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Can't believe this didn't sink
Skibum346:
Remember as a young squaddie in West Germany in the 80's, seeing our neighbours in the garrison (Royal Artillery) leaving for a major exercise. They drove thorugh town on the way to the railway yard with probably 40 or more Stolley's... I watched from the doorstep of a local hostelry... as the stolley's fired twin streams of blue flame into the night as they thindered past! :shock: :clap:
V8MoneyPit:
Awesome!!
It seemed to take the driver quite a long time to engage the swimming kit though. Do you think it was the concussion that slowed him down? :lol:
Disco Matt:
I recall reading somewhere that the Stalwart lacks any differentials, so if you attempt to drive it on solid ground for any distance the transmission will be wrecked? Would make it a bit hard to look after as you'd need a low loader to take it to places where you could play with it.
I also recall Salvage Squad restoring one and mentioning that a lot of them have lost the swimming kit (eg the water jets, rudders, linkages). This would of course be pretty much impossible to find spares for short of fabricating new parts.
Range Rover Blues:
I don't think you'd need to worry about damaging any parts on the transmission givien that it's designed to work after driving over a landmine. The handbook suggests bumping up a kerb once ina while to reduce wind-up or driving accross gravel or grass.
Disco Matt:
According to Wiki (which is usually fairly accurate on things like this) the Army used to carry a few railway sleepers on longer road moves. These would be laid in front of the Stolly to get the same effect. There was also a report of an unofficial technique involving kerbs in an empty car park...
Now, has anyone else heard the legend of the squaddie who, denied leave at an important time, decided to borrow one and attempt to drive home from Germany? :lol:
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