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Nomex tankers overalls
darreng
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Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 01:02 AM UTC
Hi guys can anyone tell me if British tankers use the Nomex tank overalls please, TIA?!
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Posted: Thursday, May 18, 2006 - 01:05 AM UTC
Darren,

Sorry to correct you but that would be 'Tankies' and sorry I dont know as in the 70's it was the old green coveralls and old issue tank suits for the winter.
Mind you knowing the state of mod supply its probably very similar now.

John
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Posted: Friday, May 19, 2006 - 02:08 AM UTC
Yes we do get them issued but only on operations. We got tan ones for Iraq but never wore them, far too hot.
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Posted: Friday, May 19, 2006 - 04:52 AM UTC

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Yes we do get them issued but only on operations. We got tan ones for Iraq but never wore them, far too hot.


May I ask if you were on the Op Telic 1 or a subsequent deployment? I ask because I have noted a number of pictures of Op Telic 1 where tankies (to use the correct term) wore the tan nomex suits. I'm not doubting your word, rather I'm just trying to learn what was used during which time frame so that when I build my Chally 2 and/or Warrior and/or CVR-T, I can depict the crew wearing the proper kit! As you have actually served in Iraq I would greatly appreciate any further information and/or experience you could share regarding crew clothing.

Thanks and cheers - Dan

darreng
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Posted: Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 12:43 AM UTC
Hi guys, I havn't served in the any of the forces as I am disabled, building models of the vehicles is as close as I get to serving in the military, I'm just asking about the tankies overalls as I want to build an AS90 serving with KFOR, but I don't know if the overalls are in DPM or just plain green!
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Posted: Saturday, May 27, 2006 - 06:28 PM UTC

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Yes we do get them issued but only on operations. We got tan ones for Iraq but never wore them, far too hot.


May I ask if you were on the Op Telic 1 or a subsequent deployment? I ask because I have noted a number of pictures of Op Telic 1 where tankies (to use the correct term) wore the tan nomex suits. I'm not doubting your word, rather I'm just trying to learn what was used during which time frame so that when I build my Chally 2 and/or Warrior and/or CVR-T, I can depict the crew wearing the proper kit! As you have actually served in Iraq I would greatly appreciate any further information and/or experience you could share regarding crew clothing.

Thanks and cheers - Dan


I did Telic 2. On Telic 1 Chally crews wore tan coveralls but they weren't nomex, just a different version of our standard green ones. Warrior and CVR(T) crews wore standard issue desert combats. The nomex covie's were delivered just after the end of hostilities. I can supply you with pics that I took while out there if it would help your build.

Max
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Posted: Sunday, May 28, 2006 - 09:29 PM UTC

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I did Telic 2. On Telic 1 Chally crews wore tan coveralls but they weren't nomex, just a different version of our standard green ones. Warrior and CVR(T) crews wore standard issue desert combats. The nomex covie's were delivered just after the end of hostilities. I can supply you with pics that I took while out there if it would help your build.


I would very much like to have a look at your photos - thanks very much for the offer. My email address is [email protected] - I'd contact you offline about this but I can't seem to find your email address in your profile.

Thanks and cheers - Dan
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Posted: Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 02:25 AM UTC
Sorry this took a while but been a little busy lately. A few pics from Iraq, Batus and Egypt of our Scimitars. A point to note, the 2 Scimitars in Egypt were'nt painted desert colours but the dust isn't doing a bad job camouflaging them.











Put the last one in basically cos I like it and the slat armour is shown to good effect.
I do have higher res ones should anyone need them.

Max.
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Posted: Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 03:35 AM UTC
Hi Max,

Great images, thanks for posting.

Any chance of getting to see those images of the UNPROFOR Scimitars that were up in Maglaj?
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