plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 MAN- standerd and TES. 4 LEGGER. 6 LEGGER. 8 LEGGER. MAN-REPLEM. WRECKER 8X8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 OSHKOSH HET. OSHKOSH CST. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 VOLVO SLDT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Great picture thread. Any reason or answers as to why this is missing its rear wheel......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Cost cutting mate. Basicly the story they gave us was, the bearings were shot, over heated and welded the whole rear wheel up. There was a Scimitar with the same problem, a classic case of half tracking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I have a load more pictures to come if thats ok with everyone. Got kit like, diggers and earth movers, guns, Mortors, Rockets, Helicopters and anything else I can find. Tell me when you have had enough. Also I have found some more pictures that I will be placing in existing treads. Thanks for looking and sorry for the lack of info. I know what 99.9% of the kit is but not commiting myself as to know what it all does. Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 We can never have enough. Great to see all the current stuff in use. Carry on posting......:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Great picture thread. Any reason or answers as to why this is missing its rear wheel......................... Maybe some of the track specialists can add something. But surely this set up must make the whole thing unbalanced and terrible to handle off-road. Look how much unsupported over hang is left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 FUCHS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 RAPIER C (SHORAD) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Maybe some of the track specialists can add something. But surely this set up must make the whole thing unbalanced and terrible to handle off-road. Look how much unsupported over hang is left. Mark, This is probably done as a matter of neccessity to get the vehicle out of a situation back to where repairs can be done. Good thing to practise, in case it happens in action. Apparantly CVR(T) vehicles have had a recent spate of rear idlers coming detached from the hull, due to the mounting bolts used being too short and the hull surface around the threaded hole, scabbing. This is from info put into the Army's information booklet, Kit magazine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recymech66 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Richard is correct, it's a tempory repair procedure called half tracking/short tracking. It's used to allow the vehicle to track under it's own steam thus not tieing up a valuble recovery asset, it wouldn't have traveled to far just to an area where more permenant repairs can be effected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thankyou to you both for the explanation:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thanks for posting your photo's up plainmilitary....I thought , living in a garrison town & having two firing ranges close at hand , that we got to see a lot of kit that most never do.......I now know just how wrong I was . The majority of your pics show stuff we just dont see here . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hello Dave, in some ways is great having all this kit on the doorstep mate. The photography is good but the local pubs, clubs and poor old Kabab shops do take a bit of a hammering sometimes. All understandable though, no different from anywhere else me thinks. Most of the kit in the pictures are based in the area, three tank Regiment,Artillary Regiments at Tiddy and Larkhill, plus all the REME, RE, Loggy's and AAC / RAF. Can get a bit noisy at time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 These are great pics Have you got any more of DROPS (Foden, MAN or Leyland DAF)? Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted September 1, 2009 Author Share Posted September 1, 2009 Hello Stone, I have a few more to come on here. I will also have a look around to see what else I have... Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Great thread Tony, told you it would be worth posting...:tup:: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lardrover Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Outstanding images Tony, I didn't realise there was so much kit. Hoping they prompt some sandbags to be pulled up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Al Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Thanks Tony very intresting Big Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 Cheers guys, there are a few more pictures to be added yet. Lee, many thanks for letting me post all this stuff. Tony. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Cheers guys, there are a few more pictures to be added yet. Lee, many thanks for letting me post all this stuff.Tony. No.. thank you Tony for sharing... Cheers Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plainmilitary Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 (edited) (DURO) Edited September 2, 2009 by plainmilitary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 What's that first Duro for? Looks a bit similar to the Ptarmigan rigs... And what are they doing with that RPG?! :shocked: Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 What's that first Duro for? Looks a bit similar to the Ptarmigan rigs... And what are they doing with that RPG?! :shocked: Stone They are often used for EOD, so that might explain the RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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