Salute! The IMVG Annual Show

Netanya

I, the IMVG PRO, am proud to announce the dates for Salute! The Annual IMVG show organised in conjunction with the Sligo Wild Geese as the 30 and 31st of August. This show is well on its way to being the largest military vehicle and re-enactment show of its kind in Ireland.

Be there this August and see two main battle tanks face off, multi-period re-enactors displaying, plus see vehicles ranging from the Fox Armoured Car to landing craft!

So come along and bring the family too! A great day for all at the National exhibition Centre in Swords!

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kowloon

Excellent, really enjoyed last year, easier to get to than the Curragh.

Dr Strange

Here is the link to the show:

www.salute.ie

enfield

We will be heading up on the Friday afternoon, four vehicles, a BA landrover 101, a French Ackmat, a Ferret (even though it has been sold since the Charleville show last week)and a Dutch DAF YA 126, who knows there may be more joining in. There is a lot of negative feelings between the two main Military vehicle clubs and the way its going it looks like they are **ssing off a lot of their members to the stage that they want to go it alone. We go to Salute and represent no-one just ourselves and we are welcome as such. We fly no club banners but have the vehicles and want to enjoy them. We dont like getting used as ammunition in peoples squabbles. When I say 'we' I mean disenchanted guys who are been told who they can associate with and support. Next year you will see some members becoming non members, myself included. We're booked in already, seems all very friendly like and if it is better than the Curragh (which I hope it will be) it will be a real gem. Oooh the bargains I got at the Curragh....I want to support everyone and will do if it is at all possible.
Hafta get this day week over with first, thats the drive to Beltring from Pembroke. If anyone wants pictures of Beltring let me know before I go what you want photographed or priced and if it is there I will take a snap for ye.
Regards.
Tom.

enfield

Sorry guys one more thing I forgot to mention. I had posted in an earlier that I would not be going to Salute because I was going to the show put on by the 'Pards' in Kinsale fort. This is not now a runner for me so I will be at Salute. I wish the Pards (Dave Levins a nice guy and an old pal of mine) all the best!!. They are a great bunch even if they are mad a hatters and really believe they are living back in the 1840s on the wild open prairie. Whatever floats your boat Dave!! Best of Luck.
Regards.
Tom.

kowloon

Will have to give you a visit. Might be at War and Peace too, in the process of moving to the land of the redcoats.

enfield

I will be hard to miss its the only truck with EXPLOSIVES in red letters on a white background on the front. If I meet you there I'll buy ya a pint (Beltring that is) I dont think there is gargle in Salute unless you bring it yourself or head for the Coachmans Inn. Now my co-pilot has no problem heading into town in his Dutch Army uniform as he did in Charleville and shifed two wimmen and two seperate nights. Being the elder lemon I settled in for the night under canvas in the back of an old Irish Army Bedford truck driven by a viking hippy from Nenagh and talked absolute drivel (as is expected one such occasions) sang old 70s songs, smoked cigars, drank vodka and free cider, got stocious with a heap of ex-military winos like meself one of which was an Elvis impersonator and left him to it. I beat the Elvis impersonator singing, I was convinced I did anyway. I was gutted my co-pilot left me behind.... Now how I ended up with a heap of Irish Army 1958 pattern webbing slung into the back of my truck I do not know but the hippy just wanted to get rid of it because no-one wanted it. I am going to cut the buckles off the parts that were in the sack and use them with the 38 pattern shoulder straps for packing stuff in the truck. There were three sacks of it behind his ( the hippies) truck and he wanted anyone who liked just to take it. It was in the truck when he bought it. It was only when I got home and opened it I see that webbing was split up and the parts I got were only one part of the kit but lots of it!!
Regards.
Tom.

kowloon

I believe there are some fairly strict rules at War and Peace about uniforms and the like.

enfield

You cannot wear any rank you are not entitled to. You can wear allied uniforms but not Axis uniforms. We will be wearing Obsolete Irish Army Uniforms as I have done in the past and they had'nt a clue which army we represented. We wear olive drab when travelling, its neutral. Beltring is a lot more relaxed than it looks from the outside and I only hope the weather holds. Last year Beltring was a washout so I am bringing my wellies and will keep an eye out for an army issue unbrella.... maybe one with a Fairbairn Sykes strapped to the handle.
Regards.
Tom.

Netanya

Hello all,

The show is quickly gaining momentum and will be next weekend.

If you would like to purchase tickets please go to tickets.ie where they can be found at a discounted price.

Stovepipe

Hello all
I attended and enjoyed the show; it was very enjoyable to get a hand on many of the historic weapons and see the weapons I fired in the FCA being displayed and fired by the reenactors.
vehicles were excellent, especially the two Chieftains and the OT-90, ZIL-131 and US jeeps/trucks.....the reenactment battles were fun to watch......the enthusiasm of all concerned really made the day and I heard some very positive comments from veterans, young and old and from family groups,too.Lots of dads having lots of fun.Thanks, especially to all the vehicle owners who allowed retreads like me to climb into their stuff....cribs:not enough bins, especially around the chip-van....no apparent alternative to chips 'n' burgers.I thought the E15-per-skull-per adult was a bit steep, as family prices could get a bit hard on the pocket,with all that buying going on.
Good show, in all.Well done to IMVG and their associates/friends/rivals for the effort.
regards
Stovepipe

ollaetta

Here are a few shots from Saturday taken between the showers.