Spotted this filling up today

kyote00

Spotted this filling up in Enfield today.....:eek:

Topaz profits up....

Doom

3.99 for a football, not bad.

Greyfoot

EYE SEE YOU comes to mind..

shanec1928

you sure the mowag wasn't just pulled in, defence forces have there own pumps.

ZENER

Your parking permit is out of date too

MugMugs

Was it Batman ?

Diego Maradona

Hope that's not a tax disc on your windscreen :pac:

Chuck_Norris

Would it possibly belong to that outdoor pursuits/ team building place in Johnstownbridge??

Doyler92

I hope you didn't take the photo.

inforfun

Hope their next stop was the McDrive ....

OldmanMondeo

Doyler92 wrote: »

I hope you didn't take the photo.

Looks to have been taken from passenger side. Plus traffic is usually stopped there.

Doyler92

OldmanMondeo wrote: »

Looks to have been taken from passenger side. Plus traffic is usually stopped there.

True or he could of been leaning over :P

Stheno

What is that?

kyote00

I did take the photo, Why ?

"Tax disc" is a parking permit

(thought I posted in after hours by mistake).

Doyler92 wrote: »

I hope you didn't take the photo.

OldmanMondeo

Doyler92 wrote: »

True or he could of been leaning over :P

Or the passenger!!!

Pottler

They were all over the place in Kildare today, i think it was National "Drive a Mowag" day. Was feckin roasting too, and all the "designated targets" up top had their full camo on with scarves and goggles/facemasks. Must have been cooking in them bean-cans. BIL used to drive one(retired) and he reckoned they were a thirsty pile of poop, always breaking down and cracking their chassis -feck knows what a IED would do to one if potholes cause the shells to crack..

MugMugs

Stheno wrote: »

What is that?

Mowag ARV I think.

Army stuff.

Stheno

Antares wrote: »

Mowag ARV I think.

Army stuff.

I figured that out eventually
It looks black in the photo which made me wonder if it was a non army thing

Stheno

Antares wrote: »

Mowag ARV I think.

Army stuff.

I figured that out eventually
It looks black in the photo which made me wonder if it was a non army thing and I've never seen one that size

Doyler92

kyote00 wrote: »

I did take the photo, Why ?

"Tax disc" is a parking permit

(thought I posted in after hours by mistake).

Shouldn't be on the phone while on the road.

MugMugs

Stheno wrote: »

I've never seen one that size

Yeah, pretty mad sight for a petrol station.

kyote00

Was actually stopped waiting to get petrol myself. In any case passenger took photo.

Anything else I can help you with

Doyler92 wrote: »

Shouldn't be on the phone while on the road.

MugMugs

kyote00 wrote: »

Was actually stopped waiting to get petrol myself. In any case passenger took photo.

Anything else I can help you with

Were they filling up OP or just pulled in?

Stheno

Antares wrote: »

I so knew someone was going to do that!

kyote00

They were filling up - both the vehicle and themselves with crisps and apples.

Not sure it was a "official" army but the combats looked legit....but I'm no expert.

They pulled in very carefully as the ariels would not clear the roof of station

Jesus Shaves

Doom wrote: »

3.99 for a football, not bad.

I was going to get one but they were trying to charge me a euro to pump it up:pac:

Stinicker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZ--RMsTCU

Springs to mind

Cookie_Monster

Doyler92 wrote: »

Shouldn't be on the phone while on the road.

he was taking a picture not on the phone, I would have thought that was pretty obvious given the photo in the first post and all...

Mycroft H

kyote00 wrote: »

Spotted this filling up in Enfield today.....:eek:

Topaz profits up....

He actually wen't to the dearer petrol station in the town :D

Pottler

BX 19 wrote: »

He actually wen't to the dearer petrol station in the town :D

I was thinking that too! I never fill up there as it's usually fairly dear.

Stinicker

Pottler wrote: »

I was thinking that too! I never fill up there as it's usually fairly dear.

at 15cents a litre I can see why that thing pulled in there.

darragh o meara

kyote00 wrote: »

They were filling up - both the vehicle and themselves with crisps and apples.

Not sure it was a "official" army but the combats looked legit....but I'm no expert.

They pulled in very carefully as the ariels would not clear the roof of station

Yes official army, there are no mowag piranhas in private hands anywhere to the best of my knowledge. The lads were prob on a driving school and stopping off for a bit of lunch. And the army do use external fuel suppliers at times too.

andyseadog

BX 19 wrote: »

He actually wen't to the dearer petrol station in the town :D

i'd reckon the army probably have a fuel contract with topaz. my local gards, ambulance and fire brigade do i'm pretty sure. maybe they have the contract so to speak to fill up state owned stuff?

darragh o meara

andyseadog wrote: »

i'd reckon the army probably have a fuel contract with topaz. my local gards, ambulance and fire brigade do i'm pretty sure. maybe they have the contract so to speak to fill up state owned stuff?

Your right. I have on occasion filled up army vehicles in Topaz, to be fair they were petrol vehicles as its not stored in barracks anymore. Most barracks will have diesel tanks that they use for filling up but it wouldn't be uncommon to have to use external suppliers if stocks were low ( rare occurance ) or if they were in a barracks that had no fuel tanks.

A more likely explanation as I outlined above is that they were either on a tactical exercise or a driving course and stopping for some lunch. A lot of the time they just head off for the day driving when training the drivers.

dgt

darragh o meara wrote: »

A more likely explanation as I outlined above is that they were either on a tactical exercise or a driving course and stopping for some lunch. A lot of the time they just head off for the day driving when training the drivers.

When on tac you cant be in a shop like that unless its part of your duty eg getting medicine, soft drinks, supplies etc. Goodness knows how inappropiate is is to get a pack of plasters with that thing! :pac:

Petrol is no longer stored in most barracks.All diesel. Even the staff cars are mostly diesel, with the exception of a few vehicles (scorpion lbt is a jag 3.6 or 3.8, springs to mind)

For anyone wondering, the mowags shown to me had 10 litre supercharged diesel engines. Seriously comfy in the back, seats are suspended. Cutout in the roof for extra arms if needs be. Seriously cool stuff

darragh o meara

dgt wrote: »

When on tac you cant be in a shop like that unless its part of your duty eg getting medicine, soft drinks, supplies etc. Goodness knows how inappropiate is is to get a pack of plasters with that thing! :pac:

For anyone wondering, the mowags shown to me had 10 litre supercharged diesel engines. Seriously comfy in the back, seats are suspended. Cutout in the roof for extra arms if needs be. Seriously cool stuff

Yes officially it doesn't happen but unofficially well let's just say it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it happen. But tbh it looks like a driving instructors course.

And yes the mowag are a seriously cool and comfy piece of gear. I've spent a few days in and out of one. Also got the chance to take a quick drive in one but that was an unofficial spin in a field. However if I was to be honest I kinda preferred the harsh abuse your body gets driving a panhard aml 90!! But that probably a Cav thing. I've driven the Sisu too which was fairly cool.

dgt

darragh o meara wrote: »

Yes officially it doesn't happen but unofficially well let's just say it wouldn't be the first time I've seen it happen. But tbh it looks like a driving instructors course.

And yes the mowag are a seriously cool and comfy piece of gear. I've spent a few days in and out of one. Also got the chance to take a quick drive in one but that was an unofficial spin in a field. However if I was to be honest I kinda preferred the harsh abuse your body gets driving a panhard aml 90!! But that probably a Cav thing. I've driven the Sisu too which was fairly cool.

I take it you are Cav based in the Curragh?

We would rarely get to see inside the back of those mowags!

keithclancy

I often see a convoy of these things on the way to work:

darragh o meara

dgt wrote: »

I take it you are Cav based in the Curragh?

We would rarely get to see inside the back of those mowags!

Ex RDF Cav. But have plenty of PDF relatives who are all trained on mowag and sisu 2 of whom were instructors. We done a few exercises with the PDF a few years back and spent a lot if time in and out of them. Anyway aren't the mowag not an infantry machine??

darragh o meara

keithclancy wrote: »

I often see a convoy of these things on the way to work:

Not in Ireland you don't fine machine though.

Pottler

darragh o meara wrote: »

Not in Ireland you don't fine machine though.

when I was working in Germany I used to meet convoys of Humvees coming along the road - to see 20-40 of them in a line heading along is seriously impressive and they look the business. They're a lot bigger in the flesh than they look in pics. The Amer. airforce lads used to give some impressive displays when flying with GSR - literally skimming the ground at treetop height flat out. I don't really fancy a Mowags chances if one of those headed after it!

keithclancy

Pottler wrote: »

when I was working in Germany I used to meet convoys of Humvees coming along the road - to see 20-40 of them in a line heading along is seriously impressive and they look the business. They're a lot bigger in the flesh than they look in pics. The Amer. airforce lads used to give some impressive displays when flying with GSR - literally skimming the ground at treetop height flat out. I don't really fancy a Mowags chances if one of those headed after it!

I thought this was pretty impressive, although Swiss and not really car related either :pac::pac::pac:

Pottler

keithclancy wrote: »

I thought this was pretty impressive, although Swiss and not really car related either :pac::pac::pac:

Funnily enough, Liebherr have a HUGE factory down in Kerry - I did a fair bit of work on their stores warehouse and some of the sights are stunning if you are a metal-head. Seeing a boom like the one above head in in one piece to the paintshop is mad! A lot of the stuff is cut out of 9" - 12" solid sheet steel - up close, the components are mind blowing. It's actually fantastic that such market-leading heavy engineering is done here in Ireland, by Irish workers and then sent all over the world. Very impressed I was.

Mint Sauce

inforfun wrote: »

Hope their next stop was the McDrive ....

Or they could just head into 'Big Bites Indian takeaway'.

Mint Sauce

keithclancy wrote: »

I thought this was pretty impressive, although Swiss and not really car related either :pac::pac::pac:

Are the other cranes really small or just very far away?



Sorry, couldn't resist the father ted line

Pique

keithclancy wrote: »

I often see a convoy of these things on the way to work:

Is that the new Google Streetview car? :-)

Pottler

Pique wrote: »

Is that the new Google Streetview car? :-)

It's the one they use in Limerick. ducks and runs..

who the fug

Pottler wrote: »

. It's actually fantastic that such market-leading heavy engineering is done here in Ireland, by Irish workers and then sent all over the world. Very impressed I was.

Unless you is stuck behind one of their wide loads going to Cork for export.


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