New armoured engineer vehicle used by 32 Engineer Coy. Konotop, Poland, last month. New vehicle is based on the Challenger chassis rather than the old Chieftan chassis.
Digs up minefields at about 40mph cross-country (really - we watched it do it...), lays IR flashing beacons automatically to mark the cleared lanes, lays fascines in ditches etc etc - the Real-Life Swiss-Army Knife of Military Engineering.
The Mud-Grubbers are really, REALLY excited by it.
More Pix:
Virgil Tracey being filmed by BFBS
At Speed
Showing fascines on rear deck and minefield markers (£180 each - those little sticks)
Desipite the cool digging things with hunks of metal in the front to take the brunt of a mine going off I would still prefer to bagsey the seat at the back.
As an ex-infantryman, anything with wheels or tracks is just another big green box to me, so the challenge to make an interesting image is always uppermost in my mind.
Doing 'stock' recognition shots of this stuff is like slow death to me, hence the interesting viewpoint.
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