Originally Posted by
VX275
With regards to whistling Jeeps I knew a REME tiffy who was quite proud of the three he destroyed in one day, the last of which went in right in front of the queen
A television programme I saw some years ago visited a large used commercial vehicle auction. Among these were a substantial number of army LRs which were being sold off, and at the end of a long line of these were a couple which had been air dropped without the benefit of accurate parachute packing, in the manner described above. They were literally flattened like a pancake, same ground area but about a 2 feet high pile of scrap.
Journalist thought it was extraordinary that they had been sent to the auction, and was scarcely able to conceal his amusement. I wonder who buys them and how much they give for them.