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**Squiggers** · 16-02-2009, 17:11

(Posting this here, after I asked in the Military History forum about it...)

I've been doing some research on the Troubles, mainly round the 80-85 period of it, mainly as it interests me quite a lot.

However, I'm stuck in regards to ground vehicles that were used - there's bugger all info on what was used, or if there is, it's incredibly sketchy, or there's very little photographic pictures of them existing - online, at any rate.

Aerial vehicles, such as the Gazelle, and the Lynx, I've got quite a bit of information on, so it's not such an issue.

Anybody able to help me here, please?
:D

**A13x** · 16-02-2009, 17:32

**offog** · 16-02-2009, 17:33

what do you want to know?

Depending on your location the vehicles would be different. A lot of white vehicle were used as APCs particularly in the country side. Green vehicles only in town or relatively safe area.

**MrMac** · 16-02-2009, 17:38

you wanna try here m8:

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/dom/vehhumb.htm

Will give you a bit on the Truck 1 CT ton 4 x 4 Armoured Humber (Pig)...

and here:

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/vehicles/warv/vehsaxon.htm

for the Saxon Wheeled Armoured Recovery Vehicle

**LEGZ30** · 16-02-2009, 17:42

Originally Posted by A13x

I'm not sure if SAXON were being used in NI during the period he is interested in. I don't remember SAXON being deployed until the early/mid 90s when they binned the Pigs.

The most common green vehicles of that period were landrovers with Macrolon armour used in both rural and urban areas. Pigs were used in urban areas and APVs may have been in service in urban areas during that time, I am not sure when they were first deployed.

Edited to add: Does anyone know when the Shorland went out of service? I think it may still have been used at the beginning of the time frame you mentioned.

**strima** · 16-02-2009, 19:23

The Shorland would still have been in and the ever trusty Humber Pig. There may also have been quite a few Saracens floating around. The Saxon didn't come in until the early 90's and later the Saxon Patrol.

Pig.

Saracen.

**A13x** · 16-02-2009, 19:41

wtf?

**strima** · 16-02-2009, 20:09

Originally Posted by A13x

wtf?

Please expand a little as my crystal ball is still in workshops!!!

**mnairb** · 16-02-2009, 20:17

We were still running Ferrets (beach buggies and turreted) in the '70s, I ve no reason to believe that they didn't survive into the '90s. Cavalry units still had the Saladin.