Sandy Boots Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I've checked all the usual places but can't find the answer - but does anybody have any info on what radio sets were fitted in the South African assembled Ford/Marmon Herrington mk 2 and 3 armoured cars as used in North Africa pre El Alamein. Many thanks in advance. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 andrewroberts.1953 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I've checked all the usual places but can't find the answer - but does anybody have any info on what radio sets were fitted in the South African assembled Ford/Marmon Herrington mk 2 and 3 armoured cars as used in North Africa pre El Alamein. Many thanks in advance. Andy Very possibly WS no19. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sandy Boots Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hello Andrew Thanks for the quick reply - that was my thoughts too, but looking at the 2 photos on Ian Paterson's Desert Rats website of MH mk2s they don't look like WS19 radios. They may well be configured differently if that's possible. I haven't yet been able to find any really clear pictures Cheers for now Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 43rdrecce Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Hello Andy, Given the date, possibly a Wireless Set 11. The WS 19 would have been used later. I have had a quick look at the photo and it certainly seems to be an earlier pattern of aerial base. I own a 1942 Daimler armoured car, and some of the early DACs were fitted with a WS11. Regards Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Sandy Boots Posted November 17, 2010 Author Share Posted November 17, 2010 Hello Paul Many thanks for that, that's a great line of enquiry. Best Regards Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I've checked all the usual places but can't find the answer - but does anybody have any info on what radio sets were fitted in the South African assembled Ford/Marmon Herrington mk 2 and 3 armoured cars as used in North Africa pre El Alamein.
Many thanks in advance.
Andy
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