touchwood 2a Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Hi all, I found on my bulkhead cutting the hinge. I saw them on another military Rovers. Does anyone know the reason cutting. Thank Jarda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 (edited) Two possibilities I can think of. One is that it could have been to support a wire cutting attachment in an internal security situation. The other is that it was for fixing the front supports for the frame incorporating the telephone line laying installation. Edited December 21, 2010 by fv1609 Add picture Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Jarda I did say that if you posted it on Forum that Clive was probably the man. I knew about line laying role, but the tricked up defence version with a wire cutter was a new one on me. Can you share the link you mentioned to me as it sounded very interesting. Clive did the Army actually make a note of which vehicles were identified for these roles on a contract number or run of Chassis numbers etc?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Thank you Wayne and Clive. Here is gallery: http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000k7si8Llw.L4 http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000pzU8PVCpCz4 http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000.fz1qVCaB1w http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000p9isbVOhE9k http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000RIR_aWC49tk jarda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Fantastic images and great ones of Toasties! Thanks for sharing with us Jarda.....Your search engine in Prague must be better than ours in the UK as you always find great archive information. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 What super images. Crisp, clear & in colour, high gloss DBG really says it all for me. Many thanks for linking those. Anymore? Like Pigs or Shorlands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 What super images. Crisp, clear & in colour, high gloss DBG really says it all for me. Many thanks for linking those. Anymore? Like Pigs or Shorlands? Jarda....any chance as I have an FV1611A as well now! Needs a little sprucing up though! You always seem to come up trumps with quality of images. :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) maybe this: http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000ncuwlLuIM0g http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000PbK8nGCKE1o Edited December 21, 2010 by touchwood 2a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 maybe this: http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000ncuwlLuIM0g More More More......Clive are you seeing this....And do you have them??? What search engine do you have in Prague Jarda and how do you find Gold every time? :bow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 Thanks , I think it is a professional deformation, the constant search for in photobanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Typed in PIG and got some great images......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Clive FV1611A in Camo not DBG! http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000PbK8nGCKE1o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 I'm composing three separate emails but getting willingly distracted by the ping of notifications here. Very nice lots of things to not here which is nicely defined by dates. We have: Disruptive camo in brown & DBG very early 70s & rarely identified as most of what we see is in B&W. ERM not on NS wing, but painted on radiator/bonnet armour. Can only read one 31BK?? Call sign on door. Recovery chain Width gauges both sides. Windscreen mesh. Coaxial feed to manpack ant adaptors (How many times was I told I had that wrong on my other Pig?!) Crowd/cattle barricades on roof. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Clive FV1611A in Camo not DBG! I think you'll find it is DBG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 (edited) I think you'll find it is DBG That image clearly shows the pattern and contrast of Black and Green Cammo, even in B&W. I am convinced Clive.... Image 616 of 770 is definately in Cammo pattern not a solid single uniform colour???????????? I am not snow blind yet :nut: Edited December 21, 2010 by Rover8FFR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted December 21, 2010 Author Share Posted December 21, 2010 and the last found: http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000McF2TwU25n0 http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I00007ACJO64YcwM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 That image clearly shows the pattern and contrast of Black and Green Cammo, even in B&W. I am convinced Clive.... Image 616 of 770 is definately in Cammo pattern not a solid single uniform colour???????????? I am not snow blind yet :nut: Look I'm far too excited exploring all these to be rational. Yes that one is very likely black & OD (nearly 10 years before IRR NATO Green) this one was what I was meaning brown & DBG. http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000ncuwlLuIM0g I've gone up to 700/770 now going to explore downwards, if you see what I mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Look I'm far too excited exploring all these to be rational. Yes that one is very likely black & OD (nearly 10 years before IRR NATO Green) this one was what I was meaning brown & DBG. http://victorpatterson.photoshelter.com/gallery-image/N-Ireland-Troubles/G00004uHYDFdRY48/I0000ncuwlLuIM0g I've gone up to 700/770 now going to explore downwards, if you see what I mean. Brown green in NI pre dates Black green????? what was the thinking behind that in urban theatre??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 fv1609 Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Brown green in NI pre dates Black green????? Nope I had always assumed that black & green relates to particularly exBAOR Pigs & was just that they came like that. Brown green in NI ....... what was the thinking behind that in urban theatre???Haven't the foggiest idea, because there are so few colour pics of Pigs one sees that so rarely. But there were some RUC Commer water cannon that were originally light admiralty grey that were mostly changed to OD (or sim) still with the RUC that were used later by the 17/21st Lancers who painted them brown & green. Very strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Hi all, I found a picture Rover 8 Recce in Libya. I've never seen this size tire on SWB Rover Desert tire Michelin size 7.50 or 9.00? Do you know anyone? Jarda http://363456331534745414-a-1802744773732722657-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/royalleicestershireregiment/looking-back---various-photos/c.jpg?attachauth=ANoY7cpfzrBQwnX2IZVIjwhK85w4muj0hCrHCGbGtBm2Uxd-inYOgY1ZH3n9rA60dSPPZfHexT37Saz04CrgnfEbTtz4tDz8qkaAId68pWWoin7RowKyC-7Ho0cAlmfi_-k9chj_NDo1hiSVuLKU4CPloO62gRM5KeccP371K3zw5NnQUeZHP7Fqc6WF2qV5L7B4ZQ7YIvdZyff7T4cBX7GdLz9RtztXYu0fqhJ8Ic63zwR7PM2aquF3KVgxPCdI8unqMghQvtro&attredirects=0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I would say that they are 9.00 x 16 :-\ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) Yes, well I guess 9,00 R16. and 5.5 x16 split rims. It will not Michelin XS-F, but Dunlop SP Sand Grip, I have the same pattern. Edited January 4, 2011 by touchwood 2a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 touchwood 2a Posted January 7, 2015 Author Share Posted January 7, 2015 Hi all, after a long time, Last night I was a little daydreaming and looking old pictures "Toastie"and I found*..... http://flashbak.com/troops-of-the-royal-scots-regiment-demonstrate-their-grantapault-in-belfast-northern-ireland-in-july-1970-27706/ very interesting weapon* Jarda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Rover8FFR Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 A Wee bit Saxon! Great Rover Mk8 image though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 ruxy Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Great colour images , what I like is that it shows a DBG spray job covering all the galvanised body cappings. Raises the rivet-counter purist paint job question at Resto. a) as it left Solihull DBG with exposed galv. or b) re-sprayed , probably just prior to first issue from Ordnance Depot. I think b) is better Don't think those Rovers can have been on the streets long ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Hi all,
I found on my bulkhead cutting the hinge.
I saw them on another military Rovers. Does anyone know the reason cutting.
Thank Jarda
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