Classic Military Vehicle – September 2019

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A n article by two Royal Tank Corps offi cers that appeared in the Royal Tank Corps Journal around 1931 discussed the problems f ...

words David Fletcher pictures archive David Fletcher delves into the history of the Mark V and the L4E1 Light Tank The of Tanks ...

‘Firing armour piercing rounds the gun was said to be able to penetrate 11mm of armour at 100 yards’ the two-man machines that c ...

reconnaissance is communication and for this the tanks relied on a wireless set located at the back of the turret and operated b ...

Ordnance did not have a very good track record. It is not easy to see why, but there is a clue in the MacLeod Ross account of th ...

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TOP: A BAZ-5937 chassis during a military exhibition at the NII-21 proving grounds at Bronnitsy, near Moscow in 2003. ANDREY AKS ...

T he surface to air missile (SAM) system, known in the Soviet Union as the 9K33 ‘Osa’ (Wasp) and as the SA-8 ‘Gecko’ by the US a ...

chassis for other military applications. The decision was accordingly taken in 1966 to have development work on new amphibious m ...

The Osa SAM system mounted on its new BAZ designed and built 6x6 chassis was in of itself a major change from earlier air defenc ...

modifications were displayed together when the system had its Red Square public debut in 1977. Work on modernisation of the orig ...

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words Andrew Stone pictures Mark Burley Snatch Land Rovers fi rst appeared in 1992 and have gone on to serve in various confl ic ...

H aving previously seen action in both Northern Ireland and Iraq, Mark Burley’s Snatch Land Rover can today be found traversing ...

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Developed for use in Northern Ireland in 1992, the lightly armoured Snatch Land Rover is a protected vehicle based on the Defend ...

SNATCH INTERNALS An interior view of the Snatch Land Rover (below) vs a Foxhound (above) ABOVE: The interior was home to sensiti ...

government and the forces on the ground as to what to do because word had come through that the soldiers were going to be given ...

Mark has spoken to ex-army personnel who served with these vehicles to keep it as authentic as possible even states that on the ...