Scrapping paint, sanding, neutralizing rust and repainting correct British Desert Sand Tan Saladin 07CC71. Minor touch up needed. Served in UK from 1959 to 1962 then shipped to Aden assigned to the 7th Armored Brigade ( used by the 10th Royal Hussars "The Desert Rats" ) where it remained until it was sold to Jordan in as part of a emergency contract of 12 additional FV601s, so it was shipped back to Great Britain, refurbished to new then exported to The Kingdom of Jordan arriving in 1965. Assigned to the Jordanian King Hussein 40th Armored Brigade stationed outside of Jerusalem. Captured during the first days of the Six Day War, on June 9th 1967 Ramallah Harel Gate by the Israelis who over ran Jordanian supply areas while the Jordanians made a hasty retreat leaving 07 CC 71 and 2 other Saladin's along with other slow moving armored vehicles that they feared would be sitting ducks for Israeli aircraft. The Israelis used 07CC71 during the 6 Day War, The Israeli War of Attrition, The Palestinian Insurgency in Southern Lebanon and The Yom Kippur War in 1973. In late 1973 it was sold back to the UK as they had run out of the 76mm Main Gun ammunition. The British refurbished it and assigned it to C Squadron of the Queen’s Own Yeomanry based in Chester until 1983. It was sold to the general public as surplus in 1984 and remained in the UK until I imported it in 2019. All weapons systems are deactivated according to BATFE regulations, but the vehicle is basically 100% operational in all other regards.

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