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Originally Posted by Matt W
Having lived in Plymouth, I recommend the Crownhill Fort http://www.palmerstonforts.org.uk/pav1/plym.htm
it has working cannon. ahh.. nostalgia. At one time I had a dozen copies of the free tourist guide to this place. It was an outpost of the Royal Marines in my Morrow Project (or rather Atlantis Project) game
If you have forces in Plymouth (South Devon) they should really make a quick trip to Umberleigh (North Devon) and have a word with the owner of the Cobbaton Combat collection. Alternatively, RAF Chivenor might make a visit
http://cobbatoncombat.co.uk/
The website's pretty lousy - but it does show some of the vehicles. A Sherman and - I think - a T34.
I don't know how desperate the Royal Navy might be, but there is another Sherman just up the coast at Slapton Sands in Somerset. It IS a memorial , but that might not stop them
http://www.shermantank.co.uk/recovery3.ikml |
Thanks Matt. I have Crownhill occupied by B Company of the 1st Battalion, Green Howards.
(In my T2K World the Green Howards were part of 24th Airmobile Brigade and were pulled back to the UK in late 98 to help the authorities maintain order' B Company were detached from the rest of the Battalion in 1999, reinforced with an ad hoc collection of TA, HSF, and non combat arms personnel and sent to Plymouth to reinforce the Navy. The rest of the Battalion is at Bovington with elements of 2 RTR, where amongst other things they are providing security for the Wytch Farm onshore oil field).
The Cobbaton collection is interesting. Whilst I have the RAF pulling out of Chivenor sometime in late 1998 / early 1999, Cobbaton looks like it would be a treasure trove for local militia units, particularly the 200 plus deactivated firearms. It might not be possible to reactivate these, but a milita force armed with guns that don't work is better than one with no guns at all...after all if marauders see a village defended by a group armed with Lee Enfields, Stens, etc, would they want to hang around to see whether they worked or not? Personally, I doubt it.
Another option is to have Cobbaton plundered by marauders. I've been trying to do something involving escaped prisoners from HM Prison in Dartmoor, so that might be an option for them.
Thanks again.