tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post1071910050190998435..comments2024-03-28T07:04:04.726+00:00Comments on Balkan Wargamer: Cyprus 1974 rememberedBalkandavehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06316312376197661629noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-18914218487481821832021-11-06T17:55:59.505+00:002021-11-06T17:55:59.505+00:00Fantastic pictures- must have been a great trip.
...Fantastic pictures- must have been a great trip.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />Pete.Pete.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06668389518826053090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-24985002580752185772021-11-05T17:01:10.922+00:002021-11-05T17:01:10.922+00:00Thanks for sharing that. I have read a couple of m...Thanks for sharing that. I have read a couple of memoirs, and some of your colleagues got caught in the crossfire. There is also a TV news clip on YouTube of British troops being fired on.I drove through the Akrotiri base area. It was very strange to see British house styles and road names in the garrison village!Balkandavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316312376197661629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-59764782741884622492021-11-05T16:55:05.382+00:002021-11-05T16:55:05.382+00:00Anything by Erickson on Turkey is worth a read. On...Anything by Erickson on Turkey is worth a read. On the Gaz-63s they could be wrong. They got the armoured cars wrong, so you do wonder about other labels. They do look similar, but it is difficult to tell because of the damage. The Greek National Guard certainly had 100 Gaz-63 trucks delivered, so, unlike the Dingos, I assumed that this was right.Balkandavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316312376197661629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-1290427802226213232021-11-05T16:51:26.301+00:002021-11-05T16:51:26.301+00:00My pleasure.My pleasure.Balkandavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316312376197661629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-34087309742425474472021-11-05T15:51:08.695+00:002021-11-05T15:51:08.695+00:00Thank you for your account of a really intriguing ...Thank you for your account of a really intriguing and little known operation, and especially the references to the two USMC documents.<br /><br />The two trucks labelled by the museum as Gaz-63s don't look much like any of the photos of Gaz-63s that I have seen - might they be something else ?Nick Elsdennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-36715896941450298992021-11-05T11:09:38.893+00:002021-11-05T11:09:38.893+00:00Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing them. 😀👍Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharing them. 😀👍Elliesdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265204443922617741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2503525750652233710.post-37830866094643255112021-11-05T11:00:02.660+00:002021-11-05T11:00:02.660+00:00We,3RRF, were sent to Cyprus after the Turkish inv...We,3RRF, were sent to Cyprus after the Turkish invasion to protect British bases. It was uneventful from our point of view. I did see Turkish jets bombing Famagusta and we fed refugees in Athna forest.<br />Luckily, I was at Dhekelia base while most of our battalion was out in the field dug in. The beach wasn't great but we enjoyed our time in Cyprus.Khusruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03512587253133355625noreply@blogger.com