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I totally agree with them, in fact why don't we get rid of the uk forces and
just hire some chinese or african regiments . They probably work for
peanuts. Better still why don't we get rid of the british and replace them
with other nationals. Blimey I'm good at this !! ( Damn just had a thought,
Tony, Ken and the rest have already thought of that one ! )


 
The most worring thing about the Army wanting to ditch the Defender bacuase
it cannot cope with situations like Iraq is that they're obviously keying up
to more situations like iraq in the future .(Watch this space N. Korea)
Shouldnt it be the ditching of military (or even political)
decisions that lead our army into situations that they cannot cope with ?

Max



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On Mon, 19 Jul 2004 17:52:30 +0100, "Big G" <[email protected]> wrote:

>Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is thinking
>the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
>Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>
>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
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Maybe HM Forces need to look at the Perentie as used by Australian
forces.

Regards
Steve G
 
Well they don't make proper Land rovers any more do they?

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Series 3 rust and holes

"Big G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is
thinking
> the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
> Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
>
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I can't believe that a series landie could not cope with Iraq they coped
with worse. I guess a model T fordcould cope with Iraq (and probably did) so
can donkeys as it happens, they don't run out of gas at least just fart it.

Never mind landies not coping with Iraq seems the army can't either.


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Larry
Series 3 rust and holes



"Max Wilkinson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> The most worring thing about the Army wanting to ditch the Defender
bacuase
> it cannot cope with situations like Iraq is that they're obviously keying
up
> to more situations like iraq in the future .(Watch this space N. Korea)
> Shouldnt it be the ditching of military (or even political)
> decisions that lead our army into situations that they cannot cope with ?
>
> Max
>
>
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Anyone ever bought a landie with 'battle damage' ? I mean like bullet holes
and the like , I've herd of guys buying ex army jackets with bullet holes in
the front and back !



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"Big G" wrote
> Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is
thinking
> the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
> Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>
> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
>

Interesting, but some of the reasons given to consider Daimler Chrysler
vehicles, one supplier, worldwide support, etc surely would work for Ford
too.

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Regards
Bob

1974 LR S111 2.25 petrol "88" H/top
1987 LR 90 2.5 petrol H/top
2004 BMW330i Sport (the wife's)


 
In message <[email protected]>, Max Wilkinson
<[email protected]> writes

>Anyone ever bought a landie with 'battle damage' ? I mean like bullet holes
>and the like , I've herd of guys buying ex army jackets with bullet holes in
>the front and back !

Bullet in the front; Medal
Bullet in the back; Court Martial

--
Regards
Graham Jones
Royal Corps OF Signals 1968-72
 
"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Big G" wrote
> > Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is
> thinking
> > the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
> > Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
> >
> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
> >
>
> Interesting, but some of the reasons given to consider Daimler Chrysler
> vehicles, one supplier, worldwide support, etc surely would work for Ford
> too.

Well they ditched the 101 for foriegn trucks .. which incidentally I'm led
to beleive are now built in the south of England if the lads at work are
correct... will do some more digging.

Lee D



 
On or around Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:23:51 +0100, "Max Wilkinson"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>Anyone ever bought a landie with 'battle damage' ? I mean like bullet holes
>and the like , I've herd of guys buying ex army jackets with bullet holes in
>the front and back !

now a landie with bullet holes, that *would* be cool.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"The boys are dreaming wicked or of the bucking ranches of the night and
the jollyrodgered sea." Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953) Under milk wood
 
On or around Tue, 20 Jul 2004 01:14:31 GMT, "Lee_D"
<[email protected]> enlightened us
thusly:

>"Bob Hobden" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>>
>> "Big G" wrote
>> > Just read on the Times online driving section: "The British Army is
>> thinking
>> > the unthinkable: ditching its venerable Land Rover for a better equipped
>> > Mercedes model, reports Tom Robbins of The Sunday Times"
>> >
>> > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,12389-1181353,00.html
>> >
>>
>> Interesting, but some of the reasons given to consider Daimler Chrysler
>> vehicles, one supplier, worldwide support, etc surely would work for Ford
>> too.
>
> Well they ditched the 101 for foriegn trucks .. which incidentally I'm led
>to beleive are now built in the south of England if the lads at work are
>correct... will do some more digging.

Steyr-Puch Pinzgauers, ain't they?

handy looking gadget, I have to admit, but it doesn't have the appeal of the
101.

and what about Stonefield? are they still in business? dead-neat
space-frame 4x4 and 6x4 trucks.

this lot:

http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/ecars/Stonefield/Stonefield.html

say it ain't. pity.

site's quite intersting mind. details on all kinds of stuff, including
pinzgauers and RB44s.

Hmm. 6x6 pinzgauer looks quite nice, I could quite fancy one of those.

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.fsnet.co.uk my opinions are just that
"The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering
from the strawbuilt shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing
horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed."
Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard.
 
"Lee_D" <[email protected]> wrote
in message news:[email protected]...
> Well they ditched the 101 for foriegn trucks .. which incidentally I'm
led
> to beleive are now built in the south of England if the lads at work are
> correct... will do some more digging.

Pinzgauers are definitely built in Guildford, in the industrial estate
opposite side of the A3 from the Wooden Bridge pub, right next to the main
rail line to London, for those that know the place. Been there at least a
couple of years now.


 

"Ben White" wrote after...
> "Lee_D" wrote
> > Well they ditched the 101 for foriegn trucks .. which incidentally I'm
> led
> > to beleive are now built in the south of England if the lads at work are
> > correct... will do some more digging.
>
> Pinzgauers are definitely built in Guildford, in the industrial estate
> opposite side of the A3 from the Wooden Bridge pub, right next to the main
> rail line to London, for those that know the place. Been there at least a
> couple of years now.
>

That must be the site of the old Dennis works. (Dennis of specialist vehicle
fame, buses, dustcarts, fire engines)
--
Regards
Bob

1974 LR S111 2.25 petrol "88" H/top
1987 LR 90 2.5 petrol H/top
2004 BMW330i Sport (the wife's)


 
Austin Shackles wrote:
>
> now a landie with bullet holes, that *would* be cool.
>

ACTUALLY, on our Ambi, there is an elliptical shaped hole on the front
of the ambi box, near the nearside door that looks exactly like a bullet
hole.

Steve
 
> Pinzgauers are definitely built in Guildford, in the industrial estate
> opposite side of the A3 from the Wooden Bridge pub, right next to the main
> rail line to London, for those that know the place. Been there at least a
> couple of years now.

The Reynolds Boughton RB44 was supposed to the replacement for the 101
but is widely regarded as useless, hence the 101 staying in service
for longer that intended until the 127 and Pinzgauers came into use.
(127s now gone as Rapier FSC needs a 4 tonner)

All Pinzgauer production is now in the UK although the original design
is Austrian and 25 years old, lots of continual development keeps it
right up to date. The new Bowman radio system is too big to fit in
Land Rovers so another Pinzgauer order is likely.

The Stonefield was another one of those 80's government sponsered
enterprise schemes that would be a great success and provide loads of
employment - NOT.
Started in Scotland, ended up in Medway and the only ones mug enough
to buy them in quantity was the Malaysians who bought 400. Died around
1990 I think. Used American mechanical bits in a space frame chassis.

For the oracle's view (Bob Morrisson) on this look at
http://www.landrovernet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=17506

Sean
73FL74 101GS
1984 110 2.5D
Medway Military Vehicle Group
www.mmvg.net
 
On Tue, 20 Jul 2004 16:54:39 +0100, "Bob Hobden" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>
>"Ben White" wrote after...
>> "Lee_D" wrote

>> Pinzgauers are definitely built in Guildford, in the industrial estate
>> opposite side of the A3 from the Wooden Bridge pub, right next to the main
>> rail line to London, for those that know the place. Been there at least a
>> couple of years now.

Doesn't time fly, last I saw them they were in Holder road Aldershot.
>>
>
>That must be the site of the old Dennis works. (Dennis of specialist vehicle
>fame, buses, dustcarts, fire engines)

Sounds like it, though John Dennis continued building buses and fire
engines down the road at Slyfield.

I have recently seen 6 wheel pinzgauers running around locally. First
time I have come across them since one of the arctic expeditions in
1972.

AJH

 
I totally agree with them, in fact why don't we get rid of the uk forces and
just hire some chinese or african regiments . They probably work for
peanuts. Better still why don't we get rid of the british and replace them
with other nationals. Blimey I'm good at this !! ( Damn just had a thought,
Tony, Ken and the rest have already thought of that one ! )


 
In message <[email protected]>, Max Wilkinson
<[email protected]> writes

>Anyone ever bought a landie with 'battle damage' ? I mean like bullet holes
>and the like , I've herd of guys buying ex army jackets with bullet holes in
>the front and back !

Bullet in the front; Medal
Bullet in the back; Court Martial

--
Regards
Graham Jones
Royal Corps OF Signals 1968-72
 
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