BRDM Driver Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I spent a couple of hours fishing today... Fishing with my 'magnet on a stick' in the watery depths of my Scorpion hull and this is what I caught...:shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griff66 Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 majority of the above plus spanners assorted and Spent ammo 5.56 and 7.62 belt fed in my ferret Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rustyaustinchamp Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I bought a project Champ which had never been road registered since sold off in the 60s. Non runner and no key. Something was rattling around in the bottom of the Bren gun mount however. Took some getting but it turned out to be the original FV coded ignition key and (naturally) it fitted, result! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 2 plastic rounds of ammo in our glove box on the dodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 An SA80 magazine full of blank rounds ... Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.303fan Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I found some blank rounds , plastic stamped DAG 89 and a 88 lw maintenance book 1 + 2 that covered fixing light bulbs and in case of destruction where to place the charges. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferrettkitt Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 This little lot out of one of my Ferrets REME cap badge, spanner, dynamo securing lugs pair off, top off engine id tube and a bulb. Plus plenty of rust and muck [ATTACH=CONFIG]67248[/ATTACH] Field mice filled the engine up with seeds/husks? [ATTACH=CONFIG]67249[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 A spent cartridge under the Jerrycan holder on the step of my GMC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnawan Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I found an RA badge in the bowels of a Champ, a live 303 round, and tucked right away inside the switch panel a note which was dated 1956 and said" Boo, you nosey bugger!" Baz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FourFox Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 My second Saladin hull was completely stripped inside and out, sand blasted and primed. A final clean-up of the insides revealed a build-up of grundge still under one of the centre bevel boxes. I noticed a solid lump in the grundge, which turned out to be a Timex wrist watch. The watch was full of oil (typical for the bottom of a Saladin) The old leather strap was rotten but the watch is still in quite good condition. It can still be persuaded to run, after a fashion after tipping out the oil and replacing with white spirit. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 An SA80 magazine full of blank rounds ... Andy Ditto under the ammo racks in my Sabre... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I found a Japanese Sniper in my soup in a Chinese Resturant once!........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 1981 and back in the turret of a Scorpion after a number of years in Squadron HQ and Command Troop. Trip to Hohne Ranges. Convert an awful lot of tax-payer's money into empty cases. But not as many as I'd have liked. It was decided to have a proper battle run (on Battle Run 20) with a full load (42) of HESH, SHELL and SMK and an overload of 7.62 1B1T link. The link was shoehorned in wherever we could. First up we engaged an enemy tank, then we brassed up a ridge with the coax. Then we were instructed to lay smoke on the ridge. We were told by the Instructor, Gunnery at the back that ours was the best smokescreen of the day. Chuffed. Good day at the office. Then we were detailed to brass up the ridge again. STOPPAGE! We went through the drills but couldn't get the GPMG going again. Eventually we came off the range in disgrace. Bad day at the office. Unloaded about 20 boxes of 200 * 1B1T to be distributed to the remaining troops. But I was sure there was one more box than I counted out. Fast forward two weeks, back in Paderborn, need to get the radios out of the back of the turret (forget why). Oh look, here's a box of 7.62 link. Oops. Now I might take this box of 7.62 to the Squadron Sergeant Major to be dealt with properly and face his wrath, but he and I never saw eye to eye and I thought better of it. I could speak to my vehicle commander (troop sergeant) but was the SSM's best buddy, he and I didn't see eye to eye either and I foresaw the same result. "Sam" Brown, my driver had the keys to the troop sergeant's locker. We dumped it in there and denied all knowledge. Given that no questions were ever asked, the assumption was that he took the box of 7.62 to his mucker the SSM and that was the end of that. It's not what you know, it's who you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.303fan Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 not mine military vehicles but here goes. i have had a saturday job to work on vehicles to afford parts needed. we fetched a military 109 from denmark what had live ammo behind the dash. another vehicle we picked up in the uk had a machette behind the seats. a few other vehicles carried blanks and i was given the lot, including the live ones. i knew a friend that shot large caliber weapons and he made shure i could shoot the fmj's on the range. it did help that i had a fire arms licence for a .38 and a .22 enfield. had some fun that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 A load of chainsaw spares which was perfect as I used some of them :coffee: - the GMC came from Norway - thought it was a good sign as a fellow woodsman must of owned it before me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 I knew someone who found a bottle of wine in a Fox once, it was hidden in the empty cartridge tube in the turret. It had just returned off exercise, Germany no doubt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MICHAEL01 Posted September 3, 2012 Share Posted September 3, 2012 Hi when l flushed the fuel tank out on the diamond t, rattling around inside was an empty wine bottle! Also when it came to taking the dynamo off, caked in aload of grease was an old adjustable spanner. And finally when it came to Stripping the gauges out, tucked away in a canvas sleeve is its service history from the Danish army from the 50s and 60s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catch 22 LBDR Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I found a tin-opener dated 1960's with the crow's foot stamp on it down in the belly of my Stalwart:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 M5 HST :- Both jewel light lenses from the dash, lucky find, Willard battery cell stopper. M75 :- .50 blank, 7.62 blank, .50 burst case extractor. Sherman :- Amazingly, absolutely nothing! Cromwell :- Heaps of .30 cal cartridges and link. Cat D4 :- Two bras and a pair of knickers in the fuel tank....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 Cat D4 :- Two bras and a pair of knickers in the fuel tank....... Well, uhm...? Lets be honest, how big are the chances of someone noticing you when entertaining a lady in a fueltank? :blush: Still a strange place for said items... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan76 Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 In my 1978 series 3 Land Rover ambulance - an old size 10p piece, an empty Lambert and Butler cigarette packet and a mid-80s pay and display ticket for a car park near Swindon..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Cat D4 :- Two bras and a pair of knickers in the fuel tank....... That has to be true - you couldn't even make that up - not even N.O.S. could come up with that!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Some boxes of Rapier B1 spares donated to our group. An invoice , 'Price for customs: £62,000. :wow: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 That has to be true - you couldn't even make that up - not even N.O.S. could come up with that!!!! The annoying thing was they weren't my size. :blush: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivor Ramsden Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 A blue-green suede shoe in the back of a lightweight. When I picked it up it fell apart, revealing itself to be a green-mouldy Cornish pasty.... It's a pity there's no smilie for throwing up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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