question Land Rovers - Op Granby - Markings

[LoggyDriver]

I'm re spraying my Defender 110 back into it's Gulf War 1 clothes and have been searching loads of sites (including using the search button on here) for some pictures of a 110 Hard Top that has the inverted V markings to no avail.

 

Has anyone got some pictures of a Land Rover with GW1 markings? If not, do you know how many inverted V's were on the vehicle, where were they placed and what size are they supposed to be?

 

I know they had them on the sides of the hard top and I'm guessing they were also on the rear door and on the roof. Were any on the front and where?

 

Any help greatly appreciated?

 

Cheers

 

Andy

[recymech66]

I'm re spraying my Defender 110 back into it's Gulf War 1 clothes and have been searching loads of sites (including using the search button on here) for some pictures of a 110 Hard Top that has the inverted V markings to no avail.

 

Has anyone got some pictures of a Land Rover with GW1 markings? If not, do you know how many inverted V's were on the vehicle, where were they placed and what size are they supposed to be?

 

I know they had them on the sides of the hard top and I'm guessing they were also on the rear door and on the roof. Were any on the front and where?

 

Any help greatly appreciated?

 

Cheers

 

Andy

 

Inverted Vs were painted on randomly IIRC, roughly around 2 inch wide but top to bottom was fairly random depending on the place it was painted, I do know that on later excusions we were issued some sort of self adhesive tape which should show up under IR. See below for pics on random inverted V sizes.

 

Edited May 9, 2010 by recymech66

[ruxy]

Plenty of good photographs of exactly what you need in this book :-

 

http://www.books-by-isbn.com/1-873564/1873564023-British-Land-Rovers-in-the-Gulf-Bob-Morrison-1-873564-02-3.html

 

Unfortunately due to high demand by the modellers it has status , high prices can be asked by book dealers.

 

Don't pay more than £15 to £20 for a minta , bide you time watching eBay - they do come up.

[antarmike]

This picture appears to show two completely different forms of the inverted V on an Abrams.

 

Does this suggest one was slapped on without any instructions as to size etc, and one was added later when a standard had been introduced? Not a Granby expert so don't shoot me down if I am wrong

[recymech66]

This picture appears to show two completely different forms of the inverted V on an Abrams.

 

Does this suggest one was slapped on without any instructions as to size etc, and one was added later when a standard had been introduced? Not a Granby expert so don't shoot me down if I am wrong

 

Your correct, most were just slapped on willynilly, as I mentioned in my earlier post we were issued with some strange self adhesive tape which could be seen through IR in later conflicts.

[griff66]

what percentage of mvs who got painted in gulf war paint actually had sand under their wheels/ tracks ?

[Richard Farrant]

what percentage of mvs who got painted in gulf war paint actually had sand under their wheels/ tracks ?

 

When GW1 blew up, the Workshops where I worked, went mad, all other work was suspended, with convoys of vehicles coming in from units for painting. All those painted would have gone out there unless they did not make it to the docks. We had lines of trucks, snaking through the shop being prepared and masked for paint, ready to go through the paintshops. Even had a load of coaches come in from Germany to be painted white with red crosses.

[griff66]

interesting my mk1/2 ferrets last reg was life guards went to them june 86 having had a workshop code change from 4120 to 4000 it is modded with a front hatch to accommodate a n/v scope.,

[LoggyDriver]

Thanks for the ideas guys.