More Chieftain's Hatchiness

[RETAC21]

On 12/10/2020 at 2:02 AM, Manic Moran said:

FYSA 

 

"where he is stuck..:" unfortunately, yes as the best watering places are closed down...

[Interlinked]

Very much looking forward to hearing Ken.

[sunday]

3 hours ago, RETAC21 said:

"where he is stuck..:" unfortunately, yes as the best watering places are closed down...

There are alternatives...

https://www.bodeboca.com/

[Gavin-Phillips]

I watched that T-34 video, really interesting.  Especially the points considering sloped armour and the T-34 using the Christie suspension system.    

[shep854]

And when you thought you'd had enough Chieftain...there's more!!

 

[WRW]

Was Archer RA or RAC ?

[Gavin-Phillips]

1 hour ago, WRW said:

Was Archer RA or RAC ?

If Wikipedia is correct, operated by RA.

[Manic Moran]

According to Taylor's "Into the Valley":

"Post-war the Archer was used not only by the RA, but was also employed by the RAC in the Divisional RAC Regiments; it remained in service into the early 1950s at least"

Shifting the interview with Ken left an hour to 4pm Central, just to make life easier on him.

[Gavin-Phillips]

1 hour ago, Manic Moran said:

According to Taylor's "Into the Valley":

"Post-war the Archer was used not only by the RA, but was also employed by the RAC in the Divisional RAC Regiments; it remained in service into the early 1950s at least"

Shifting the interview with Ken left an hour to 4pm Central, just to make life easier on him.

Serves me right from only reading into what Wikipedia says about the use of the Archer.  

Speaking of Wikipedia, it does mention about the Egyptians receiving some 200 Archers and they being employed with some success against the Israeli armoured vehicles during the 1956 Sinai war.  

[WRW]

On 12/12/2020 at 11:47 PM, shep854 said:

And when you thought you'd had enough Chieftain...there's more!!

 

I like the models = what are they Air Force

[RETAC21]

42 minutes ago, Gavin-Phillips said:

Serves me right from only reading into what Wikipedia says about the use of the Archer.  

Speaking of Wikipedia, it does mention about the Egyptians receiving some 200 Archers and they being employed with some success against the Israeli armoured vehicles during the 1956 Sinai war.  

In the battle of Abu Ageila, IIRC:

https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/combat-studies-institute/csi-books/key-to-the-sinai.pdf

"The 78th and 94th Antitank Batteries each consisted of eleven self-propelled Archers, a total of twenty-two. The Archer, first adopted by Britain in 1942, mounted a 76-mm antitank gun on a Valentine tank chassis. The antitank gun faced backwards, which reduced its effectiveness in attacks or counterattacks. Boulos had the Archers from the 78th Antitank Battery and elements from the 94th Antitank Battery entrenched in the forward positions at Umm Qatef and overlooking Qusaymah Track, leaving him with only eight Archers in the second echelon...

The [Israeli] attack met with strong resistance and accurate anti-tank fire from well entrenched "Archers" ... the brigade commander [Ben-Ari] reached the spot, and it was his judgement that the battalion team had no chance of capturing the Egyptian position on its own. The battalion accordingly retired and the brigade commander started assembling additional forces for the attack....

[WRW]

2 hours ago, Manic Moran said:

According to Taylor's "Into the Valley":

"Post-war the Archer was used not only by the RA, but was also employed by the RAC in the Divisional RAC Regiments; it remained in service into the early 1950s at least"

Shifting the interview with Ken left an hour to 4pm Central, just to make life easier on him.

The idiosyncrasies of the British Army strikes again

My compliments on the videos , both content and presentation. Educational and enjoyable.

[shep854]

19 hours ago, WRW said:

I like the models = what are they Air Force

A subtle touch, indeed.  Irish whimsy, or Fun With Crunchies??

Edited December 15, 2020 by shep854

[Manic Moran]

https://www.yogajoes.com/

[shep854]

1 hour ago, Manic Moran said:

https://www.yogajoes.com/

Coming soon to an OSUT near you...

[RETAC21]

4 minutes ago, shep854 said:

Coming soon to an OSUT near you...

speechless... 😮

[shep854]

15 minutes ago, RETAC21 said:

speechless... 😮

I was kidding—I hope...

[RETAC21]

4 minutes ago, shep854 said:

I was kidding—I hope...

wrong quote, my bad, I am actually trying to understand what drives anyone to deface toy soldiers like that

 

[shep854]

29 minutes ago, RETAC21 said:

wrong quote, my bad, I am actually trying to understand what drives anyone to deface toy soldiers like that

 

Just the sort of thing that would appeal to Irish whimsy. 😄

[WRW]

I still think they are air force

[Stuart Galbraith]

On 12/14/2020 at 5:34 PM, Gavin-Phillips said:

Serves me right from only reading into what Wikipedia says about the use of the Archer.  

Speaking of Wikipedia, it does mention about the Egyptians receiving some 200 Archers and they being employed with some success against the Israeli armoured vehicles during the 1956 Sinai war.  

Im not sure  you are wrong. The Charioteer, which to some extent replaced Archer, was used by the Royal Artillery during the war, before they were moved to the RAC in the early 50's.

They were continually moving AT weapons between the Royal Artillery, the Infantry and the RAC for most of the cold war. For example the FV438 I THINK was part of FV432 infantry battalions, then they moved it under Wide Horizon to the Royal Artillery, then the RAC got them. Just another example of the strange British Army shell game.

[Manic Moran]

Here you go.

 

[JasonJ]

13 hours ago, Manic Moran said:

Here you go.

 

Was a fast 2 hours

[shep854]

That will be a great on-the-road listen.

[shep854]

Off-beat, but a bit of transparency for those not of Sam (heh heh):