Will16 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hello All, I would just like to give some information on 29 BK 75. It is now a gate guard at Dalton Barracks, Oxfordshire, formerly RAF Abingdon. It has the MK1 Barricade Remover and I think it served in NI. The interior is filled with rubbish and crap. There is no gearbox and engine, but most of the front interior is intact. Most valuable stuff has been removed. I have more pictures, but cant find them, so here is one of me next to it. Will Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Are you sure that the registration was really 29 BK 75? It is not uncommon for a vehicle to display an incorrect registration. It's just that I have a photocopy of the Chilwell register in front of me. It seems to have never been converted to Mk 2 status & indeed it was struck in BAOR 25/10/67 None the less nice to see any picture of a Pig, any more pics would be welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tootles Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 Not really sure if it has been up-armoured??? seems like the front bar rack is of a later date, and stuck on there?? Many 'struck off' vehicles later appeared as either gate guards, or more normally range targets, and looking at the condition of said Pig, it has been sitting around a long, long time. Case in point. Chieftain Mk2 04EB68, issued new BAOR 1969, struck off 1978, never re-modded. Disappeared until showing up in the mid nineties as a gate guard at Avlechurch. Disappeared again, before showing up at Otterburn in 1999, as a range target. I also remember a Cent ARV being struck off in Germany, issued again to us in Libya, 1969!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 None the less nice to see any picture of a Pig, any more pics would be welcome. Oh Yes Indeed :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted February 15, 2013 Share Posted February 15, 2013 It has the MK1 Barricade Remover Yes you are quite correct. This was an early attempt by the Army to emulate the more sophisticated type of barricade pusher used by the RUC. A number of Mk 1 Pigs had these fitted long before the Mk 2 was conceived. You can see these in action in footage of the events involving the Paras in Jan 1972. The design had also evolved into the more familiar 5-bar tubular based barricade pusher that were also fitted to Mk 1 Pigs before the Mk 2 appeared. Some Mk 1 Pigs persisted with pushers of either type & were operational alongside Mk 2 Pigs. These Mk 2 Pig predominantly had the 5-bar remover, although those Pigs that already had the 3-bar type retained these in their up-armoured role. This Pig has all the characteristics of having been up-armoured into a so called Mk 2 Pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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