agripper Posted March 7, 2010 Share Posted March 7, 2010 I remember some years back when the American special forces where on a tour of the Guards depot and where shown the new recruits on the assault course and there challanged the americans team to go against a team of Coldstreamer new recruits on the assault course, they refused saying that they did not do that kind of training. Says a lot for the Guards that there recruits are able to do what the US troups wont! :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted March 29, 2010 Share Posted March 29, 2010 went down there a couple of weeks ago and no access to the common but i did manage to get a pic of a crusader :-), well i thought it was until i was quickly put back in my place by those more knowledgeable than me, which seems to be just about everybody else on the forum! It's actually a covenanter, bloody tanks all look the same to me. it would be nice to get on the range for a closer look but it still looks active as an antitank range so not much chance i'm afraid pic is of the left side eddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 As this thread seems to be have a number of posts about Pirbright I will start this here.... I had the good fortune to bump into a buddy who had access to Pirbright in 2007, as he had his camera with him he decided to take a few pictures. Let me know if you want to see more.... Regards rog8811 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Let me know if you want to see more.... Regards rog8811 Do bears defacate in the woods? As an aside, the Batterie Todt A13 wreck has met its end! http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=13222 It fell apart and was consigned to the scrapman's furnace. Doubly sad, as it was probably recovered from the beaches at Dunkirk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 i was planning to buy/swap that a13, it beggars belief that they would scrap something so rare, a tank that was used to fight the germans and eventually free france scrapped because they couldn't think of anything else to do with it. there would have been a hundred guys willing to take it on if they'd just let us know. man! that gets my blood boiling :mad: eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 rog8811 Let me know if you want to see more.... Yes thanks:-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Pzkpfw-e It fell apart and was consigned to the scrapman's furnace. Can this be verified:??? as oposed to a written report/article, it might have been disposed of but was it cut up and scrapped :??? Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 sorry rog forgot to say thanks for the pics, (i'm still angry about the a13). nice pic of a mk2 churchill, got anymore. cheers eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 with regard to the a13 i've just called the batterie todt for an explanation and possibly to get hold of the scrap man on the off chance that it's not been shipped off to china yet, i got no answer but i'll try again tomorrow and let you know what they say. all the best eddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rog8811 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 I saidLet me know if you want to see more.... You saidYes thanks:-) Below are a few more I have loaded a further 28 pictures to the following album http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/album.php?albumid=347 There is an outside chance that I can get some more up to date ones in the future. Regards rog8811 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 eddy8men with regard to the a13.... Ok you lot:nono: Come on then 'fes up I know one of you totters has got it:cool2: just confess - you know it will be good for your soul:angel: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Rog8811 Excellent photos, thanks for posting. FYI eddy the churchill with the turret remains inside is a Mk1 there is another nearbye which is a Mk2. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 i didn't think there would be any mk1's still about which i assumed was the reason bovy have a dummy mk1 as a gate guardian. i suspect they didn't want the hassle and expense of restoring a range wreck and to be honest i can't say i blame them. so if all that is left on pirbright is the stuff the rest of the tank collectors don't want does that mean i can have it. it would be nice to get on that range one day, preferably with a low loader :cool2: keep the pics coming please eddy ps. that valentine would be a nice addition for the old collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Grundy Posted October 11, 2010 Author Share Posted October 11, 2010 Great photos of battered tanks, thanks for posting. I especialy like to see photos of Saracens in that condition, they should all end up like that............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 (edited) Hi eddy There is a genuine Mk1 at CFB Borden Canada -it went there in WW2 for a extreme cold weather trials and decided to emigrate:D. The thing at Bovington is a Mk2 and is one of the early Churchills -the Mk1 and 2s were built at the same time- there wasn't nearly enough 3inch howitzers to make all of them as Mk1, so the bovington one should be put back to Mk2 standard -it would still be a rare and significant tank. A lot of the Pirbright stuff was prototypes (although apart from the mild steel pilots all early Churchills were prototypes -as one wit put it "actually we have 500 protoypes") the Matilda is from the pilot series and it is very interesting to see the way the front hull is constructed -great photos. Steve Edited October 11, 2010 by steveo578 addition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Bob Grundy they should all end up like that............ you really don't like Saracens do you:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 It all looks very similar to when I was last there in 1994. The Cent with the Ram turret has degraded a little, it was newly placed in about 1989, with its demounted turret. We tried to tow the turret cross country to refit it but it proved too difficult..... We cheated and sat the Ram turret on it instead! This is the Budge Trailblazer at work. We were there recovering the Jagdpanther at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Pearson Posted October 13, 2010 Share Posted October 13, 2010 Below are a few more [ATTACH=CONFIG]35933[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]35932[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]35931[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]35930[/ATTACH] I have loaded a further 28 pictures to the following album http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/album.php?albumid=347 There is an outside chance that I can get some more up to date ones in the future. Regards rog8811 I know where the drivers roof plate and doors from the Valentine are now..... they are on my DD! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveo578 Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 eddy8men.........nice pic of a mk2 churchill, I was looking at those Churchills again and you are right it is a Mk2 not a Mk1 I must have been having a brainf**t :embarrassed::embarrassed::embarrassed: Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddy8men Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 the student has become the master Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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