SAS: Rogue Heroes (was: CMP movie stars)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

CMP trucks under way from the UK to Morocco for the making of a war movie. Spotted when passing through Gibraltar, see more pictures here: https://www.facebook.com/10468874421...839520670/?d=n

Reportedly, it is for this movie: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...ue-heroes-cast

[Richard Farrant]

The Bedford MW on the back of the trailer is one I restored for a client about 22 years ago. A certain feature on the rear is proof plus another few details.

[Bob Carriere]

....cosmetic for the movie or real restorations?????

Any leaks on what the movie will be???

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Any leaks on what the movie will be???

See Hanno's statement above:
"Reportedly, it is for this movie: https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...ue-heroes-cast "

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

....cosmetic for the movie or real restorations?????

Any leaks on what the movie will be???

Maybe they offered owners free new paint, so long as you like desert light stone.

Looking at the pics there's a stripped down looking jeep. I bet it gets 'blowed up reel good' at some point in the movie.

[Alex van de Wetering]

CMP trucks under way from the UK to Morocco for the making of a war movie. Spotted when passing through Gibraltar, see more pictures here:

My first thought was that these look to be the two CMP's from Rokycany, CZ....but if the remainder of the vehicles came from the UK, than the CMP's are most likely to have come from there as well (?).

The two Humber 8cwts look like two familiar ones from the UK (one from Tobin?).



I always wonder....my knowledge on German markings is limited, but isn't the "Balkenkreuz" on German vehicles a movie thing?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"First-look and further casting revealed for SAS: Rogue Heroes" - https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20...es-first-look/

Rich with action and set-pieces, SAS: Rogue Heroes is the exhilarating story of renegade men taking monumental risks in extraordinary circumstances.

Cairo, 1941. David Stirling (Connor Swindells) - an eccentric young officer, hospitalised after a training exercise went wrong - is bored. Convinced that traditional commando units don’t work, he creates a radical plan that flies in the face of all accepted rules of modern warfare. He fights for permission to recruit the toughest, boldest and brightest soldiers for a small undercover unit that will create mayhem behind enemy lines. More rebels than soldiers, Stirling’s team are every bit as complicated, flawed and reckless as they are astonishingly brave and heroic.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Anyone got news on where & when we can see this?

https://youtu.be/Tdvzw7xa534

“Last surviving founding member of SAS gives his blessing to new BBC drama: Veteran, 101, who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France gives first-hand account to writer of SAS: Rogue Heroes that retells story of elite unit“

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ue-Heroes.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Ref. http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/showthread.php?t=9944

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Here's another pic of one of those 15-cwt Chevrolets with Indian Pattern wooden body. It accompanies two 1533X2 30-cwt trucks, so it seems these were used by the LRDG. "Pure" enough for you?

"Object description: Three Long Range Desert Group 30-cwt Chevrolet trucks, surrounded by desert.
Label: LRDG (Long Range Desert Group) Chevrolet 30-cwt trucks, 25 May 1942."

Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205196758

We’ve all seen the SAS Rogue Heroes series (or parts thereof like me). I spotted the Chevrolet 1311X3 replica which I think looks the part. While most of the 1311X3’s were based on 1939 or 1940 model chassis-cowls, at least one was a 1942 model - and it was used by the LRDG (see the photos above).

Does anyone know who built this replica?











Photos are from a variety of online sources, accessed through Google search

[Keith Orpin]

Have you also noticed the 13 cab cmp's , and post war era trucks , marked as German vehicles in convoys and in and around the airfields.
I'll say no more ....

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

We’ve all seen the SAS Rogue Heroes series (or parts thereof like me).........

Not yet. Not screened in Aust, and live streaming is blocked by BBC.

DVD released on 5 Dec. Might arrive in time for Christmas.

[Jakko Westerbeke]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

live streaming is blocked by BBC.

This is where a VPN comes in handy

[Little Jo]

Hi Guys

I have been watching the BBC series 1, of SAS Rogue Heroes, (6 episodes) and from what I have seen so far I have enjoyed. The series being advertised on SBS TV in Australia. I believe, after the world cup series have finished.

Hanno, could you please email me.

Cheers

Tony

[Hanno Spoelstra]

“ 'Bigger and better': Filming begins on SAS Rogue Heroes season two ”

https://www.forces.net/tv/bigger-and...oes-season-two

[Lang]

We have all seen it now, Very entertaining.

I wonder if season two will be as full of atrocious over-acting.

David Sterling was the main driver of the concept and SAS may not have come into being without him. Unfortunately he left the scene for Colditz very early. Of course there were many superior SAS leaders involved but Paddy Mayne is the man who developed them to the special status they hold to this day.

Paddy Mayne did enough for 5 military lifetimes and was a lawyer in real life and played rugby for both Ireland and the British Lions, beats me why he is portrayed as some sort of psychopath.

He was awarded DSO and 3 bars while being denied a Victoria Cross in mysterious circumstances even after being personally recommended by Montgomery. To this day there is conflict between "Special Forces" and line regiments. Special Forces are handy and have their place but they don't win battles despite the publicity.

I hope he gets full credit if the second series covers the European period.

Lang

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Lang, you are absolutely right. The entertainment industry is always striving for a good story that sells well, rather than an accurate documentation of history.
Overall, I am happy that they make these sort of series, even though the giant grains of salt make it hard to swallow sometimes