Adam Elkins Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hi, all i see is a saracen and land rover. Am i missing something??? Great pic tho cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hi, all i see is a saracen and land rover.Am i missing something??? Great pic tho cheers. Yes a FV610 Armoured Command Post, not a Pig. But Martin did say he was glad he wasn't asked any questions about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Hi, all i see is a saracen and land rover.Am i missing something??? Great pic tho cheers. ME too:confused: but nevertheless there is a Pig of sorts there Hmmm... a Pig of Sorts doesn't make a Pig:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORISKANY Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 ME too:confused: Hmmm... a Pig of Sorts doesn't make a Pig:confused: Thanks for the correction folks:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Martin, have you got any more pictures to share please? Not to pick holes in, but it is of immense interest to see these vehicles in their original habitat. As in-service picture is worth so much more than a picture of a rally field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 13, 2009 Share Posted June 13, 2009 Martin, have you got any more pictures to share please? Not to pick holes in, but it is of immense interest to see these vehicles in their original habitat. As in-service picture is worth so much more than a picture of a rally field. Yes please do post others if you have them... you can start a new thread in the Bitish Vehicles section... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ORISKANY Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 Martin, have you got any more pictures to share please? Not to pick holes in, but it is of immense interest to see these vehicles in their original habitat. As in-service picture is worth so much more than a picture of a rally field. Right, I will dig some out. Most of them will be MP related. Martin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted June 14, 2009 Share Posted June 14, 2009 (edited) Right, I will dig some out. Most of them will be MP related. Martin. That will get 118-118 on your side... Roger & Dave our resident MP's Edited June 14, 2009 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted June 15, 2009 Share Posted June 15, 2009 Found some interesting video footage from Operation Banner, it is titled "A british soldier" and shows lots of clips from the troubles in Northern Ireland. Particularly it mainly features Humber Pigs as vehicles go, and what looks like Clives RUC version, taking a right good pasting, then roaring down a road and smacks its way through/over a barricade. The video is halfway down the page: http://www.operationbanner.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Adam, yes all good Piggy stuff there. Although the chronology is all over the place. Other than the clip of the prelude to BS, all the shots of rioting are aimed at the police & predate Op Banner (well just). I have a strong suspicion that the RUC pig going over the barricade was mine. I say that because the paint pattern looks much the same as a shot I have of it later showing its no. plate. In the full clip, just after the pig goes over, there is a single policeman who suddenly finds he is alone the wrong side of the barricade. He fires his revolver in the air & scrambles to safety. The earlier shot of a priest & a community leader in front of an Army Mk 1 is where they are asking the crowd to "go home" but the priest is shouted down by a trouble maker, well aware of the TV crew, is shouting to the soldiers "Shoot the priest, shoot the priest". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted June 16, 2009 Share Posted June 16, 2009 Pigs really do fly! :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 MINE has a mind of its own, works when it wants to. it dont fly,the carbs bloked i think, so spanners out again.just glad i got the film bloody sunday ,i can see what it drive likes..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 21, 2009 Share Posted June 21, 2009 MINE has a mind of its own, works when it wants to. it dont fly,the carbs bloked i think, so spanners out again.just glad i got the film bloody sunday ,i can see what it drive likes..LOL Paul don't believe everything you see in the films. BS predated the arrival of the first Mk 2 by about 10 months! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 And It had bedford MK's on the streets! as well as HVVPK landrovers which again did not exista at the time! dont get me started on the kit that the Paras are wearing! shower of *%IT as would say in the forces! And worn/wrong stuff... That and the plot are a let down in that film. "sunday" by BBC2 was better but I cant find that now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 One of the films boasted that real locals were used & grew hairstyles of the time, together with the shops being painted to match everything in detail. Yet the events at the illegal assembly at the start, recorded on newsreel footage, were rather different to what was shown in the film, not to mention the Foden water cannon which transposed itself to a Saracen with a sort of hose pipe thing in the turret! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Johns Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 (edited) Advertised on Milweb as "Probably the most original and best Pig in the World" ! Comments... see advert in armoured section of Milweb for other pics and info Edited June 25, 2009 by Marmite!! Photos removed... Copyright Milweb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Advertised on Milweb as "Probably the most original and best Pig in the World" ! Comments... Seems a sweeping statement, but probably could be true! I have watched this pig over the years originally registered as XOC431T & used by a well known dealer from the midlands. You can judge the date by the van next door! It was painstakingly restored by someone in the Surrey area & recently he sold it in the MVT Green Sheet for somewhat less than it is now valued. But that's inflation for you! It was indeed sold in 1967 but only realised £65 in those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Paul don't believe everything you see in the films. BS predated the arrival of the first Mk 2 by about 10 months! hi gents. i know its wrong but atleast i get to see what it goas like..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 hi gents, on friday evening i drove down to southsea, para show. and i was followed by the traffic cops,once on the field the police came over and pulled my pig apart, telling me , my blue light on the top was illegal, i had an orange becon sat on top working.? then the sargent asked me for my MOT. so i explained i didnt need one, and the DVLA had issued me with a tax disc, whilst there was one cop talking to me the other is reading a book on the laws of the road, as it where. at the end thay gave me a ticket for not displaying my reg number. £30. fine.my own fault for not turning my numberplate around. but thay where ruthless and even threw anti terorist laws at me. two cops on a big power trip, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul connor Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Hi mate, seems not a very fun day! The blue beacon is Illegal,Only in service vehicles can display blue, even fire engines privately owned etc have to remove them on the public roads (and yours should not have a blue one! they didnt! in NI! *shakes fist* haha) Your vehicle is exempt from plating and testing due to the year,carry your V112 form with you saves lots of hassle if you are pulled over. Shame about your plates, we have all left show grounds im sure displaying MV reg by mistake, I know I have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 (edited) my blue light on the top was illegal, i had an orange becon sat on top working.? two cops on a big power trip, You didn't read this thread then http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=13465 two cops on a big power trip or maybe just doing their job... BTW it's also illegal to have a flashing amber light in the way you were using it.. The only times when you can use your amber flashing light are when you are: at the scene of an emergency wanting to let people know you are there at or near an accident or broken-down vehicle towing a broken-down vehicle In a vehicle with a top speed of 25mph escorting a very long or wide vehicle (below 25 mph, unless you are in an abnormal load escort vehicle) have special authority Edited July 6, 2009 by Marmite!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingp Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 You didn't read this thread then http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=13465 or maybe just doing their job... BTW it's also illegal to have a flashing amber light in the way you were using it.. The only times when you can use your amber flashing light are when you are: at the scene of an emergency wanting to let people know you are there at or near an accident or broken-down vehicle towing a broken-down vehicle In a vehicle with a top speed of 25mph escorting a very long or wide vehicle (below 25 mph, unless you are in an abnormal load escort vehicle) have special authority yes i have read it now cheers mate. my vehicle has a note on the door saying this vehicle should not be driven above the speed of 20mph so the orange beacon was legal, its wide. as it has wings , and often brakes down, then starts again and i get a bit further , :argh: and im the abnormal load:-D so that covers the light, but thay could have been a bit nice and not treated me like a fool, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFowler Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 You may have those jokers in the Saracen at the G20 protests to thank for the new attitude mate ! See you at W+P :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan turner (RIP) Posted November 18, 2009 Share Posted November 18, 2009 safariswing just asked me to post this here, the shot I haven't got is a pig towing a 25pdr, seen it somewhere in the past might have been on chris hodges site 3 different albums to look through if you can find them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Elsdon Posted November 19, 2009 Share Posted November 19, 2009 (edited) Wow! thats an interesting photo, im not up on artillery pieces, but it is unusual to have pictures of pigs towing stuff. I have often wondered if they were used for towing Arty about. Must of been taken just before the Pig was pensioned off, possibly Germany circa 1967 as there is an FV432 Lurking in the shed behind it. Always thought the uses intended for (mK1) Pigs in Germany BAOR to be interesting. Great pic Alan. Do you have a link for the site, i will go have a look (Im off work, coughing and dribbling, nothing better to do!) Edited November 19, 2009 by Adam Elsdon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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