Originally Posted by
Teamchief
Not the Rocks I knew at Odious in the early mid 80’s. Also, if they wanted to play with tanks there were plenty in the Royal Tank Regt at the time!
He was posted off 72 Sqn onto them, the RAF operated a tank Sqn.
one eventually left to go onto armour when the Regiment got Scorpions.
https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/researc...lvis-scorpion/
https://www.rafregimentheritagecentr...v101-scorpion/
In November 1981, the RAF Regiment took delivery of its first of 184 Scorpions and other variants of CVR(T).
All the CVR(T) vehicles were to be air-portable and two Scorpions could be carried in a C-130 Hercules. Another requirement of the CVR(T) project was the low ground pressure – similar to that of a soldier on foot – and this would serve it well in boggy conditions.