LOOKING FOR AN ARMY TRUCK TO HIRE TOMORROW -12th Sept

[luchi]

The Brits do the same as well Luchi

I guess now I've been told again!!

[paul g]

The Brits do the same as well Luchi

they bus there personnel to a central location then TCV it to the staging area

its actually a good thing

well done us

Surprising that a serving soldier wouldn't have known that.

[Goldie fish]

Surprising that a serving soldier wouldn't have known that.

I guess serving british soldiers don't know as much as we do. Assuming of course RGJ is a serving soldier.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

get it right folks - we [The British Army] CAN and we DO drive troops in the backs of TCV's (Troop Carrying Vehicles i.e. 4 Tonner / Bedford / DAF / MAN) on normal public roads.

we do use buses to move troops BEFORE and AFTER an exercise but never as part of any exercise.

i.e. - we would drive to Wales in buses from our base in England but once in Wales we use TCV's on the training area AND across public roads.

moving across public roads is part of any exercise and we do it in TCV's if that's appropriate.

if some of you ever visit mainland UK you will see troops in the back of '4 Tonners' up and down the motorways - NOT part of an exercise!

in my old base we used to travel to the ranges by Army trucks - because it was only 12 miles away and we travelled on public roads.

so this serving soldier just doesn't make things up like others on here.

need i mention Crossmaglen?! lol

[paul g]

get it right folks - we [The British Army] CAN and we DO drive troops in the backs of TCV's (Troop Carrying Vehicles i.e. 4 Tonner / Bedford / DAF / MAN) on normal public roads.

we do use buses to move troops BEFORE and AFTER an exercise but never as part of any exercise.

i.e. - we would drive to Wales in buses from our base in England but once in Wales we use TCV's on the training area AND across public roads.

moving across public roads is part of any exercise and we do it in TCV's if that's appropriate.

if some of you ever visit mainland UK you will see troops in the back of '4 Tonners' up and down the motorways - NOT part of an exercise!

in my old base we used to travel to the ranges by Army trucks - because it was only 12 miles away and we travelled on public roads.

so this serving soldier just doesn't make things up like others on here.

need i mention Crossmaglen?! lol

I lived in the Uk for many years and never once saw a soldier in the back of a TCV on a motorway, although i saw lots of coaches around regents park.

[Bam Bam]

I lived in the Uk for many years and never once saw a soldier in the back of a TCV on a motorway, although i saw lots of coaches around regents park.

Thats because they didn't want you to see them

[hedgehog]

I lived in the Uk for many years and never once saw a soldier in the back of a TCV on a motorway, although i saw lots of coaches around regents park.

If they are like us and I think they are then

as soon as the TCV kicks off

we lie on kip mats or each other and snore our little hearts away

[Truck Driver]

in my old base we used to travel to the ranges by Army trucks - because it was only 12 miles away....

Feckin amateurs !

Try a trip of approx 30 miles one way in the same tpt, for the same reason

The Bedford 4x4 especially used to be good for a number of uses:

1. The bumpy ride prevented you nodding off

2. The exhaust fumes leaking in through the floorboards, etc., kept you well gassed

3. You could have your own game of ten-pin bowling in the back when the driver jammed on the brakes

[luchi]

1. The bumpy ride prevented you nodding off

2. The exhaust fumes leaking in through the floorboards, etc., kept you well gassed

That always puzzled me.....................bumps to keep awake carbon monoxide to put you to sleep????????

I am sure, paul, that RGJ is correct that you will see troops in trucks on the motorway even though you never have.

THe distances travelled here in trucks is generally less than 30K unless no other tpt is available. However the question of wether troops should travel in trucks is constantally being reviewed and so rules regarding the tpt constantly changing.

[paul g]

That always puzzled me.....................bumps to keep awake carbon monoxide to put you to sleep????????

I am sure, paul, that RGJ is correct that you will see troops in trucks on the motorway even though you never have.

THe distances travelled here in trucks is generally less than 30K unless no other tpt is available. However the question of wether troops should travel in trucks is constantally being reviewed and so rules regarding the tpt constantly changing.

Well I lived there for ten years, including two beside regents park barracks.


I think you'll find that the mod have to follow health and safety just as much as the DOD do. it makes more sense to transport an infantry company by Coach from London to Wales for example then to use TCV. In fact most armies use coaches/buses to transport troops for long distances

[knocker]

By and large, troops are only transported in TCVs on actual training areas, they are brought there in coaches, its part of the fun police getting in on the military and doing their best to ruin evrything for us. Rant Finishes

[RoyalGreenJacket]

I lived in the Uk for many years and never once saw a soldier in the back of a TCV on a motorway, although i saw lots of coaches around regents park.

but you also lived in Ireland for many years and never once saw a soldier on patrol in Crossmaglen :wink:

Feckin amateurs !

Try a trip of approx 30 miles one way in the same tpt, for the same reason..

30 miles - is that it? been there done that for breakfast - try being in the back of a Bedford from Dover to Edinburgh (total of 490 miles each way) - took us about 13 hours each way from what i remember.

some of the best sleeps i ever had were on the back of a 4 Tonner travelling across the UK.

anyhow - i'm sure new EU rules will put a stop to any persons being transported in the backs of trucks all over Europe - that won't stop them coming over from France though!

[Goldie fish]

Crossmaglen isn't in Ireland. Its in the North....

[Orion]

Squaddies huddled in the back of a truck used to be a common sight on "A" roads and dual carrigeways in this part of the world. Either TA units on weekend exercise, sometimes with their Scimitars, or those from further afield on route to the ranges nearby. But come to think of it I haven't seen any trucks with passengers in the rear for quite a few years now. The convoys still run but you only ever see the crew in the cab. Perhaps as someone said they're all kippin on the floor in the back.

While I'm at it the last time I was in Crossmaglen was in the early '70, being from south of the border and curious I took a walk around the town square, which had a monument in the middle at the time. Each corner of the square had a soldier on one knee with rifle variously aimed at any person or any vehicle that happend by. Kids no exception. Scary when they're pointing at you.

[paul g]

By and large, troops are only transported in TCVs on actual training areas, they are brought there in coaches, its part of the fun police getting in on the military and doing their best to ruin evrything for us. Rant Finishes

It actually makes perfect sense, there is no reason for troops to drive hundreds of miles along a motorway in the rain or wet in a TCV to get to a training area. I'd rather the fun police get in the way then have a few soldiers killed in a RTA.