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One made an impression on me Dr Pepper back in the mid 1980's. I was riding my bike to high school when the army was using our air field for an exercise. An M113 came past me and I was shitting myself. I've never heard a noise like it and it's the only time I've seen an armoured vehicle on the move and could have reached out and touched it.
But fast forward 30 years and my mate lived next to the air field and one day we're out the front talking. We could here helicopters which is nothing unusual but then 2 Blackhawks and a Tiger attack helicopter rose from behind some trees and we were gobsmacked. But thats not for this thread. |
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Furthermore the local authorities frowned on driving them on built up roads due to the damage they caused to the surface. I suppose it might have been heading to one or other of the major vehicle servicing outlets a block or two to the north of where I saw it-but the NZ army didn't usually use commercial service providers in those days-though of course the M113 power plant uses a Detroit 6V53T diesel and a 6 speed Allison automatic transmission-the same as many large commercial buses, so it IS possible -but unlikely- that it needed something done on it that a major commercial garage service centre could do-and the army workshop capability in Dunedin was quite limited-just an LAD section. I little thought then that in 3 years time I'd be driving one and later commanding one...(albeit briefly as my unit re-roled shortly after) Last edited by Dr Pepper; January 14th, 2019 at 06:36 PM.. |
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January 15th, 2019, 12:48 PM | #663 |
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I was very surprised by how much noise they make. The one that went past me was maybe doing 30 kph. Do they have a transport track, something with rubber blocks on the links to stop road damage?
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I know it's not strictly a "tank", it's a Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (Tracked) [CVR (T)] but I had a whale of a time once throwing an FV107 Scimitar around a training area "somewhere in Southern England" (not Bovington). Really easy to drive... At least its speed meant you could run away from the T-72 shooting at you, or it wouldn't end well...
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Yes and no-there is only one type of track but they do have rubber blocks with a central threaded stud that goes through a hole in the track link and is secured by a nut on the inner surface-without these the damage to roading would be enormous-but of course these blocks wear-and when they weat down far enough the steel track link ridges contact the roading surface....not too damaging on straights-but on any cornering where a degree of slippage can occur-it can get ugly-especially on tarmac. Waiouru Camp-the 'home' of the RNZAC-and where most of the technical and trade course were held-had concrete laid at many of the road intersections to minimise track damage to the tarmac...
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The Chieftan had an annoying habit of breaking down. And it happened quite a lot.
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Stood talking to an RAF pilot (who was attached to Bde HQ) on a training area in Poland when a Challenger Recovery Vehicle (CRAAV) went past at speed. This man flew Tornados for a living but was mightily impressed by the sheer power of the CRAAV. He managed to get himself an hours cabby in the vehicle.
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