chieftain tanks

[00eb85]

does anybody on here have any chieftain tank or any pictures of chieftain that i could get copies of as i now locate them for people who served on them as i did i am x 13/18 regards my contact no 07849051722

 

[The_0ne]

Heres a couple out the aRRSe gallery

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/coppermine/displayimage/meta=search/cat=0/pos=1.html

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/coppermine/displayimage/meta=search/cat=0/pos=0.html

 

[The_0ne]

 

[elovabloke]

Take your pick

 

[elovabloke]

One of the more common MK

 

[ObnoxiousJockGit]

There are a few at Prime Portal.

 

[GDav]

We put a lot of Chieftain pics on this thread http://www.arrse.com/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=36208/highlight=Chieftain.html

 

[two-four-albert]

Nice shot

 

[Badger_Heed]

It all depends if you want actual photos of them in combat.

There aren't any.

 

[two-four-albert]

It all depends if you want actual photos of them in combat.

There aren't any.

Unless you are Iranian ??

 

[Badger_Heed]

Unless you are Iranian ??

Good answer and very well presented.

I was assuming photos of a British Chieftan. I'd allow a photo of an ND into another tank though.

 

[midnight]

OK Badger just for you,interesting that the Chieftain Brews up even though they´re supposed to have seperate ammo and bag charge containers to prevent just that,get the pop corn out!

Iranian Chieftain Mk5P tank hit - YouTube

 

[Ruckerwocman]

Can't say I'm much fussed about the Chieftain blowing up as it just Iranians, init? Too bad Dinner Jacket wasn't there.

 

[Kromeriz]

Off thread. Chieftain Vs T62? The winner would be?

 

[eodmatt]

There is a cracking photo of a Chieftain on an LP cover from way back. I cant remember the name of the group but the Album is called "Salisbury".

Edited to add that the group was / is called Uriah Heap:

 

[Trax2go]

OK Badger just for you,interesting that the Chieftain Brews up even though they´re supposed to have seperate ammo and bag charge containers to prevent just that,get the pop corn out!

Iranian Chieftain Mk5P tank hit - YouTube

That was before the higher energy FX propellant came in to service for APFSDS. The penetration effects trials were a little upsetting.

 

[Trax2go]

Off thread. Chieftain Vs T62? The winner would be?

A pre- STILLBREW CH hull down to standard T62 hull down its the latter. Less accurate gun but presented a much smaller target but the scenario given is not entirely probable.

 

[llech]

Off thread. Chieftain Vs T62? The winner would be?

Wasn't that answered in the Iran/Iraq war?

 

[Kromeriz]

Wasn't that answered in the Iran/Iraq war?

AND? Give it up then.

I would be interested to hear from former RAC crew just how they felt on call out exercises about facing the soviet hoards... being born in Hanover I was told by a former Warsaw Pact bloke some years later that in 65 / 66 I was lucky to get home as he was hot to go in those years.

How did Armoured feel at the time?

 

[Trax2go]

Wasn't that answered in the Iran/Iraq war?

Sort of. A team went to Iraq and did a battle damage assessment of the captured CH with a view to see how quickly they could be brought back in to action. The tanks ended up being transferred to Jordan if I recall correctly. Famously, there is a story of one CH troop, dug-in and broken down holding off a T55 or T62 bn until out flanked - so mostly down to experienced and determined crews.

The report made very interesting reading. Most tanks had fired almost no ammunition but several had fired complete bomb loads. Interestingly the cupola took disproportionate hits, so much for Whittaker's DPV, with the consequence that smashed episcopes sent a fan of glass downwards severing commanders forearms and thighs.

Not a great story for a man that had just come off STILLBREW CHs and was about to go back to CR1.