teletech Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 I bought a Franken-Scorpion recently and I'm trying to find out what I can about both parts of it so I can decide what path to take in restoration. The hull is Belgian scimitar #65247 and has been in-service in Rwanda, Somalia, and I'm told Bosnia as well. I'm pretty sure the turret is British and has a decal from the AFM(L). The gun barrel (which of course may not be original) has the motto of the order of the garter: "moni soit qui mal y pense" but I know that doesn't narrow things down much. I noticed the firewall in a Sturgeon I bought has it's reg# stamped in so I was wondering if turrets were serialized somewhere? Thanks for any information. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted April 29, 2015 Share Posted April 29, 2015 (edited) You must have bought one of the Shrewsbury area machines! Have fun with it. Im sure others like Sirhc will be along to tell you where the serial number is, I am fairly sure there is one. Will you be coming up to Aquino 2015 in Oshawa on Sta May 30th? Many CVR(T)s there. Regards Robin Edited April 30, 2015 by robin craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletech Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 This one came from Terry Brooks actually, I guess he had 18 of them. I had him pack up that and a Withams Sturgeon for me. I'd love to see some in action and get some pointers but sadly I have to work that weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 Post some photos, maybe we can help you. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 If memory serves, all ordnance carries the Royal Armouries badge (Honi soit etc). I know that all Scorpion barrels did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletech Posted April 30, 2015 Author Share Posted April 30, 2015 Post some photos, maybe we can help you. Chris Any particular areas I should document? I've attached a couple pictures from the unboxing that show the turret at least reasonably and hopefully the bin positions will help narrow things down. I would add that I am aware sandals were a very poor choice for the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 The turret is Belgian. That's a Belgian fire extinguisher mounted on the front left side. It's also not had the British modification to fit the stowage bins to the sides. Have a look at my Scimitar thread: http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?37527-CVR(T)-Scimitar-07-FD-04 I've been turning my Belgian turret into a British one and you can see it started out similar to yours with bins/brackets in the same places. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terryb Posted May 1, 2015 Share Posted May 1, 2015 Here's a pic of Scorpions and scimitars with the Belgians enjoying some R&R in Somalia (is that a HESH or BELLEND?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletech Posted May 2, 2015 Author Share Posted May 2, 2015 Thanks so much for the ID on the turret! Is there any good resource to find out service history on the Belgian vehicles? All I have to go on is the paintwork and what Terry's told me. Interesting service picture, looks like quite a number of canister rounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletech Posted May 3, 2015 Author Share Posted May 3, 2015 Also, I notice the Alvis board had a registry http://www.afvsociety.co.uk/vehicleregister.html but surely there must be many more vehicles out there. Is there another registry I should be aware of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yes there is. there are a bunch of bilingual and knowledgeable Belgians on face book They have lots of pictures and know the vehicles It is the CVR(T) appreciation group. Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teletech Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Yes there is. there are a bunch of bilingual and knowledgeable Belgians on face book They have lots of pictures and know the vehicles It is the CVR(T) appreciation group. Robin Well, I'll have to wait until I get round to a facebook account but I really love the tagline for the group "we had a heater and you didn't" Thanks for the pointer, I'll see what I can do. P_ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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