BRDM Driver Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I got to see the vehicle history card for my Scorpion today. It started of at Lugershall in 1973 3/1/74 14/20 Hussars 28/4/76 1st Royal Tank Regiment 30/7/77 Queens Dragoon Guards 17/6/80 9/12 Lancers 17/11/81 Conversion from 0860.7400 to 0860.7450 5/3/82 ODA (special forces detachment alpha) 2/11/82 2 ADS (???) 2/10/82 16/5 Lancers 9/11/82 conversion from 0860.7450 to 0860.8450 21/11/86 13/18 Hussars 10/2/93 returns to Luggershall Anyone know what ADS might be? The chronology seems to go a bit awry in 82! I might see if anyone has any pics on ARRSE... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 Was what I knew as Central Vehicle Depot Ashchurch ever called Ashchurch Depot Storage in a later life? That might be ADS. R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffy Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Could you possibly scan or photograph the service/history card and reproduce it here in this thread? Is it the Merlin printout or the old card type record? Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 It's a hand written card not from Merlin. I could get a copy of it if I pay the fee, but I simply asked to see the card and copied the info off it. Is there other data on the card I should have noted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 The conversion work in 1982 was almost certainly replacing the Larkspur radio system with Clansman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 7, 2012 Author Share Posted September 7, 2012 Thanks Peter, I was going to ask about the conversions. Currently there are no radios in the vehicle, so I might get a Clansman to put in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter4456 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 This is my translation of your Scorpion's history! If the Vehicle Data Plate is still fitted in the vehicle, it will have the original reg number and possibly the locations of where the conversion work was done. It's always good to have the original card to work from (the writing can be a bit dodgy sometimes!) but the only thing I think you've missed is the Date in Service (DIS) if it was on the original. The regmients may well have photos of your Scorpion in service Let me know if you need any more help 04 FD 03 (Scorp).doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hi Peter, That's very interesting, Thanks! Any ideas how I can find out what happened from 93 onwards? I think it has spent some time as a gate guardian. Pretty sure it came to Withams in 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Richard, You need the Merlin report to fill in the blanks. Write to the address I gave you! Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Whilst finding out where to put bits back in the turret, I found a big lump of metal which is stamped 1987, which seems quite late in the day for modifications to the main gun... The part bolts under the breech and accepts a handle that raises and lowers the breech block, which isn't show in the diagrams in the User Handbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
02FD43 Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I got to see the vehicle history card for my Scorpion today. It started of at Lugershall in 1973 3/1/74 14/20 Hussars 28/4/76 1st Royal Tank Regiment 30/7/77 Queens Dragoon Guards 17/6/80 9/12 Lancers 17/11/81 Conversion from 0860.7400 to 0860.7450 5/3/82 ODA (special forces detachment alpha) 2/11/82 2 ADS (???) 2/10/82 16/5 Lancers 9/11/82 conversion from 0860.7450 to 0860.8450 21/11/86 13/18 Hussars 10/2/93 returns to Luggershall Anyone know what ADS might be? The chronology seems to go a bit awry in 82! I might see if anyone has any pics on ARRSE... Hi Richard, My Sabre 04FD01 also started its service life with 14/20 hussars at wulfenbuttel in 1973, spooky that they're both in Dorset now. I'll dig out the rest of it's history to see if they have anything else in common, I think you'll find that 2 A.D.S. stands for armoured delivery squadron. All the best Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Spooky eh??? I have PM'ed you Andy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRDM Driver Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 If anyone has the Osprey Scorpion book, I think the cutaway picture is of a vehicle registered as 04FD0_... 13th/18th Hussars 1990 which is very close to my vehicle! I don't have a copy of it yet, but I found a scan of the cutway on the net. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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