dgrev Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 Can everyone tell me of any locations in europe where there is either Dutch or Canadian Lynxs on display? Either museum or gateguards. ThanksDoug
CV9030FIN Posted March 4, 2007 Posted March 4, 2007 Can everyone tell me of any locations in europe where there is either Dutch or Canadian Lynxs on display? Either museum or gateguards. ThanksDoug Sorry don't have a clue, but here is some photos of it
dgrev Posted March 5, 2007 Author Posted March 5, 2007 Sorry don't have a clue, but here is some photos of it Thanks for that, not wuite what I was after, but very interesting all the same. RegardsDoug
Daan Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 With regards to the Lynx, this news is interesting: Teheran agents smuggled in missile that shot down RAF helicopter in Iraq, inquiry finds By Sean Rayment, Defence Correspondent, Sunday TelegraphLast Updated: 12:48am GMT 04/03/2007 A missile which brought down an RAF Lynx helicopter and killed five British Service personnel was smuggled into Iraq by Iranian agents, an official inquiry into the attack will reveal. The Sunday Telegraph has learnt that a British Army Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the events surrounding last May's attack will state that the weapon, a shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile known as an SA14 Strella, came from Iran. The attack, which was also responsible for the death of Flt Lt Sarah Mulvihill, the first British servicewoman to be killed on active service since the Second World War, appears to provide further evidence of Iran's direct involvement in the deaths of British troops serving in Iraq. It is understood that the inquiry, which has assessed evidence from military engineers and scientists, will conclude that the aircraft was shot down with an Iranian SA14 missile. The inquiry, which is conducted by senior RAF and Army officers, will deliver its finding to defence chiefs next month. The report will also reveal whether the helicopter's self-defence systems were working properly and whether they provided adequate protection from a missile fired from relatively short range. Traditionally, the role of a military board of inquiry, which can examine everything from the loss of a piece of equipment to the deaths of servicemen, is not to attribute "blame" for a particular incident. Instead, senior officers make recommendations as to how a similar situation might be prevented. The Foreign Office is expected to use the findings to step up diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government, which has been asked to crack down on units within its defence and security services believed to be supplying weapons and bomb-making technology to insurgents in Iraq. Dozens of British soldiers have been killed in Iraq by improvised explosive devices in the form of roadside bombs, thought to have either been manufactured in Iran or by insurgents trained by the Iranians. Hundreds of thousands of Strellas were produced by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and were used to equip armies throughout the Warsaw Pact, central Asia and the Middle East, including Syria and Iran. The same weapon system is also believed to have been responsible for bringing down several US helicopters in Iraq. Although the weapon is cheap to produce and easy to assemble, operators need some skill to use it effectively, suggesting that the missile was fired either by an Iranian agent or by someone who had been trained by a skilled soldier. The attack also claimed the life of the most senior officer to have been killed in the three-year conflict, Wg Cdr John Coxen, 46, who was about to take over command of the British helicopter fleet in southern Iraq. The other three men killed were the pilot, Lt-Cdr Darren Chapman, 40, his co-pilot, Capt David Dobson, 27, and the door gunner, Marine Paul Collins, 21. The Lynx Mark 7 was travelling low over central Basra on a sortie to familiarise Wg Cdr Coxen with the dangers that his pilots might face. Although it was believed at first that the helicopter had been brought down by a "lucky hit" from a rocket-propelled grenade, British troops found discarded missile parts in a nearby building after the incident. Patrick Mercer, the shadow minister for homeland security and a former infantry commanding officer, said: "This is another indication of a deeply dangerous escalating situation about which the Government has got to come clean. It's no good pretending that these things are not happening. When British servicemen are being killed, the Government has got to be far more robust than this." A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said: "The board of inquiry process has not yet been concluded. It would be wrong to speculate about the cause of the crash until this process has finished." http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml...04/wiran204.xml
Praet Posted March 5, 2007 Posted March 5, 2007 Lynx armored reconnaissance vehicle, not the helo http://www.tanxheaven.com/m113CR/m113CRpic.htm
Zipperhead Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 Can everyone tell me of any locations in europe where there is either Dutch or Canadian Lynxs on display? Either museum or gateguards. ThanksDoug As far as I know we didn't leave any of our Lynx's behind. They are all here in Canada, on ranges or as monuments. I miss my Lynx
CV9030FIN Posted March 6, 2007 Posted March 6, 2007 As far as I know we didn't leave any of our Lynx's behind. They are all here in Canada, on ranges or as monuments. I miss my Lynx All of these are Dutch?
dgrev Posted March 7, 2007 Author Posted March 7, 2007 Im pretty sure there is a Lynx at the Tank Museum at Bovington. Im not sure its on display, but it seems to turn up every year in the mobile display and gives a spirited performance.StuartThat one belongs to Bovvy, it lives in the workshop compound and has to work for its keep, thus it isnot a static "display" item. Nice to see it being exercised instead of just sitting in a corner. I have ridden it during a display. RegardsDoug
Jim Martin Posted March 8, 2007 Posted March 8, 2007 As far as I know we didn't leave any of our Lynx's behind. They are all here in Canada, on ranges or as monuments. I miss my Lynx Zipp, at the 1997 I&I in Toronto, I got to take a ride around in a Lynx at one of y'alls' museums, I can't remember which. Geoff would be able to give the name. They also had a running M-60 and a running Cent. That was 10 years ago, but I suppose it's still running. Bring money to donate for its upkeep, your gubmint isn't paying. It was a zippy little ride--for a tracked vehicle.
11E Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Can everyone tell me of any locations in europe where there is either Dutch or Canadian Lynxs on display? Either museum or gateguards. ThanksDoug Hello Doug,The Cavalry museum in Amersfoort (Bernhard barracks) has one on display and at least one in storage. A lot of these M113 C&Vs are now ending up as hard target at the ranges in Bergen, Germany. They have at Bergen a supply with Dutch M113C&Vs for use as target when a NL unit is shooting there. Regards,
dgrev Posted March 10, 2007 Author Posted March 10, 2007 Hello Doug,The Cavalry museum in Amersfoort (Bernhard barracks) has one on display and at least one in storage. A lot of these M113 C&Vs are now ending up as hard target at the ranges in Bergen, Germany. They have at Bergen a supply with Dutch M113C&Vs for use as target when a NL unit is shooting there. Regards, 11E Thanks for that. Do you know of any others? Anyone else? RegardsDoug
T19 Posted March 10, 2007 Posted March 10, 2007 Zipp, at the 1997 I&I in Toronto, I got to take a ride around in a Lynx at one of y'alls' museums, I can't remember which. Geoff would be able to give the name. They also had a running M-60 and a running Cent. That was 10 years ago, but I suppose it's still running. Bring money to donate for its upkeep, your gubmint isn't paying. It was a zippy little ride--for a tracked vehicle. That was the Ferret Club, the Museum of the Ontario Regiment (RCAC), you alos crawed over a Ferret, an Abbot, and Ray and I forget who, talked about track tension and how to break track Great time to be had by all, they are hoping to get a running LEO and a Cougar
11E Posted March 11, 2007 Posted March 11, 2007 11E Thanks for that. Do you know of any others? Anyone else? RegardsDoug No problem, I can't remember seeing these vehicles at the various barracks over here. I once read a document that we also sold some of these verhicles to a South American state. So there must be more survivors. regards
Zipperhead Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 dgrev, are you looking for specific information on the Lynx, or are you just fixated on your AFV of choice like so many here are sometimes?
Scott Cunningham Posted March 12, 2007 Posted March 12, 2007 There is one in private hands in Friedberg Germany. I used to drive that thing on occasion. It was very well restored. http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxTatraTruck.JPG http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxCaravanGD.jpg http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxRodenburg.JPG
dgrev Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 dgrev, are you looking for specific information on the Lynx, or are you just fixated on your AFV of choice like so many here are sometimes? "Zipperhead" Could you please email off list at dgrev@iinet.net.au ThanksDoug
dgrev Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 There is one in private hands in Friedberg Germany. I used to drive that thing on occasion. It was very well restored. http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxTatraTruck.JPG http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxCaravanGD.jpg http://www.armorinaction.com/LynxRodenburg.JPG Could you email me those pics please. I can't view them as I am getting a "404 error". dgrev@iinet.net.au ThanksDoug
Scott Cunningham Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Just surf for them on ArmorinAction.com. Most are in the NATO folder
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