You Tube finds

[steve_holmes_11]

I think the 152 might have been used as a war memorial or something like that as you can see what appears to be a concrete slab underneath it after it is moved? Still looks like Russian H&S standards are a bit more relaxed than modern Western practices  

Note the sledge hammer at the start of the video and the fact that the guys moving it actually read the relevant manual before start up  

The dialogue says it had been intended for a memorial (plinth) which was never built.
The vehicle then saw use as a forestry tractor (dragging out stumps and roots).

From that I inferred the tank had been parked on a bit of hard-standing which succumbed to the marshy ground.

[Raider4]

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Interesting find. The Cents seem to be painted in a flat green and have a mix of A and B barrels. Thought they were Deep Bronze Green at that period

[John Cook]

Interesting find. The Cents seem to be painted in a flat green and have a mix of A and B barrels. Thought they were Deep Bronze Green at that period

Look at the 3 RTR RHQ sign, the colours are not right.  The green is very grey and the brown almost black.  I suspect that the colour rendition in this film is a bit skewed.  The mention of Conquerors and pounds shillings and pence places this as mid-1960s at the latest I'd say.  There were two DBR shades, the early one was discontinued because of lead content but I'm not sure exactly when. 

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I'd place it as late 50's - 20pdrs were replaced as soon as the L7 became avaliable.

[fsn]

That's proper, that is.

Brightened my day!

[Raider4]

3rd and 6th RTR amalgamated in 1959. The film is part of a series with a 1960 date on them.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

So I guessed about right - thanks Raider

[Raider4]

Brightened my day!

Thought it might cheer someone up  

There's a whole playlist of 45 films in the same series, dated between 1960 and 1969: Look at Life Vol2 Military.

I suspect some of them, such as "Girls Ahoy", have not aged very well.

[fsn]

I suspect some of them, such as "Girls Ahoy", have not aged very well.

Oh I don't know ...

[John Cook]

So I guessed about right - thanks Raider

I think so.  The school in the film is at Detmold, where 3RTR were based, not far from Sennelager Training Area where the amalgamation parade was filmed.  I see the regiment came back to UK in 1962 and was the first to get Chieftain.  Life was simpler in those days - I was still at school!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

I was at primary school

[paulr]

I wasn't born

[Leman]

I was dealing with transferring from a primary school on the Wirral to a primary school in North Wales.

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

I was -11

[Steve J]

I was one year away from being born!

[Ben Waterhouse]

Dad had just got posted to Hohne, we lived in Celle, I was 2....

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

We are a load of old fogies aint us ! 

[Ithoriel]

I was 9 ... and already gaming with Airfix Brits and Germans using dice. To be fair you flicked the dice at the figures rather than rolling them but, hey!, gotta start somewhere!

[Westmarcher]

Age 8.

First home made rudimentary rules didn't evolve until a few years later:-  WW2 Airfix - Basically, each man, tank or gun had a set movement rate, a set weapon range and a set damage value expressed as number of men killed (e.g., a rifle = 1 casualty, an Mg = 5 casualties, etc.) or vehicle (depending on weapon). Alternate turns moving/firing 1 'piece' (e.g., figure/gun/tank) only. Not too long before we progressed to something more sophisticated!