ARmy Rumour SErvice

**JT0475** · 20-02-2012, 19:34

^ Lionheart '84 - the clue was in the exercise name! Was my first experience of BAOR. There wasn't one quite as big as that ever again, though the Yanks did pull off a Reforger in or around 1987.

**nogbad** · 03-04-2012, 16:41

Took part in Lionheart, late Sept/early Oct 84. Flew out to Guttersloh in a VC10, with the aim of reinforcing BAOR. Not just me you understand, was in a TA Gunner Battery. As an OP my part consisted of laying up in a hole and not moving for 8 days, which I gather was not uncommon! Had 48 hours off in Hamburg, and then back on a civvy ferry to Harwich. Good memories.

**Tinman74** · 03-04-2012, 16:49

Originally Posted by hammy123

Your Avatar - Penshaw Monument - I was born and bread (dragged up if you like) in Penshaw.

Lucky you, you could have been born and breed in shiny row!!

**Pull-up-a-sandbag** · 03-04-2012, 16:58

Crusader '80, we were enemy forces living under canvas in two feet of mud near Hessheldendorf, wired place, had an old Dakota aircraft as a restaurant. Had plenty of laughs in the TA naafi tent though.

**TheHatsRevenge** · 03-04-2012, 17:35

hmmm Crusader remember it well, 1yorks spent a week with 18(sport) sqn as 15bgd QRF flew around lots sat in a hole lots and laughed lots
specially when we watched 101st AB walk into a linear ambush in a nearby village think it all went pear shaped when a large greenhouse
lost all its glass courtesy of a thunder flash........or two......... que one very angry kraut and 25 squadies laughing hysterically
nice one Bob K

**longlivethequeen** · 03-04-2012, 18:35

All I remember all yellow handbags and the back of a Bedford every thing else well just beer really

**RoofRat** · 03-04-2012, 18:59

I remember Crusader 80,but was watching the opposition,on the other side of the IGB,at the time.quite civilised for me with a stop here and there for ice cream,and/or cream cakes!

**JT0475** · 04-04-2012, 14:16

^ What was the reaction of the neighbours when the big NATO FTXs were taking place? I know they got a bit excited during one of the CPXs in the 80s (can't recall the name of it though), so I would thing they got well twitchy when the whole of Northag was playing out.

Sent from my iPhone using ARRSE so I should probably be working....

**UORMan** · 04-04-2012, 14:34

Spent Crusader 80 with 32AER. We had Blue, Orange and White Marker boards depending on what stage of the exercise it was.
Seem to recall spending a lot of the time around the Mitland Canal and a quarry near Marienhagen.
Did Lionheart 84 with 3 RTR, and remeber the whole of C Sqn getting wiped out. Chased a couple of Leopards over the hill, only to be confronted with a whole Regt. Still got 24 hours off and so caought up on sleeping and eating.
Happy days driving around Germany without a care in the world.

**pimpernel** · 04-04-2012, 14:40

Rather happily we dodged Crusader leaving our pals in 3 Did to stag on while we were in NI. We even got a Crusader evader t shirts, mine is long gone nicked by some pikey.