Bazz

Captured veh??, has British L7 105 and M2 .50.

Attach pic of Israelli T55

Scorpion 04 FD 36

some very nice pics on these sites. oh those were the days

Certainly is, we used them and Cheiftain turret cages to give us more stowage,

Alien, The LD's would have had the sabre in the Balkens due to sabre was part of the pool of CVR(T) availible to the troops in that theatre.Created due to the British Ministry of Defence's CVR(T) rationalisation programme, the Sabre is a hybrid vehicle. Created from the body of the Scorpion, and the turret of the Fox the Sabre is fitted with the standard 30mm Rarden Cannon found on similar British Army vehicles of the CVR(T) class. Modifications were made to the manually operated turret of the Fox to include redesigned smoke grenade launchers and the 7.62mm MachineGun was replaced with a more powerful 7.62mm Chain Gun. Domed hatches have also improved headroom for both commander and gunner. Some 136 Sabre vehicles are in service with the British Army, assigned to Reconnaisance Platoons of Armoured and Mechanised Infantry Battalions. Their duty is to covertly locate and observe enemy units and emplacements. In addition to this they are often required to take out such units, and are armed and equipped to work in the forward area of the battle. Although classified as a reconnaisance vehicle the Sabre can easily double as a light Tank for making hard hitting attacks against non-armoured enemy units.

As far as I know the TA used the Sabre was used as follows.

Yeomanry Recce Regts x 2 QOY and Royal Yeomanry

Some Armoured Infantry Recce Platoons and I know that the Saxon equipped inf reg at Catterick used them as well.

All regular RAC Recce Regts, Armoured Regts and some Inf Armoured Regts recce tps/Plts used Schimitar.

When I was a CMT in the Regs/TA we usedboth these and deeper ones to carry our equipment in. The shallow ones like the one shown had a moulded in insert and we used them to carry instruments in.

JP is certainly right, "the weather is or Isn't" is my saying.:cool2:

Alien,

Pic above is definately the dogs doodads or what.:-D

Bazz

Hello Lee and welcome. I'm from the North East, I live in Weardale just east of Durham, Alien on the forum is a mackem.

Barry

really looks at home.

Hello Mike,

We've spoke via the forum before, I would like to come and visit sometime once the weather improves, what's it like where you are at the moment.

Barry

Fray Bentos, is actually the name of the port from which the stuff was originally shipped. SPAM I belive is from SPiced hAM. I am also reliably informed that the ingredients have to be kept in a locked room as the are classed as dangerous! :shake: (Never eaten it since) There do seem to be pull up corned beef cans apperaing. The Health and Saftey police probably. The can you are most likley to cut yourself on is a corned beef can. (Ever go round the supermarket as a kid, taking the keys off corned beef cans)

I was under the impression SPAM = Specially Prepared American Meat. As it was supplied as a supplement during WWII.

Don't forget, 120mm is includuing the Sabot, the penetrator holes can be much smaller, this depends on the angle of attack that the penetrator struck at.

covers weren't issued initially as the Barrel Trough was fitted with the solid part to the top. This was discovered to cause barrel distortion due to heat build up after firing, so the trough was reversed and a cover issued.

Certainly is a Scorpion one. there is athread somewhere that has a picture of a L43 on.

Battle of britian

Try this one 'Useful little insect isn't he?' Six months supply of Custard creams for that one!

Antz?

what are you the f****n weather man now?

we were soldiers once, and young.(well, I was)

Alien, I've got a pic of me in this posn somewhere, most find and post.

Sahagun

Hello Jim and welcome.

I know Tony very well, served in the same Troop together.

The Fox has a L37 fitted as co-ax not a L8

pics taken in Newcastle today.

My memory is very much the same.