Me and the team take a trip down to Dorset, where we find a FV432 APC hidden away amongst the bushes. We take it back to the yard and attempt to start it...
Its because the MOD are cheap. Its cheaper to ask a farmer to “temporarily” store a vehicle fir you while it awaits disposal and then conveniently forget about it than it is to dispose of the vehicle. Additionally when they can get away with it they sell vehicles for dirt cheap through DESA because again it’s cheaper and so farmers who want them can get them and they’re cheap enough to be an impulse buy.
You guys are amazing fm Western Australia, ex veteran of 20 years service Australian Army I used to ride around in an APC on operations in Vietnam 1970! They had 50 cal machine guns mounted + 30 caliber backup. They were used a lot for inserting Australian troops in Vietnam. We had all APC Squadrons.
A friend of mine years ago ( who owned a Sherman at the time)told me "there are 2 types of people in this world..those that own armor..and those that wish they did"..love the channel!❤
My old 'clanky' in Hohne was epic; as was my one in Medicine Hat (Canada)...and I still remember that hill 'Bog Fog'...we slid down most of the way but did NOT hit the only tree for miles at the bottom, which, according to legend, many did! lol
Youd be surprised to hear that yes, there was. as the MOD were drawing down after the cold war and lots of the stock of cheiftains, saladins, 432s, scorpions and other vehicles were being put into mothballs, they decided to basically hold a massive sale to recoup some of the cost on these vehicles. ive heard that a cheiftain went for as low as 500 pound at auction. its insane the ammount of stuff they auctioned off, landrovers, tanks, scout cars, APCs. all of it
What an absolute DREAM. Wagon's looking good (bar the missing spark plugs of course), track pads are in great nick, an extra K60 pack as well.... A dream find. I've every confidence this will be running inside a fortnight. Bloody great. As an ex-436 jockey, I'll be watching how it goes. Tidy 😃
As far as I can tell you spend 500 hours going right through a military vehicle and then someone buys it and dumps it in a hedge for 20 years. It’s a reliable business model as long as no one parks their buy in a barn :D
What a find! I'd have days, weeks, months of fiddling around, putting it in top form! In 1957, in the mountains around Baguio, Luzon, Philippines, I found an old US Sherman tank out in the bushes/jungle. Was complete, main gun, .30 machine gun - and the corpses (uniformed skeletons) inside. We were vacationing on a USAF base, R & R place - I reported it to the Air Police who refused ti believe a 12-y.o. kid. Told my Dad, a Navy LCDR, who read the riot act to the AP's. Next day I showed a whole crowd of people! The three men had been MIA since early 1945 - bet their families were glad to finally know what happened to their sons, brothers, fathers, etc. Best as I know, they were returned to the States and properly buried. Thet would not let me keep any souvenirs!
Well they should of as award pick something respectfully out of and clean sanitize as award but remember it was over boy making find it was tomb for those men till sent back for burial states.
You would not believe me but that was the vehicle 03EA21 that I drove in the army in 1970s it was used as an observation post vehicle in 45 medium regiment
In the US, I'd be happy to get a 57 chevy out of an old barn. In England, you get APC's from some random field! Amazing! As if I haven't subscribed to enough mechanical content now I got to to see what happens next! And I don't need a passport!
I used to work on these, I am impressed the track ram was still full, it does not look to be in that bad nick, though I would convert it to a diesel. The turret is rare and was normally used at BATUS and Fallingbostel, they have all disappeared now.
I drove a 436 (communications variant of the 432) for 5 years in the Royal Signals. Absolutely loved them .. apart from doing a pack lift, a track bash or any other maintenance! but driving them was a dream
That you can tow the 432 without removing the final drives gives it one up on the M113. Anytime we needed to tow those, we had to pull the final drives. And that was always a pain.
On a 432 you need to remove the prop shaft from between the gear box and final drive and that is awkward, if doing a short run you can pull one end er the shaft and tie it back to stop it re-engaging. most ‘modern’ vehicles you only need to pull the quill shaft.
@@toml8142 We never did it like that. The REME would make us remove every bolt from the "muff couplings on the final drive. I can't say for certain any more but I think there were about 20 odd bolts on each side.
and the locking tabs, they had to be removed if towing more than a few miles as the steering box could lock up and fail due to lack of oil pressure to lube the epicyclic gears.@@neilpook3719
Pane Hevesi, krásně najítý a poté vytažený obrněnec, ovšem mě se nejvíce libila ona krásná, mladá a usmívající se Women, to víte, já dorostenec 80 roků 1943, špatně slyším, ale dobře vidím.
What an awesome find! You guys always get lucky with the mintiest stuff. I was worried for a bit, seeing an unkempt bush and no jokes about Jack's mum. Saved by Adam at the end :)
I remember the Mark 1s cutting about Saltau in the late 80s - very quiet with occasional backfires but by god they can shift! 40 mph if properly set up
Oh I just want you guys in the motherland to know that this Yankee had a teddy bear strapped on the front of my work truck and I have also used my Leatherman since 1989. So I feel that we are somewhat of kindred spirits and I really enjoy your informative videos.
Here's a hint for next time. When using a winch near its limits, place your towel over the taught cable. You always need to bring a towel. There are many uses for a towel. Just ask Douglas Adams.
AFV432 MkI Spent a couple of weeks swanning around BATUS on Suffield Plain in Alberta, Canada in 1976 or 1977. Bloody things used to catch fire or turn into a compressor. Never saw one with a turret though.
I wonder if that's one of the MK 1 432 from Minden Germany. As I noticed, on the left side, some yellow stencilling that said QUEENS. The last regiment in Minden was The Queens RGT. Although I don;t remember ever seeing any of our vehicles with QUEENS stencilled on them. There are some indications. 1 is the yellow call-sign stencilling, Triangle meaning A company. The 32 meaning 3rd platoon 2nd vehicle. Then there's the stowage bins. Mk1 normally never had them. But by mistake, we demanded them and got them. Once it was realised that we had Mk1 and we shouldn't have them. It was too late. Because the bosses had already welded on and the bins were fitted. The L37 Turret only takes a 7.62mm GPMG. The seat (foldable) appears to be missing from the turret. Unless it's been taken off and sitting somewhere in the vehicle?
@@richardwilmshurst9005 No, that's incorrect, I was there. I was also in that platoon. I think that may have been my sections vehicle until I became the Plt. signaller. That's call sign 30 We came to Minden in August 1986, but the dates for 1 Queens is correct. 2 Queens went back to RHQ in Canterbury September 1992 The Queens Rgt amalgamated with the Hampshire Rgt and became the Princess of Wales Own Royal Rgt. Colours presented by Princess Diana herself.#after 1 Queens, there were no more infantry units at Clifton Barracks in Minden. It was the end of the cold war and "drawdown", as it was called, was in full swing.
@@MrProplayer1 I didn't say that they weren't. I said the Queens were the last at Clifton. But yes that's true, Sir John Moore barracks. I remember that particurlarly. That was becuase it was a surprise to me. Shorncliff was were I did my training. It was once IJLB - Infantry Junior Leader Batallion. There another last there too. I finished in 1985 and was the last full Junior leader intake. After that some regiments moved their junior leader intake to their own depots. Same with junior soldier intke. The rest were a conglomeration of both and it was renamed to JIB - Junior Infantry Batallion. so then I realised that not only were multiple regiments and barracks being disbanded, reformed or amalgamated. Barracks being closed or reproposed. But the concept of training under 18s was gone too. Although, to be fair, Junior leaders were slated to be disbanded in the earleir 80's. But during the Flaklands war, they realised that junior leaders were an asset. So they kept it going. I digress. But going back to Minden. Elizabeth barracks is still there, but no longer military. It's repurposed for civilian businesses etc. (as were a lot of the barracks, post cold war) There's even an Aldi supermarket in Elizabeth now. Clifton was turned into a refugee camp. But was later demolished.
Something puzzling me. When the 432 was being loaded on to the truck, at one stage (~ 8:10 > 8:20) the tow cables/chains went slack, but the APC continued to roll forward. Under what power? Momentum? No-one pushing, so was there magic in the air?
I was with the 1/15 mechanized Infantry in Kitzingen, Germany from 80-82 as a Medic (The same unit Audie Murphy was in when he received the Congressional Medal of Honor) The first vehicle I was assigned was an M113A1 APC. Funny how you guys put the drivers hatch on the wrong side. I thought you only did that with your cars!
Nowt like a proper hedge hopper. What wonder was 'parked' next to it? Similar profile, so another one to uncover from nature gone wild? Can't say I've ever seen a forklift treated in such a manner, unless its already happened on this channel. Cracking job.
Schön, wie die Frau strahlt. Ihre Männer haben ein feines Spielzeug gefunden und sind glücklich. Nun kann sie endlich ihren Hobbies ungestört nachgehen, putzen, Wäsche waschen, abwaschen, bügeln....
My fave channel on RU-vid for quite some time. Reminds me of my days spannering crusty crap with whatever tools came to hand. Good times with now lifelong friends 😂
My brother dragged one back from Germany behind a wrecker(scammell pre Foden days) so they had somewhere to hide all their stash on the way home.left a hull in it's place with a note saying thanks for the spares
I wish I could find an APC with a spare engine. I would totally go through it and completely rebuild one of those engines and turbo charge it. Rebuild transmission, new bearings. Sandblast and repaint it, etc, etc. It would look brand new when I got done with it wearing a fresh coat of woodland camo. I would add better seats, comms and 50 bmg mount.
Our 432s with turrets came with gmpgs thats 7. 62 some amount of lead came out of it. Brass down your neck inside because half the time the donkey never caught the brass.
As a Brit, I must say, it appears so…..who knew? 😂 Well, if we in the UK ever have a ‘farmers uprising’ the way Europe is now, ours will be much more interesting and effective…..God help the government then!
@@rocksnot952 as soon as a specific type is taken out of service, the MOD auctions them off… any fixed weapons like the tank guns/ cannons etc are deactivated (gas axed to hell and back), then they are sold to the highest bidder…. You were able to buy a lot of gear when they scrapped a lot of the Afghan and Iraq specific vehicles, and in the 80’s and 90’s there was a lot of old armoured vehicles going for next to nothing…..
There thinking about selling one of the aircraft carriers we've just bleeding built this government just doesn't if u know what I mean bunch of proper w anchors could organise an ice cream in a dairy palour 😂 videos brilliant even with that amount of water rust and a lack of spark plugs ive every faith in these lads turning that out better than when it had ten miles n ten minutes on it gonna be a good un this these can shift 👏 😂😂😂👍👍
I have no live rounds, empty cases, misfires, shmoolies, goolies, in my possession Corporal. (Hope the Cpl doesn’t discover my 432 in the amnesty bush 🤞)
Been in the back of an APC a few times brings back good and bad memories during my short time in the army but it will be great to see it cleaned painted and running again.
Omg, an old bonser 2rt, I used to change drive axles and clutches on those for a past time back in the day. Where did you get that one from? Maybe from the forklift company I used to work at.
