Chris Hall

What a joke, It would appear this guy has been found guilty before trial. 'An armoury of more than 40 deadly firearms and weapons' Who says? The shells I see look like base ejecting illum rounds or inert. 'Officers then raided his home and Greater Manchester Police say over 40 prohibited weapons were recovered'. Allegedly prohibited! 'However, officers have warned that there could have been serious consequences if the weapons, including shells, missiles, guns and ammunition, had fallen into the wrong hands' Anything could have serious consequences in the wrong hands. Got to take my hat off to the idiots who wrote this article and the Police for not checking things out before releasing news to the press. The items should have been checked and returned with no further action, only if something was wrong should they have considered releasing the news. During the amnesty there will also be a change in legislation which will make it illegal for certain people to hold weapons such as antique firearms. Anyone heard about this?

Is there a connection to Woomera? Is it a trial for clothing, i.e. the affects the material has on the body, waterproof, can it breath, insect repellent etc.

It's funny how in another report a few weeks back they stated that the firearms were deactivated yet now this reporter states many were live and loaded. Load of crap!!! Looking at the photo, depending on the spec of some of the SMGs like the Thompson 1928A1, there could be a lot of money in that lot. The relatives should be given the opportunity to sell the items and not pushed into having them destroyed.

Best thing is to read the online book Home office guide to firearms licencing. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/262215/Guidance_on_Firearms_Licensing_Law_v6_Nov_2013.pdf To be very basic, as said, smooth bored single shot can be on a Shot gun licence Single shot rifled can be on a Section 1 firearm licence Automatic like a RADEN (I think it's 30mm Automatic) would require section 5 authority which is hard to get but not impossible. Next thing would be ammo, blanks need no licence unless you make them and store a certain quantity of powder in which case you need an explosive licence. Any other kind of explosive or Armour piercing round requires section 5 Authority, even a .55" Boys projectile "used" needs a section 5 authority due to the Tungston AP core. Obviously there is lot's of other things as mentioned such as barrel length, overall length, calibre etc. etc.

Those little net pockets should have little gel bags in them. The gel was frozen and then the bags were slipped into the net compartments. You also got issued a collared T shirt with zip neck to go with it. I would say 99% of the gel packs were dumped because when they had thawed out, they would start to hear up and make things worse. I think I still have the shirt somewhere.

This from one of the HM Forces web pages When is OK to wear my relatives medals ? War medals and service decorations of any sort may be worn only by the person upon whom they were conferred, and in no case does the right to wear war or service medals, or their ribbons, pass to any relative when the recipient is dead. Modifications of the above rule are permitted in connection with Remembrance Day, when relatives who desire to avail themselves, on those days only, of the distinction of wearing the decoration and medals of deceased relatives, they may do so, wearing them ON THE RIGHT BREAST.

Well, I've been toying for a while with the idea of buying a Half Track to restore so I've a number of questions to ask before I even think of buying one. Where is a good place to keep an eye open for one? I've been watching milweb. What sort of price would a restoration project be? original armour present wouldn't concern me to much. What's the spares situation? There appear to be plenty of repro armour suppliers around but what about the engine/transmission components. I believe these were off the shelf parts back in the day but what about now? I'm not in a rush so any advice is welcome.

The .5" Browning used in aircraft was just one incarnation of the M2 Browning known as the M2AC. There was also a water cooled version used predominantly by the USA as a Anti Aircraft machine gun called the M2WC and then there was the Soldiers favourite, the M2HB or M2 Heavy Barrel (Called the Ma Deuce by G.I.s). There were also differing versions of the AC version too, fixed or flexible. Then you could have different fixtures for each of those too, wing guns would have solenoid or pneumatic firing where as turret guns may have a number of variations. As they all share the M2 mechanics, it's quite easy to turn a M2AC into a ground gun. A flexible M2AC from say the waist of a B17 could be ready to go straight away, but a wing gun would need modifying by adapting what was there, or if your friendly plumber had spare parts, he could fit it out with flexible parts or HB parts. The most well known use of the AC in ground use must be the LRDG and SAS in the deserts of WW2. This shows my official M2AC cutaway which I set up as a ground gun on a M3 tripod (Since converted back). This one shows a M2AC and the official M2AC Cutaway. This is my M2HB, note how they are basically the same, major difference between the AC and HB being the barrel. And the parts break down.

I like photo 3 showing all the personnel kit strapped to the sides.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VINTAGE-PRIMA-INDUSTRIES-5ton-RATCHET-SCREW-JACK-Ex-ARMY-/161213848206 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MILITARY-EX-ARMY-VINTAGE-5-TONNE-LEG-JACK-PRIMA-INDUSTRIES-LIMITED-DUDLEY-/111271042099

That hadn't crossed my mind actually. Well pointed out.

I think you need a special tool to change the butt as the return spring is in there under quite a bit of pressure, the sort of pressure that could have your eye out. This is what you need, £60 though! http://www.dsmilitaria.com/viewphoto.php?shoph=50262&phqu=2

[TABLE] [TR] [TH]NATIONAL ITEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIIN) [/TH] [TD]998081734 [/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: Alt] [TH] NSN DESCRIPTION [/TH] [TD]DASHPOT [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH] FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS (FSC) [/TH] [TD]6920 - Armament Training Devices [/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: Alt] [TH] CODIFICATION COUNTRY [/TH] [TD]United Kingdom [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

[TABLE] [TR] [TH]NATIONAL ITEM IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (NIIN) [/TH] [TD]999636419 [/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: Alt] [TH] NSN DESCRIPTION [/TH] [TD]ARC,CONTROL [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TH] FEDERAL SUPPLY CLASS (FSC) [/TH] [TD]1020 - Guns, over 125mm through 150mm [/TD] [/TR] [TR=class: Alt] [TH] CODIFICATION COUNTRY [/TH] [TD]United Kingdom[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

1020-99-963-4091 LEVER,MANUAL CONTROL Appears to be from a gun carriage? The NSNs around this number all refer to gun carriage, hand brake etc.

If you contact Manroy engineering they may have some info for you. When they FTR Mag 58s and GPMG, these boxes are what they are stored/returned in.

From what I understand, these boxes are recently made, the original box was very similar to the Bren chest. They are also sold abroad for the FN MAG.

I know where they are now, £55 each, PM me if you want the web address.

The 50 round mags aren't extended mags, they are standard mags for the Lanchester SMG. There are some for sale (If I remember the site) but they aren't cheap, I think they are about £50 each!

It's a post war thing and I reckon they would have been modified as required over many years. I believe the problem was that it was a double stack mag feeding into a single stack and this caused friction and binding. The modified mag keeps the rounds in a single stack, hence the 20 rounds.

That's just the Mk3 by Lines Brothers. Lots were just scrapped, dumped or sold to developing nations who have since, scrapped, dumped or re-sold them again. There are lots of Deac Ex Finn (Which were Ex British) guns about and some of these came out of Africa recently I believe.

That's correct, they will have 2 brass rods inside the mag and the ends will show at the bottom and near the top (But flattened off).

The large switch with the NSN of 5925-99 shows it's a [TABLE] [TR] [TD]5925[/TD] [TD]Circuit Breakers[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Includes Circuit Breakers and Cutouts.[/TD] [TD]Excludes Relays.[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]

I'm no expert on trailers but it would appear the chasis were used for a number of trailer types, this one may have been built that way or converted from another type. See this link below to the Brockhouse fuel bowser trailer. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?12574-Brockhouse-Fuel-Bowser

The spec will depend on the rifle, pre 1995, any of the BAR family would have been able to dry fire, post 1995, any bipod mounted rifle was classed as an LMG and could retain the dry fire ability (Hence some post 1995 M16s with Bi-pods are functional) but the 1918 BAR didn't have a Bipod so they were classed as self loading rifles and welded solid. It didn't take to long for this loophole to be closed and now a rifle that simply has a bipod fitted (Like the M16 clip on) will be classed as a automatic rifle regardless.