Military vehicles on display at Ponteland event
Aug 16 2010 The Journal
MILITARY vehicle enthusiasts and spectators gathered together yesterday for a day of high-revving engines and manoeuvres.
The event, held just outside of Ponteland, saw a Challenger tank, armoured personnel carriers and other assorted military vehicles on display.
Organiser Richard Wilson said: “The vehicles have been locked up in storage for around a year and this was an opportunity to get them out for the public to see them in action.
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Chieftain tank driver Ken McAlpine at the controls with David Ramsay, top
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Chieftain tank driver Ken McAlpine at the controls with David Ramsay, top
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Ashley Paul Weighill, 12, takes a look at one of the tanks provided by Richard Wilson
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Albert Hansell, 95 from Fenham, a former member of the 43rd Tank Regiment and oldest member of the Newcastle Branch of the Royal Tank Regiment Association
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Chieftain tank driver Ken McAlpine
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A youngster photographs one of the tanks on display
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Chieftain tank driver Ken McAlpine
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Benjamin Weighill, 8, top and his brother Ashley Paul, 12
“We had around 40 spectators turn up on the day to see the vehicles, including a 95-year-old veteran who served in the Tank Cops during the war.”
As well as the Chieftain Tank – which was built at Vickers – there was a tracked armoured vehicle launch bridge vehicle, a tracked Combat Engineer Tractor as well as older armoured personnel carriers and a modern Pinzgauer APC.
