Question: Challenger 2 pic

[Secesh]

Does anyone have a current (2006+) pic of a SCOTS DG Challenger 2 showing its unit marks?

 

[Mr Evil]

i think old bear is doing such a force, from the little i know they favour the use of warriors, and lots of them

 

[Secesh]

Yeah I have down on paper what they have, I just wanted to know exactly where they paint their unit marks on their Challengers.

 

[Mr Evil]

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-DRAGON-ARMOR-CHALLENGER-II-TANKS-60044-AND-60045_W0QQitemZ290090892907QQihZ019QQcategoryZ1042QQcmdZViewItem

http://www.aplusmodel.com/details.php?pid=60044

http://www.perthmilitarymodelling.com/reviews/vehicles/tamiya/tam35274.htm

http://www.fprado.com/armorsite/chall2.htm

http://www.army.mod.uk/scotsdg/cr2/challenger.htm

 

[Fanaticus]

Does anyone have a current (2006+) pic of a SCOTS DG Challenger 2 showing its unit marks?

Hi,

Do you mean something like this:



But if you are searching for real images.

 

[Secesh]

Cheers Evil and Fanaticus. Thanks guys I appreciate it. I'm still looking for a shot of where they paint the red rat now on the Challenger 2. Might be too hard to find a pic I've searched everywhere. It's 2012 I could always just make it up.

 

[Mr Evil]

i could be wrong but i think they only use that when fighting alongside the desert rats.

 

[Secesh]

Yeah I know, I'm just "assuming" they'll still be part of 7th Armoured Brigade in the EVO timeline.

 

[Elvis in Combat]

Do you mean this:

 

[Mr Evil]

good find elvis.

 

[Secesh]

Thank you Elvis, I bow down to your google-fu powers. I think that's a crew tag (it's the old rat symbol) or a doctored pic but it looks so cool I'm going to copy it. Thanks mate.

 

[Elvis in Combat]

Note that the picture comes from the front page of the 7th Armoured Bde website.

I have an affinity for the 7th Armoured Bde since I studied the desert war in WWII in detail. I have a Flames of War mid war force based on the Royal Dragoons (Armoured Recon) and a squadron of the Scots Greys that were attached to the 7th Armoured and flew thier penant in the desert. I even have the little penants on the vehicles. 8)

Thanks to your query I now have an interest in building a force based on the modern DRs now. Time to get some GHQ Micro Armour...

I agree that the symbol maybe digitially placed in the picture. Frankly I haven't seen a British tank with a symbol on it besides it's unit symbol. But I'm viewing it all over the internet across the Atlantic. I've not been up close and personal to a modern British tank.

 

[Fanaticus]

Cheers Evil and Fanaticus. Thanks guys I appreciate it. I'm still looking for a shot of where they paint the red rat now on the Challenger 2. Might be too hard to find a pic I've searched everywhere. It's 2012 I could always just make it up.

Check these.
Not pictures from real tanks, but these models are usually very accurate in that aspects:

In this later cammo the red rat symbol is not used.

 

[Fanaticus]

I was wrong in the last statement, see the picture below:

A Challenger 2 of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards provides support to 3 Commando Brigade in southern Basrah

 

[Elvis in Combat]

Fanaticus, that's a great find. That size symbol makes much more sense. :wink:

Edit: but I'm still going to use the big symbol. It simply looks better for a game. 8)

 

[Secesh]

Note that the picture comes from the front page of the 7th Armoured Bde website.

How did I miss that? My eyes must be painted on.

Those are good pics Fanaticus. I think I'll do the smaller rats on the skirts, leave the front clear except on the command tank (assuming there's rules for command tanks) which will have the big bugger.

 

[Old Bear]

i think old bear is doing such a force, from the little i know they favour the use of warriors, and lots of them

I'm Irish Guards!

 

[britneyfan97]

And here I though I was going to be all different doing the Scots Dragoons like that...
Need to look up some other Reg's now. Maybe Irish. Curse you all!
:!:

 

[127th Angry Angels]

Does anyone have a current (2006+) pic of a SCOTS DG Challenger 2 showing its unit marks?

Hi,

Do you mean something like this:



But if you are searching for real images.

Thats a really nice comparision shot actually. I know it's a little out of scale but i bet it'd look fine next to the troops. I might get one in addition to my mongoose Challys

 

[captainsmirk]

Makes a nice comparison of the L30 rifled gun to the Rhienmetal L55 as well.

Nick