Title:6 ORDNANCE BATTALION, ROYAL ARMY ORDNANCE CORPS (TAPE 1) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFA 48
Other titles:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: From their compound in Saudi Arabia, 6 Ordnance Battalion RAOC prepare supplies and carry out routine maintenance during Operation Granby. At 53 Coy Ammunition Supply Point No 2, Lance Corporal Keith Fitzgerald fixes a JCB. New fuses are put in 155mm smoke shells after being tested; a technician cleans belt ammunition. RAOC loadmaster climbs aboard helicopter which takes off. At 62 Ordnance Company Group Depot, Hermes 48-tonne container lifter picks up container and reverses (shots of driver, Second Lieutenant Bob White). Chemical weapons exercise briefing. Corporal Conrad Goss operates computer. Materiel supplied by the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in storage: bicycles, Challenger tank gun barrels and track.
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Alternative Title:BRITISH ARMY IN THE GULF WAR, 1991 [Allocated Series Title]
