Insa Turbo Dakar Mud Terrains are the rubber of choice, offering a decent balance between mud plugging ability and road handling. Six marines were seen on a yomp across the Falklands on the day Argentina surrendered Credit: Pete Holdgate Virgin Games, Inc. published a computer game called Yomp (1983) shortly after the Falklands conflict. [7] This is done for legal (RTA) and Insurance compliance purposes. Insurance companies can then recognise the vehicles build integrity, and so you can buy in complete confidence that we manufacture to VOSA / DVSA recognised standards and principles. He covers the contemporary position of the Royal Marines – perennially under threat of extinction – and the circumstances that allowed the British to deploy successfully an amphibious capability that their Naval Headquarters had no experience in deploying and was overdue for the Government scrap heap while, despite the experience of many operations and exercises, using unsuitable command and control arrangements which led to misunderstandings that compounded the normal friction of war.

Jimnys have an excellent turning circle, so even with the chassis stretch, Mr Walker says the Commercial is handy to move around in tight spaces. 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. More than just a first-hand story of that epic feat, this book is the first to be written by a company commander in the Falklands War. It offers a vivid description of the “yomp” and infantry fighting, and it also offers penetrating insights into the realities of war at higher levels. It is a unique combination of descriptive writing about frontline fighting and wider reflections on the Falklands War, and conflict in general. 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.”

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Oh, and the maps they were issued did not contain grid lines! How are you going to coordinate fire support? As usual ingenuity and initiative at the brigade level created a system of grids. Ian paints an illuminating picture of RN Commandos at war and provides penetrating first-hand insights into wider aspects of the Falklands War and conflict in general. Association of Royal Navy Officers Yearbook This is a first hand story of that epic feat, but it is much more than that. The first to be written by a company commander in the Falklands War, the book gives a compelling, vivid description of the ‘yomp’ and infantry fighting, and it also offers penetrating insights into the realities of war at higher levels. It is a unique combination of descriptive writing about front-line fighting and wider reflections on the Falklands War, and conflict in general. He was convinced the vehicle could be adapted to take a larger load, so set about drawing up some plans. Yompers of both 275 and 225 wheelbases can be supplied as chassis cab only vehicles, allowing for custom body fitment.A cerebral Scot who retired as a brigadier, the author is as brilliant at explaining the strategic complexities of the campaign as he is at allowing the reader to experience what it really felt like to be invloved in an unending battle with the elements and against an enemy whose will needed to be broken if the war was to be won. He is generous in his praise of other units, where praise is due, but never shirks from criticism where it is needed. This book maintains the extremely high standards of detail, interest and readability that the author achieved in his first two books. Guards Magazine To yomp means to carry heavy equipment on a long march. It’s a term that grew in popularity during the Falklands War, so it’s unlikely that the Yomper 4×4 would sell particularly well in Argentina. Entries have opened for Scotland’s largest outdoors endurance walking event, the Cateran Yomp in Perthshire and Angus. 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.”

Although Yompers are based on a used Jimny, Mr Walker says the level of work he carries out means they are almost like a new vehicle. We are now a highly experienced manufacturing company with a rapidly growing reputation for producing the highest-quality compact 4x4 vehicles based on the highly proven Suzuki Jimny platform. This is possible by drawing from over 40 years experience of design & manufacturing engineering expertise we have in the automotive and construction equipment industry sectors. Handy for extra carrying capacity, no doubt. But we suspect this might also improve the Jimny’s on-road driving behaviour – the most recent Jimny Light Commercial Vehicle is rather skittish at speed, to say the least. What age of Jimny are Yompers based on? Marine Ray Houghton: THE veteran of Northern Ireland, Belize and Cyprus left the Marines in 1990. He and wife Serena have two children – nurse Nikki, 33, and policeman Karl, 31.Carrying ability is what the Commercial model is all about, so Yomper builds its own high-capacity load bed from folded aluminium profiles.

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. A British company commander details his experience serving in the Falklands War and reflects on the 1982 conflict. Pete says: “Will scampered to get it and got a right telling off because he’d gone into a minefield.”The founders of Samson Engineering Ltd have been delivering high-quality engineered products to a wide range of clients for well over 4 decades. From very humble beginnings, we have grown to become what we are today.