Tony B Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 Nothing wrong with being a corporal, we all had to start somewhere. Well look at Hitler he was a corporal before he promoted himself. Which is a damm good reason for keeping Corporals in their place.:sweat: Wasan't Idi Amin a Corporal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted May 6, 2008 Share Posted May 6, 2008 http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/LFK_bucket/humberpigva7.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/LFK_bucket/ST2_6311_simon_sun_640.jpg http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q199/LFK_bucket/Flypig01.jpg A few of Helen the Humber in her 1970's N.Ireland look, just need some barb wire and a few ladders and shields on now to complete the look of "In Service" Humber Fv1612 mk1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 7, 2008 Share Posted May 7, 2008 Which is a damm good reason for keeping Corporals in their place.:sweat:Wasan't Idi Amin a Corporal? I was a Corporal.......Mwah hah ha ha!! :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 9, 2008 Share Posted May 9, 2008 (edited) This is for Adam Elkins with his Ambulance Pig Mk2 03 BK 20. It was built originally as FV1601 GS Truck on Chassis No. 20320 The record card gives the date in service as 20/3/53, but the ledger gives 12/3/53 Receipt Voucher No. CBR/R/9598 showing it was delivered to 3rd Vehicle Group, RAOC HQ, Church Broughton The original Engine No. 6030 Between 1958-60 it was made into a pig FV1611. At this stage FV1613 Ambulances did not exist, these conversions may have been as early as 1963 but the main EMER for conversion from FV1611 to FV1613 was issued in 1965. Conversion to Mk 2 under Op Bracelet would have been between Sept 1972 – June 1973. I can see no documentary evidence that it ceased to be anything other than the ambulance it clearly is from your photos. But I have two photos showing it to be a Flying Pig APC. Here is one of them. It was struck off on 2/9/94 to Skyddsvakt, Sweden. So happy googling with that one! Edited May 9, 2008 by fv1620 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 At some shows ! I'm sure it was these two i saw driving through Nuxley Village once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 It probably was Mark, my mates Pig VSL 174 has now been sold on :cry: ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Manston airport I do believe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Cheers Clive for reposting the info on my pig. would be great if can you post the other pic you have of my pig O3 BK 20. thanks again Clive. Adam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Adam I'm afraid this isn't going to help you. It looks like the same time & same location as the other picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Manston airport I do believe Not sure where ! It's off an ad the new owner posted when he advertised her for sale ! Hope she went to a good home ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Adam I'm afraid this isn't going to help you. It looks like the same time & same location as the other picture. Thought it might of been when she was in action. oh well. thanks alot Clive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Pics of my pig O3 BK 20.:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 Map that i found in my pig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 The first picture I strongly believe is my FV1609 built in 1956 as 32 BK 74. Was issued to the RUC in 1958 became 2996 OI. Seen here with added on roof in 1969. In 1970 became 27 BT 95 & subsequently made into a Mk2 The other shots show not a FV1609 but a FV1611. 13 BK 01 was issued to RUC in 1962 to replace a FV1609 that had been destroyed. The replacement was registered as 3071 EZ. In 1970 issued to the Army as 27 BT 91. Amazingly this officer survived, despite being later attacked with scaffolding & bricks. But in the period 1969-98 over 300 officers did not survive attacks on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13BK76 Posted May 17, 2008 Author Share Posted May 17, 2008 The strange camo pig was as far as i know done like this for a film but what that was i dont know. (Any ideas?) The armour from in the rear was removed and some bits and bobs added for pyro's were put inside. The pig nearest the camera in the second pic is the same pig after it was purchased by my mate. And you know when you buy a new toy you always forget something, thankfully it just fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 Have you fitted front screens in your pig? Great pics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted May 17, 2008 Share Posted May 17, 2008 You might find the film the Pig was in on this site http://www.imcdb.org/?PHPSESSID=f0d63901e7f23b7c8543f48aa204a20c it is a data base of hundreds of movies and the Vehicles of all types that appeared in them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Could have been for bloody sunday?. The film. Awesome pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Could have been for bloody sunday?. The film. I hope not, BS predated the first Mk 2 pig by 9 months. But historical facts are often of not much interest to film makers. There were two films on BS done at about the same time at least one of these used Mk 2 pigs I'm afraid. One famous confrontage of the event was well recorded on newsreel footage. The film used a Saracen APC with weedy water hose in the turret. The real event showed a Foden water canon that looks entirely different! I remember in the real event as the Foden moves in & sprays the crowd & then the camera crews with dyed water. A certain satisfaction can be detected in the voice of a soldier as he shouts out "Brilliant guv!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
13BK76 Posted May 18, 2008 Author Share Posted May 18, 2008 Have you fitted front screens in your pig?Great pics. No There's a macrolon hinged screen hanging from the roof behind the two front seats, which is a bloody pain when you want to lock/unlock the rear doors. I've got loads of pics of the "film" pig somewhere but can say with out any doubt it was NOT anything to do with the films made about Bloody Sunday, this film must have been 13 plus years ago because the pic on the train was 12 years ago. We had a squirt saracen on the train as well. Also we found that a pig will go through a wooden floor of a wagon (the pig exhaust was never the same) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 My friend own te "bloody sunday" pig used in the film. If you look at the film it has one wing! As Clive said there were no Mk2's in service at the time of the event, they were Mk1 with wings. Film even shows a Bedford driving into the action with troops in! Shame they dont get films and the such correct Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elkins Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 Inside O3 BK 20. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted May 24, 2008 Share Posted May 24, 2008 I believe this RUC Pig is Clives ! Seen today at Overlord show Horndean ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chambers101 Posted May 25, 2008 Share Posted May 25, 2008 Nice. I've always liked Pigs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 A Pig with a bed and a heater, very posh, mines just an empty silver box in the rear at the moment:-(, although i believe that the Royal Artillery used them in that configuration as a G.S. according to a reliable ARRSE forum user, who drove them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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