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Old 23-04-17, 06:08 PM
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Default THE GULF WAR 1990-91

© IWM (GLF 873)
7th Armoured Brigade troops paint a red jerboa emblem on the side of a Challenger tank.

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Old 23-04-17, 08:24 PM
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As they are Gunners (Royal Artillery) they must be doing a favour for an Armoured Regiment equipped with Challenger!

Pretty sure it is actually the front of an FV432

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Ha.....cracking photo. It takes 2 RA chaps to do this job, and notice the senior is doing the painting.
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Now lovely boy, gentle brush strokes; now..... do the other 35.... I want to see them rats gleaming gleaming gleaming!!!
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