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SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-02-24. A WARRIOR ARMOURED REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEHICLE WAITING IN THE ASSEMBLY AREA NEAR THE IRAQ BORDER TO MOVE THROUGH A BREACH MADE IN AN IRAQI MINEFIELD, AT THE START OF OPERATION DESERT SABRE. THE VEHICLE BELONGS TO ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6), BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE. SITTING IN THE TURRET IS CORPORAL STEVE ALEXANDER, COMMANDER OF A FORWARD RECOVERY TEAM. OPERATION DESERT SABRE WAS THE CODENAME FOR THE INVASION OF IRAQ AND KUWAIT BY ALLIED COALITION FORCES DURING THE GULF WAR.
AL JUBAYL, SAUDI ARABIA, 1991-01-09. NEW CHALLENGER ARMOURED REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEHICLES IN THE DOCKYARDS WHICH SERVED AS THE FORCE MAINTENANCE AREA OR ASSEMBLY POINT FOR ALLIED COALITION FORCES ARRI
IRAQ, 1991-02-25. ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6) AT A FORMING-UP POINT FOR THE BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE DURING OPERATION DESERT SABRE. A RAF CHINOOK HELICOPTER HAS JUST DELIVERED
IRAQ, 1991-02-27. MEMBERS OF ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6), BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE, CHECKING IRAQI PRISONERS-OF-WAR (POWS), CAPTURED IN OPERATION DESERT SABRE DURING THE GULF W
KUWAIT, 1991-03-01. MEMBERS OF ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6), BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE, WITH AN IRAQI ZSU-23-4 ARMOURED ANTI-AIRCRAFT VEHICLE, THAT WAS ABANDONED IN THE DESERT DU
KUWAIT, 1991-02-28. MEMBERS OF ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6), BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE, REPAIRING A TRACK ON A BRITISH CHALLENGER MAIN BATTLE TANK. THE WORK IS BEING CARRIED OUT
KUWAIT, 1991-03-02. A CHALLENGER ARMOURED REPAIR AND RECOVERY VEHICLE OF ARMOURED WORKSHOP FORWARD REPAIR GROUP 6 (FRG6), BRITISH 4TH ARMOURED BRIGADE. IN THE BACKGROUND IS A WARRIOR ARMOURED REPAIR V
