LarryH57 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 (edited) Dear Members, I happened to see this fuel bowser in the IWM online archive . Can anyone say what it is, to me it looks like a home made job using a redundant Morris C9/B/ Bofors gun truck https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205203771 Edited August 16, 2019 by LarryH57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64EK26 Posted August 16, 2019 Share Posted August 16, 2019 Hi It is actually a water bowser, and yes it does look a bit "home" made as it appears to have no pumps and filters Cheers Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted August 16, 2019 Author Share Posted August 16, 2019 I should have said water bowser, as that is what the caption says. Most unusual, especially as I never knew the Morris C9/B/ Bofors gun truck served in the desert. I thought it dated from circa 1943 and Tunisia onwards. I wonder if the tank is of a trailer or a truck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon king Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 Isn’t it more likely to be a conversion of the obsolete Morris C8/MG 2pdr Anti tank gun portee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 It looks to me as though there is a second tank at the front of the one on the rear. The RAOC base workshops (prior to the formation of REME) gained a reputation for unusual modifications during operations 'up the Blue' with the 8th Army. The tank that is fully visible would appear at first glance to be a standard 15cwt truck mounted unit mounted here transverse however on closer inspection it seems to not have the fixed brackets where filters and hand pumps would have been located. Interesting Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
64EK26 Posted August 17, 2019 Share Posted August 17, 2019 1 hour ago, Pete Ashby said: It looks to me as though there is a second tank at the front of the one on the rear. I also think that there is an identical tank in front of the rear one. As Pete says, I don't think that the tanks are from British 15cwt bowsers as there is no supporting bracked for pumps and filters, also they are too long to be mounted transversely. The only similar bowser I have seen is this one and I don't know what this is either Very interesting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 I agree that it is more likely to be a rebuild of a redundant Morris C8/MG 2pdr Anti tank gun portee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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