MT500 Granby 91

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MT500 Granby 91

Post by a01470258 » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:41 pm

Found this piccy today of a nice 500. Op Granby 1991.
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Operated by a detachment of 1 Postal and Courier Regt Royal Engineers , at the time part of the 3rd Line Logistic support of 7th Armoured Brigade (thus the red Jerboa on the tank)
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by ZIP TIE » Wed Feb 02, 2011 11:53 pm

Now that's a good pic! Nice find :D
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Post by a01470258 » Thu Feb 03, 2011 12:12 am

Another P&C Regt RE Armstrong hereImage reputedley the first in Germany.
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by ZIP TIE » Thu Feb 03, 2011 1:52 am

It certainly looks fresh and new, is that the famous info panel on the lefthand pannier I can see?
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by ellrider » Thu Feb 03, 2011 7:14 am

a01470258 wrote:Found this piccy today of a nice 500. Op Granby 1991.
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Operated by a detachment of 1 Postal and Courier Regt Royal Engineers , at the time part of the 3rd Line Logistic support of 7th Armoured Brigade (thus the red Jerboa on the tank)
Didn't know they had 'photoshop' in those days, it's good the way they have made it look as though both wheels are off the ground.
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by Bunker » Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:43 am

Theyve even painted the engine on that Granby bike - havnt seen that done before.
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by bth2bth2 » Thu Feb 03, 2011 9:42 am

dont know where they get the "rapid response" from !
great pics though.

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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by lampy » Mon Feb 21, 2011 8:30 pm

Bunker wrote:Theyve even painted the engine on that Granby bike - havnt seen that done before.
Mine's an ex Gramby bike, engine was sand coloured till I painted it, head still sandy colour.
On tank have a square badge painted blue with a red triangle painted inside, pointy side up and a figure five on the bottom right hand corner. any ideas anyone. If I knew how to take photo's and up/download them i'd be a genius and do it, save me writing long essays in explanations :? :oops:
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by Selous » Sat Jun 18, 2011 4:07 pm

lampy wrote:
Bunker wrote:Theyve even painted the engine on that Granby bike - havnt seen that done before.
Mine's an ex Gramby bike, engine was sand coloured till I painted it, head still sandy colour.
On tank have a square badge painted blue with a red triangle painted inside, pointy side up and a figure five on the bottom right hand corner. any ideas anyone. If I knew how to take photo's and up/download them i'd be a genius and do it, save me writing long essays in explanations :? :oops:
It is a Brigade Marker & Sholder Flash, worn on uniform
in some regiments if more than 1 Battalion like Para have 3 of them
Rad Blue Green = 1 2 or 3 Para if a squire with 1 color green & a arrow = pathfinder plt 2 Para, then all 3 colors then Brigade HQ if a white arrow Pathfinder Plt aka Brigade Darts Team.
Erik has a Pathfinder Badge as his Avatar on here from Ireland

Yours sound like a field force (now Brigade, changed during the cold war) patch to me as mine was for a time a red triangle black piping & a black Dragon, look at some of the mil sites or wiki British Army Brigade Flashes
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Re: MT500 Granby 91

Post by tdi chris » Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:53 pm

i was deployed on op granby,when we painted kit little or nothing got masked off,i deployed with an raf regt rapier sqn.we even psprayed the 58 pattern webbing.
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