should be applied to both sides - when the nazis knew the war was lost they actually INCREASED the rate of killing in the camps. Indeed the jews of Dresden who had escaped relatively lightly up to that point, were being prepared for deportation even as the bombs fell.

If I was in a Sherman in Feb 45 then I'd be happy for any action to be taken that might shorten the war, even if in retrospect it turned out that it didn't.

None of the above is in any way intended to lessen the horror of what happened to the civilian population, which was truly horrendous and which has haunted many bomber command veterans ever since.

Whole books have been written on this, and lots of them, so we won't get the answer here but just my thoughts.

Cheers

Tim (from Coventry originally, now twinned with Dresden)

This thread? - http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?15274-Films-with-aircraft-theame

yeah ok - but as I say a good story is always worth revisiting !

Hi guys,

 

Am I going mad? I distinctly remember reading a thread in a similar (exact) vein some time ago (4, 5 months ago??) but I cant find it anywhere and this thread's dates don't add up. Maybe its just that I am a platinum blonde?

Monty

I thought it was just me ! I had thought I'd read about it but I couldn't find it either.. Maybe another forum (wash my mouth out....!)

Guess it is just one of those perennial favourites being such a good story..

Cheers

What we really need now is the MV equivalent of Phil and Kirstie to help with this one...!

Particularly liked the one on the steps of the Reichstag...

Really quite spooky..

Thanks

Just reading Robert Kershaw's book 'Tank Men' - don't know how it compares to other texts but certainly very few of the veterans quoted have anything good to say about either British or American tank designs of the period. In fact in one or two cases they even take the view that sending men to war in machines so visibly inferior was tantamount to murder !

Emotive stuff but I guess if you've seen enough of your mates brewed up that's going to have an impact..

One thing I hadn't realised is that there was a choice for the Americans and that the Sherman was chosen in preference to the Pershing (with a more capable 90mm gun). Presume this was to do with ease of manufacturing..

Great book by the way.