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[Dishevelled Den]

Nothing like trying to keep up with the ruc whilst driving a pig, i'm glad i wasn't in the back. As for the snatch most roundabouts on two wheels.

  Happy days Shag 8-)

[Jim]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

[Dishevelled Den]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

If I cast my mind back, a certain regiment decided to scoop those who needed to scooped by using stripped-down trucks (110 and air portable) - that was in the early days mind you during honest straight forward rioting.

These vehicles were used in conjunction with 'snatch squads' of carefully chosen personnel whose task it was to invite those more annoying members of the riotous assembly behind the front line for a friendly chat.

The tactic evolved from that, but generally rested on either scattering the mob using the trucks for the foot squads to deal with, or carrying the squad on board and disrupting the mob from depth (a slightly more dangerous tactic)

I do remember, after a particularly nasty weekend when summary justice was handed out in abundance, an air-portable driving down a rather infamous road quite slowly. Attached to the front of the vehicle was a floor broom - a clear message to the natives that ‘we’ had swept the floor with them and that if they wanted to come round for tea again, they'd be more than welcome.  

[Jim]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

If I cast my mind back, a certain regiment decided to scoop those who needed to scooped by using stripped-down trucks (110 and air portable) - that was in the early days mind you during honest straight forward rioting.

These vehicles were used in conjunction with 'snatch squads' of carefully chosen personnel whose task it was to invite those more annoying members of the riotous assembly behind the front line for a friendly chat.

The tactic evolved from that, but generally rested on either scattering the mob using the trucks for the foot squads to deal with, or carrying the squad on board and disrupting the mob from depth (a slightly more dangerous tactic)

I do remember, after a particularly nasty weekend when summary justice was handed out in abundance, an air-portable driving down a rather infamous road quite slowly. Attached to the front of the vehicle was a floor broom - a clear message to the natives that ‘we’ had swept the floor with them and that if they wanted to come round for tea again, they'd be more than welcome.  

[size=20]WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

[Dishevelled Den]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

If I cast my mind back, a certain regiment decided to scoop those who needed to scooped by using stripped-down trucks (110 and air portable) - that was in the early days mind you during honest straight forward rioting.

These vehicles were used in conjunction with 'snatch squads' of carefully chosen personnel whose task it was to invite those more annoying members of the riotous assembly behind the front line for a friendly chat.

The tactic evolved from that, but generally rested on either scattering the mob using the trucks for the foot squads to deal with, or carrying the squad on board and disrupting the mob from depth (a slightly more dangerous tactic)

I do remember, after a particularly nasty weekend when summary justice was handed out in abundance, an air-portable driving down a rather infamous road quite slowly. Attached to the front of the vehicle was a floor broom - a clear message to the natives that ‘we’ had swept the floor with them and that if they wanted to come round for tea again, they'd be more than welcome.  

[size=20]WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

Put me out of my misery Jim.

[Jim]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

If I cast my mind back, a certain regiment decided to scoop those who needed to scooped by using stripped-down trucks (110 and air portable) - that was in the early days mind you during honest straight forward rioting.

These vehicles were used in conjunction with 'snatch squads' of carefully chosen personnel whose task it was to invite those more annoying members of the riotous assembly behind the front line for a friendly chat.

The tactic evolved from that, but generally rested on either scattering the mob using the trucks for the foot squads to deal with, or carrying the squad on board and disrupting the mob from depth (a slightly more dangerous tactic)

I do remember, after a particularly nasty weekend when summary justice was handed out in abundance, an air-portable driving down a rather infamous road quite slowly. Attached to the front of the vehicle was a floor broom - a clear message to the natives that ‘we’ had swept the floor with them and that if they wanted to come round for tea again, they'd be more than welcome.  

[size=20]WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

Put me out of my misery Jim.

The Snatch land rover was called so because the letters S.N.A.T.C.H are an abbrevative and on the front of a set of Vehicle Doc's for one of these land rover variants the letters mean:
S:ervice
N:orthern Ireland
A:nti
T:errorist
C:ommand
H:utch

True, I ran a fleet of these vehicle when they came into service in 1993

[Dishevelled Den]

Do you know why Snatch "land rovers" are called "Snatch"

If I cast my mind back, a certain regiment decided to scoop those who needed to scooped by using stripped-down trucks (110 and air portable) - that was in the early days mind you during honest straight forward rioting.

These vehicles were used in conjunction with 'snatch squads' of carefully chosen personnel whose task it was to invite those more annoying members of the riotous assembly behind the front line for a friendly chat.

The tactic evolved from that, but generally rested on either scattering the mob using the trucks for the foot squads to deal with, or carrying the squad on board and disrupting the mob from depth (a slightly more dangerous tactic)

I do remember, after a particularly nasty weekend when summary justice was handed out in abundance, an air-portable driving down a rather infamous road quite slowly. Attached to the front of the vehicle was a floor broom - a clear message to the natives that ‘we’ had swept the floor with them and that if they wanted to come round for tea again, they'd be more than welcome.  

[size=20]WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

Put me out of my misery Jim.

The Snatch land rover was called so because the letters S.N.A.T.C.H are an abbrevative and on the front of a set of Vehicle Doc's for one of these land rover variants the letters mean:
S:ervice
N:orthern Ireland
A:nti
T:errorist
C:ommand
H:utch

True, I ran a fleet of these vehicle when they came into service in 1993

I wouldn't doubt it Jim knowing the MOD'd affection for abbrevations, by 1993 I was a shadow of my former self and on a rather more civilised posting in London.

Did the hutch refer to the opening top on the rear of the truck?  I can't remember when these came into service.

Although the early versions (after the stripped down ones) had composite protection only but no hatch for top sentries.

[Jim]

I has with 26 Transport Sqn from Dec 92-Mar 95 in Lisburn NI, and they came in service around June 93 and we where one of the first units to get them.
its like most of the vehicle in the army Land rover TUM TUL FFR

T:ruck
U:tility
M:edium

T:ruck
U:tility
L:ight

F:itted
F:or
R:adio

[Dishevelled Den]

I has with 26 Transport Sqn from Dec 92-Mar 95 in Lisburn NI, and they came in service around June 93 and we where one of the first units to get them.
its like most of the vehicle in the army Land rover TUM TUL FFR

T:ruck
U:tility
M:edium

T:ruck
U:tility
L:ight

F:itted
F:or
R:adio

Aah right, by that time the protection offered was far in advance to that available in the early days.  The threat had evolved into ballistic/explosive attack so the armour had been developed to cope.

The trucks that you ran were light years ahead of what I sat in

[Jim]

I has with 26 Transport Sqn from Dec 92-Mar 95 in Lisburn NI, and they came in service around June 93 and we where one of the first units to get them.
its like most of the vehicle in the army Land rover TUM TUL FFR

T:ruck
U:tility
M:edium

T:ruck
U:tility
L:ight

F:itted
F:or
R:adio

Aah right, by that time the protection offered was far in advance to that available in the early days.  The threat had evolved into ballistic/explosive attack so the armour had been developed to cope.

The trucks that you ran were light years ahead of what I sat in

They where good in there time and enviroment (ie:NI) but not good in Iraq or Afghan they where just a stop gap, I also drove them in Bosnia in 1995 the big V8 came in handed when you had to but your foot down while being shoot at driving along Sniper Alley in Sarajevo

[Dishevelled Den]

I has with 26 Transport Sqn from Dec 92-Mar 95 in Lisburn NI, and they came in service around June 93 and we where one of the first units to get them.
its like most of the vehicle in the army Land rover TUM TUL FFR

T:ruck
U:tility
M:edium

T:ruck
U:tility
L:ight

F:itted
F:or
R:adio

Aah right, by that time the protection offered was far in advance to that available in the early days.  The threat had evolved into ballistic/explosive attack so the armour had been developed to cope.

The trucks that you ran were light years ahead of what I sat in

They where good in there time and enviroment (ie:NI) but not good in Iraq or Afghan they where just a stop gap, I also drove them in Bosnia in 1995 the big V8 came in handed when you had to but your foot down while being shoot at driving along Sniper Alley in Sarajevo

That's right Jim, those trucks saved many and although the 'troubles' in Northern Ireland was a particularly sad time for a great many people, it was invaluable proving ground for hardware development - especially in the field of personnel protection.

On the point of the V8 powered trucks, the RUC Special Patrol Group ran some 6 cylinder composite wagons prior to the introduction of the 8 pot armoured Hotspur which evolved into the Tangi and variants.

[Ploppy]

Mine was released from Suffolk last year..... 

one of a few ...