Great video but also for me, a solider now, depressing slightly. I envy you greatly for being in the army in the days when it was still a large beast, with RLC run dining facilities, less PC isms, less health and safety briefs, and a budget that not only made having your kit viable (most of ours is in storage, my Regiment holds 18 if it's tanks only and that's when we're the lead armoured Regiment) but also the money to maintain it. The army is in a sorry state these days financially, politically and personally.
I did an "A" vehicles course at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Bordon. That was a great experience. My tank driving license still impresses policemen!
Aaaah the 80`s....when the british army had approx 900+ mbt`s and the SLR, back then, we were a real army. Back then, it appears we had more antars than we currently have mbt`s
Outstanding footage. I was fortunate to serve in 7 Regt with the Mighty ANTAR for 13 years, before she was replaced. Brilliant footage huge appreciation from my side!!!!
Brilliant mate. It is very evocative to see what GB was doing to keep the USSR at bay on the ground. At the time I was part of the design team creating helicopters to reinforce the naval anti submarine capability.
Great video footage. Shame about the ridiculous music track. Would have been better with some commentary. I loaded chieftain many times onto antars and it was a terrifying experience for a young tankie. Those ramps were really steep and you came down with a terrific bang and stood on the brake with all your strength. And leave the damn steering levers along if you valued your life. Happy days.
Great! I was 240 tank transporter squadron Reserve . We had Diamond 'T' as well as Antars. I remember doing a driving competition with 19 sqdn at Bulford. Great fun heaving these magnificent beasts around cones!! I am doing some training with the army at present and I just had to go to Bulford barracks to see if 'Old Joe' was still there? It was an old Diamond T that was put at the gates to depict the squadron! I remember our REME getting her going for the Colonel! She is still on the square but needs some TLC! I had to sit in her and have a phot taken.
Old Joe was at The Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2011 for the 70th anniversary of the Diamond T, I would not imagine that they will scrap Old Joe, there would be an uproar if they did.
I was with 240 Sqn TAVR at Barnet - 1975 to 1978. I can only remember a Sgt Connick and a lad called 'Killer' Kingsley! Left to drive a Bedford M to Kathmandu. Later joined 31 Sig Regt at Harrow.
I remember there been one at senne on Normandy camp in 88 when I went to visit my brother when he was stationed there they had got scammell commanders then
Jack,Craig and the restoring team well done,great video. Just imagine with to-days video equipment back then how much footage there would be. I was in 23 in Sennelager in the late 60's but only managed photo's. Watching and listening to the video bought it all back. Thanks.
At about 9 minutes you see them going off the Waldstraße (L758) at Augustdorf near the GFM Rommel barracks to enter the Senne training area from the north side. So called "Panzerringstraße". Obviously they came from the Detmold area driving southwards. If you use Google Maps Streetview and "drive" down from the Detmold / Pivitsheide area on the L758 southwards you find the very exact branch and bridge. Then turn around looking northwards you see the exit (to the left) and the crossing to "Am Ehberg" to the right. That's where the white VW Bus comes out. After that the camera turns and shows the brigde over the L758. In the background behind the bridge you can - vaguely - see the entrance to the GFM Rommel barracks as well as the Hotel / Restaurant "Dörenkrug".
I can't recognize the location at 12 minutes. The Sign is "Dortmund" and because it is white on blue it assigns the entrance to the Autobahn. Most likely the A44 south of Paderborn and the Senne. The A33 wasn't finished between Paderborn and Borchen until 1993, while the Wünnenberg leg and Schloß Holte / Stukenbrock had been finalized in 1983 already. The A2 southwest of Bielefeld would be much more difficult to reach and the entrances were either Brackwede, Ubbedissen (old entrance before Bielefeld Zentrum was built and substituted Bielefeld-Ost - but there are many industrial estates) or the todays "Kreuz Bielefeld", which already existed in the early 1970s, when I was a school boy. I would guess that the tank transporters used the Sennelager area and then used the B1 towards Salzkotten and follow the roads towards Wewelsburg / Ahden to reach the A44.
@@brixmis7 thankyou , my brother and i agree , although he did like to gamble on the horses , he never drunk to much , never smoked and never liked to swear .......he spent the last 20 years running a cafe in Teignmouth , Devon ... he passed away in December when he fell in his bathroom and hit his head ,,,,,, we miss him very much ....
Fabulous film and a little ironic, I have stumbled across this the on 25th February 2022, the day after Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine. Is Western Europe about to enter another Cold War era, or worse !! I was an infantry soldier during BAOR times early 80s a different world, and not one Europe should go back to.
" The Mighty Antar " was never the official name of the tank transporter, it was simply " Antar". The " Mighty Antar" was reserved for the civilian versions of the truck, for whom it was originally designed and developed for.
What a heap of shit these were,they would have done better upgrading the old Diamond T,I saw these being sold for£350 each at British Car AUCTIONS in 1968
Great video but also for me, a solider now, depressing slightly. I envy you greatly for being in the army in the days when it was still a large beast, with RLC run dining facilities, less PC isms, less health and safety briefs, and a budget that not only made having your kit viable (most of ours is in storage, my Regiment holds 18 if it's tanks only and that's when we're the lead armoured Regiment) but also the money to maintain it. The army is in a sorry state these days financially, politically and personally.
I did an "A" vehicles course at the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Bordon. That was a great experience. My tank driving license still impresses policemen!
How often does plod see your license?
@@zopEnglandzip Every time old gentlemen take my right of way and write my innocent car off...........
You and your innocent car have my sympathies, I was naively hoping for a more comical answer.
Aaaah the 80`s....when the british army had approx 900+ mbt`s and the SLR, back then, we were a real army.
Back then, it appears we had more antars than we currently have mbt`s
Mighty Antar remember them very well in Sennelager back in the 70's.
Outstanding footage. I was fortunate to serve in 7 Regt with the Mighty ANTAR for 13 years, before she was replaced. Brilliant footage huge appreciation from my side!!!!
thanks kev
Brilliant mate. It is very evocative to see what GB was doing to keep the USSR at bay on the ground. At the time I was part of the design team creating helicopters to reinforce the naval anti submarine capability.
Great video footage. Shame about the ridiculous music track. Would have been better with some commentary.
I loaded chieftain many times onto antars and it was a terrifying experience for a young tankie. Those ramps were really steep and you came down with a terrific bang and stood on the brake with all your strength. And leave the damn steering levers along if you valued your life. Happy days.
Great! I was 240 tank transporter squadron Reserve . We had Diamond 'T' as well as Antars. I remember doing a driving competition with 19 sqdn at Bulford. Great fun heaving these magnificent beasts around cones!! I am doing some training with the army at present and I just had to go to Bulford barracks to see if 'Old Joe' was still there? It was an old Diamond T that was put at the gates to depict the squadron! I remember our REME getting her going for the Colonel! She is still on the square but needs some TLC! I had to sit in her and have a phot taken.
Old Joe was at The Great Dorset Steam Fair in 2011 for the 70th anniversary of the Diamond T, I would not imagine that they will scrap Old Joe, there would be an uproar if they did.
Hi Keith, I to was with...240 tank transporter squadron on Diamond 'T' as well as Antars great days :-)
I was with 240 Sqn TAVR at Barnet - 1975 to 1978. I can only remember a Sgt Connick and a lad called 'Killer' Kingsley! Left to drive a Bedford M to Kathmandu. Later joined 31 Sig Regt at Harrow.
Dad drive diamond t's and mighty antars (yes they called them mighty) in Senne in 1960-63. Good video !
Very good thanks to whoever filmed it and uploaded it
fantastic, remember them days, one of the best times of my life, was at Fally 1974 - 80 then Bulford
Brilliant video Jack......The only down side is that not once is there a Shiney Arse with his trusty typewriter ;-)
Came across 4 Antars in an A1 cafe (Jacks Hill?) like a block of flats ! Great machines
I remember there been one at senne on Normandy camp in 88 when I went to visit my brother when he was stationed there they had got scammell commanders then
Ah,great days.Remember it well.Loaded hundreds of times.
Great camera work. Thanks for the links Jack! Lukasz.
My great uncle drove antar tank transporters when he was in the army
Jack,Craig and the restoring team well done,great video. Just imagine with to-days video equipment back then how much footage there would be. I was in 23 in Sennelager in the late 60's but only managed photo's. Watching and listening to the video bought it all back. Thanks.
At about 9 minutes you see them going off the Waldstraße (L758) at Augustdorf near the GFM Rommel barracks to enter the Senne training area from the north side. So called "Panzerringstraße". Obviously they came from the Detmold area driving southwards. If you use Google Maps Streetview and "drive" down from the Detmold / Pivitsheide area on the L758 southwards you find the very exact branch and bridge. Then turn around looking northwards you see the exit (to the left) and the crossing to "Am Ehberg" to the right. That's where the white VW Bus comes out. After that the camera turns and shows the brigde over the L758. In the background behind the bridge you can - vaguely - see the entrance to the GFM Rommel barracks as well as the Hotel / Restaurant "Dörenkrug".
I can't recognize the location at 12 minutes. The Sign is "Dortmund" and because it is white on blue it assigns the entrance to the Autobahn. Most likely the A44 south of Paderborn and the Senne. The A33 wasn't finished between Paderborn and Borchen until 1993, while the Wünnenberg leg and Schloß Holte / Stukenbrock had been finalized in 1983 already. The A2 southwest of Bielefeld would be much more difficult to reach and the entrances were either Brackwede, Ubbedissen (old entrance before Bielefeld Zentrum was built and substituted Bielefeld-Ost - but there are many industrial estates) or the todays "Kreuz Bielefeld", which already existed in the early 1970s, when I was a school boy. I would guess that the tank transporters used the Sennelager area and then used the B1 towards Salzkotten and follow the roads towards Wewelsburg / Ahden to reach the A44.
That was great I was at 19 Sqn Bulford camp 1969 to 1975
I was C Troop 70t o 73 so you were in ward bks what troop were you in?
Superb great memories
Good old Richshaws ,Cabs and Taxis
Be buggered without them, not like now
Nice to see chieftains being loaded I can't see the chieftain reg numbers though,
my Dad drove these beasts and recovered tanks in Germany..
and mine ,,,,,,
Look at all that kit...
I want one!
memories f.v.r.d.e 1955-1957 Mighty Antar
My brother had a go at driving one of these beasts at Chilwell - says he made a complete mess of it, they were impossible for an amateur to master.
Never saw one @ chilwell,tho i worked on the meteorite engine a lot at chilwell
Our Shepherd name was Antar but he dies in 2011😢
R. I. P
Thanks, that was fantastic I was in 16 Sqn then. I really appreciate the hard work that went into that. How is jack?
Jacks still doing well mate
my dad was in 16 Tank transporter Sqn , Staff sargeant William Middleton (Falingbostel)
New Bill Middleton very well. A very nice man that never had a bad side.
@@brixmis7 thankyou , my brother and i agree , although he did like to gamble on the horses , he never drunk to much , never smoked and never liked to swear .......he spent the last 20 years running a cafe in Teignmouth , Devon ...
he passed away in December when he fell in his bathroom and hit his head ,,,,,, we miss him very much ....
Fabulous film and a little ironic, I have stumbled across this the on 25th February 2022, the day after Putin sent troops to invade Ukraine. Is Western Europe about to enter another Cold War era, or worse !!
I was an infantry soldier during BAOR times early 80s a different world, and not one Europe should go back to.
" The Mighty Antar " was never the official name of the tank transporter, it was simply " Antar". The " Mighty Antar" was reserved for the civilian versions of the truck, for whom it was originally designed and developed for.
What a heap of shit these were,they would have done better upgrading the old Diamond T,I saw these being sold for£350 each at British Car AUCTIONS in 1968
Couldn’t have been that bad the length of time they saw service, a lot longer than Diamond T’s.
Wish I’d bought a couple, seeing what stuffs fetching now