The Yompers: With 45 Commando in the Falklands War

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For right-hand drive, Gen 3 models are limited to the original Suzuki 1.3-litre petrol engine – though left-hand drive conversions are possible using the 1.5-litre diesel. Manual and automatic gearboxes are supported. Everything we produce is built around the needs of our customers. Whether you’re looking at a Yomper from our standard range, a custom vehicle conversion or a bespoke industrial machine, we are able to manufacture products exactly to your specifications. Colin Adams had just celebrated his 18th birthday when Argentina invaded the Falklands on April 2. By May 21 Colin was in a landing craft motoring in the pitch dark towards Blue Beach with his comrades from 40 Commando. After years of ferrying rural retirees around their respective parishes, scores of second-hand Suzuki Jimnys are being given a new lease of life as working farm vehicles.

For your complete assurance of quality manufacture ALL our road going vehicles are supplied with IVA (Individual Vehicle Assessment) compliant test certification. A combination of our knowledge and experience, coupled with our state-of-the-art equipment and supply chain, means we can manufacture you the exact compact 4x4 vehicle to suit your specific needs, allowing you the option to choose from either one of our 5 standard model builds or add customisation, and go that bit further with your final specification.Why, in his experience gained in Dhofar, his company armed themselves with nineteen light machine guns (7.62mm) when the normal complement was nine Colin, 58, from Kew, West London, says: “None of us knew how iconic that shot would be, so taking it again has been a great opportunity.” As for the engine, it is given a thorough service and inspection, before being reinstalled in its standard 83hp configuration.

The YOMPER Spark EV is availible as a motive power choice across the entire YOMPER 4x4 range of vehicles. Samson Engineering Ltd has reached agreement with the UK's leading EV conversion specialist company to undertake this aspect of work so as to ensure the best and safest conversion available is supplied. Should EV be the right motive power choice for you then we have a solution ready to go ! Once the car has been stripped down, the chassis is placed on a custom-built jig before it is sliced in half. This prevents it twisting and allows the two sections to slide apart with millimetre accuracy before new sections are welded in.Yompers of both 275 and 225 wheelbases can be supplied as chassis cab only vehicles, allowing for custom body fitment. He was convinced the vehicle could be adapted to take a larger load, so set about drawing up some plans. This walk is a relatively steady walk with few significant hazards. What is worthy of a mention in addition to the “normal” slip, trips and falls hazards and risks, are the points on the walk where traffic can be encountered. Take the necessary precautions to avoid close encounters of the hurt kind! British Army slang for the same marching conditions is "tab". (One suggestion is it's from the acronym: Tactical Advance to Battle). [12]) We have read Ian Gardiner before with his other two excellent books and this one keeps to his high standard of excellent writing of his experiences, now as X-Ray Company Commander in 45 Commando, as well as his wisdom and practical philosophical oversight. In Yompers the author covers logistics through tactics, politics through training as well as humour (we will use the Queen’s English spelling out of respect) and cigarettes.

Yomping" is a Royal Marines slang term for a march in fully equipped gear. The "Yompers" is the name given to those who marched from the landing in San Carlos to Stanley. The book I am presenting to you today is an account of the Falklands / Malvinas war fought by the X Ray company of the 45th Commando. The author is Captain Ian Gardiner, commander of that unit, and the book is published by Pen & Sword. All Yompers leave our factory ready for use and are fully PDI 'd and serviced before hand over to the customer. Every Yomper is supplied with a comprehensive 12 months parts & labour warranty which covers our workmanship and components used, based on fair use and operator care. We have full manufacturers insurance in place and also have motor trade cover which allows us to provide accompanied test drives of our vehicle products. Terms and conditions apply.The author was with 45 and was in action and his recollections are supplemented by reference to others he spoke with who were also there. Ian Gardiner has strong opinions and with the benefit of time is not afraid to say what they are. This is the best book on the Falklands War that I have read. Whichever one you choose, the Jimny base is rebuilt from the ground up, with the chassis and suspension rustproofed and repaired if necessary, the cabs repainted and the engines and interiors overhauled. Most are then fitted with a 50mm lift kit and chunky off-road tyres for a touch more off-road ability. Robin Bacon Chief of Staff, ABF The Soldiers’ Charity, said: “We are excited, delighted and proud to be staging the Cateran Yomp in 2017, the seventh year of this arduous but tremendously uplifting team challenge across the magnificent landscape of Perthshire and Angus.” Amidst the numerous books about the Falklands conflict, this is the first from a company commander – in this case X Ray Company, 45 Commando, Royal Marines. As ‘man of the match’ Major-General Julian Thompson says in his foreword, ‘a rifle company is the sharp end of the spear thrust into the antagonist’s flesh……..surprisingly few men actually close with and kill the enemy; the spearhead is small compared with the haft’. Thompson notes that in just under four weeks, his Brigade had 90 killed and 186 wounded, with another 132 non-battle injuries from cold, wet and broken bones.

Registered office: Media House, Peterborough Business Park, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA and H Bauer Publishing, Company number: LP003328; This is made to a mould designed by Yomper, which has detailing to blend in with the Jimny’s existing bodywork. Finally, the paintwork is flatted, ready to be resprayed in the buyer’s colour of choice.How unexploded bombs were left in medical areas as men continued their work to save lives and heal wounds Freedman, Lawrence (1990). "The Bridgehead and Beyond". Signals of War, the Falklands Conflict of 1982. London: Faber and Faber: Chapter 21. ISBN 978-0-571-14116-6. "There were two considerations. First, the distance between Stanley and San Carlos was some 56 miles and given the problems posed by the terrain it would take at least eight days to cover the ground. Movement would be 'under constant enemy fire from the air, in an area without cover, wood, drinking water or means of subsistence'. When his men arrived, worn out by the long trek, they would have to go into immediate action against an enemy well prepared and supported by field artillery."