Osprey New Vanguard: Riot Control Vehicles - 1945 present by Chris McNab, page 16. FV 601 Saladin Armoured Car. window.ezoSTPixelAdd(slotId, 'stat_source_id', 44); Pay for the usage you need, licensing that works for you. By 1968 the UK supplied Saladins and Saracens to Nigeria. By 3am on 4 July it was reoccupied, the only opposition having been a few shots from the Sultan of Lahejs palace. Alamy and its logo are trademarks of Alamy Ltd. and are registered in certain countries. Since 1969 and the beginning of the 'troubles', the 17th/21st were regularly deployed to the Province in both mounted and dismounted roles. A Saladin armoured car patrols the Aden streets during a riot, 1967. We meant an armoured car squadron, and we meant Borneo and not Cyprus. Within six days all the squadrons vehicles, together with a flight of QDG helicopters, were loaded onto the MV Myrmidon at Belfast and B Squadron flew out to Singapore three weeks later, moving on to take up station in the west of Sarawak. The main task at the time was the integrity of the Inter Entity Boundary Line or IEBL. The Sqn had been in action for over 5 hours with contacts throughout the depth of its position. The QDG deployed to Kosovo between the 08-14 August 99, and flag change with the KRH BG was on the 16 August. Despite the vehicle's age and dated design, it is still in use in a number of countries in secondary roles. [7] This was the APC version, equipped with the . Web display, social media, apps or blogs. Lieutenant Jenkins was caught in crossfire between the Northumberland Fusiliers and terrorists and on the 13th February a troop with the Royal Anglians in Sheikh Othman had a grenade explode under their Saracen, whereupon a section of the Irish Guards in the Saracen debussed and killing the thrower. These were used extensively by the Sri Lanka Armoured Corps in the 1980s in the early stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War, with its 76mm gun being effective in countering insurgents. Next morning traces of blood were found. Sudan One of the many tasks the BG had to carry out was the maintenance of law and order in a country that had just finished having a war conducted within its boundaries and feelings were still running pretty high. The weather had now turned wet and cold and it was not long before 1(UK) Armd Div was ordered to move to Wadi Al Batin under the command of 7 US Corps. The squadrons vehicles were regularly attacked byKatyusha rockets, anti-tank mines,rocket propelled grenadesand light and heavy machine gun fire. 6,000 rounds of Browning machine gun and 500 rounds of other small arms ammunition was fired to cover the infantry in their searches. Not only a huge amount but practically every bit of it would have made a big difference to the lives having been saved. Simply enter your email address below to start receiving our monthly email newsletter. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review. RM WP74C8 - The 'Big Fellow' armoured car, named after General Michael Collins entering Portobello (later Cathal Brugha) Barracks. A Rolls-Royce B80 Mk 6A eight-cylinder petrol engine provided a top speed of 72 kmh and a range of 400 km.
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