In conversation with 7 BRIXMIS veterans - Part 1 (268) - a podcast by Ian Sanders

In October of 2022, I was asked by the West Pennines Military Vehicle Trust to moderate a Q&A session with a number of BRIXMIS veterans.

Part 2 is here https://coldwarconversations.com/episode270Attending were Drivers Neil Walton, Pete Curran, Dave Collins and Kev Smith, plus Sandy Saxton-Warne (Joint operations&weapons) , Mike Hill (Tour officer), Mike Corcoran (Weapons), and Dave Butler (Senior Non Commissioned Officer, Tourer). 
It was an amazing afternoon of reminiscing about their experiences and viewing the amazing collections they had from that time. Don’t miss part 2 which follows next week. My good friend Colin Dyter was a massive help with the recording, but a quick note that the audio is not up to the usual quality of Cold War Conversations, due to background noise, but I think the events and activities described definitely make it worth listening to.
0:00 Introduction and story from Dave Collins5:25 Dave Collins recounts the night the wall came down
8:47 Neil Walton talks about their communication system and shares stories of challenging situations15:41 Monitoring equipment and weapon remnants in East Germany
21:21 An encounter with the MFS during a tour28:20 Discussion about different units and experiences in the army
39:04 Understanding 'tarpology' and recognizing Soviet equipment44:35 Special permits and fast driving experiences
54:04 Using thermal imaging in the Cold War1:01:14 Cliffhanger - The discovery about the missile
1:01:42 Acknowledgement of financial supporters and call for donationsTable of contents powered by PodcastAI✨

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