The hub attachment looks to be a means of retaining the tracked unit to the wheel. In some of the stills at the end there appears to be a short turnbuckle between the yellow frame/guide of the track unit and the hub attachment

18 hours ago, johann morris said:

God help us if there was ever a war, the MOD wastes money like water. In a major war the army with biggest battalions and most tanks will win.  

Aye. MoD can't project manage anything - just look at the FRES/Scout debacle......

Given sense was seen about trying to prohibit 50 calibre rifles in private ownership - the latest legislation having been dropped, you would like to think that the deac situation may eventually get looked at.

In theory, with more border controls, there maybe less eastern european "deacts" getting into the country, which seem to be in large part the source of firearms illegally held (together with ammunition).

None of the present controls, be it on deacs or legally held firearms, deals with the firearms in circulation used by the criminal fraternity.

If you don't ask you won't get.....

Looking at the Tanks-a-lot photos these are definitely restoration candidates. Certainly not runners!

Cheers Wally - you learn something everyday!!!

Can anyone identify the carrier in the Pathe newsreel film "Voice of the Guns" at 2:30?

Voice of the Guns

Looks like its crewed by Royal Marines and they are operating a 2pdr PomPom gun.

Date of the film is 1940 so pre 25pdrs and there's footage of the various light AT guns including the 2pdr

I presume you mean this story...........

Panther Tank Seized

Looks like the German military recovered the items concerned so probably stashed in a barracks somewhere.

http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/18859-ww2-british-vehicle-bridge-plates/

Have a look here - Clive and Richard Farrant have answered a similar query.......

Explanation of the Bridge Class system can be found here:

Think Defence - Bridge Load Classification

Getting back on topic - great photos of the Conquerer

A question for the Forum in general - Were the Conquerer and Centurion ARV's designs on the drawing board at the same time?

The earth anchor on both vehicles remind me of the anchor arrangement on the Bergepanther.

Did Chertsey/FVRDE "borrow" the concept?

On 10/16/2018 at 7:49 AM, Gordon_M said:

Fawley, then?  Apologies for off-topic drift.

Pipeline Network

The south west isn't served by a liquids line on the above map - the red lines are gas pipelines

Not sure if there is a specific Terminal or refinery for the South West - logically it would be Fawley being the nearest

Si,

Theres a thread on here about the fitters penthouse..... can't remember where exactly........

17 hours ago, wally dugan said:

Some of the SAXONS ended up in the UKRAINE they were never popular saw one filled with ces kits  locked up  and is still there as a gate guardian

https://www.unian.info/war/1043957-british-saxon-armored-cars-to-be-delivered-to-ukrainian-army-after-reconversion-and-testing.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11412838/Sir-Richard-Dannatt-condemns-armoured-vehicle-transfer-to-Ukraine.html

Online press coverage of the transfer back in 2015.....

Marcus Glenn has an ex-reserve Saxon for sale on his website

Almost one for "Clives Mystery Objects"

I presume it is mounted on the bolted clamp in the middle? Is the wiring connection via the capped off section closest to the mounting board? (with the T marking on it).

Yep, a convoy light.

Used on a lot of the German Army AFV's etc.

Image from the Army Recognition website

http://www.duxfordradiosociety.org/restoration/equip/aa3mk7/aa3mk7.html

A restored trailer plus generator set

If you're going to Slapton stop off in Dartmouth.

The castle, although small, has an 18th Century gun battery and WW2 emplacement on top. There is also a civil war battery on the hill above. Over the Dart there is a well preserved coastal defence battery at Frorward Point and theres a preserved/restored battery in Brixham (not far away) and the Napoleonic forts on Berry Head just outside the town.

If Cornwall is more to your liking Falmouth and the Camel estuary is worth exploring. Theres the castles at St Mawes and Pendennis (Falmouth) and another coastal battery at St Anthony just round from St Mawes.

Pendennis has a selection of artillery pieces preserved that have been used in coastal defence including WW2 pieces.

I did think that.....

Putting the handbrake on with it upside down in the stream wouldn't have been my initial reaction!!!

Nobody tried to start the Claas and use the boom extension to push itself out once it was upright???

Aye, there were one or two "issues" in that recovery video..... I don't think I would have been anywhere near that!!

I think there is a shorter version of the Scammell recovery of the Churchill with the Airborne REME crew also on YouTube. I remember seeing this at the REME Museum at Aborfield.

It was the two films with the various trailers that I thought would be off most use to the forum.

Thanks should really go to the poster on YouTube - I just came across them....

A series of 3 Youtube videos (IWM film unit) detailing the Scammell wrecker and the assorted trailers used by REME circa 1942

There was a Samson for sale a few years ago on Milweb and the ad photos showed the A Frame rigged with the spare engine suspended from it.

I hadn't realised these were the Hollebones for the vehicle.

Is the winch a commercial piece of kit adapted for Samson or was/is it a bespoke unit?

Great set of photos.

Thats a clevis socket arrangement on the cable end. Just needs the appropriate size pin and a master link.

A better arrangement than cable clamps etc.

Is the Orange lamp over the Tacho a "Central Warning light" i.e. is on when warning lights come up on the drivers panel - generator, oil pressure, coolant temperature etc.?

The lever arrangement was probably a Friday afternoon job. Mind you  the hydraulics don't look much better

Wouldn't it have been easier just to have a direct drive hydraulic pump mounted on the engine (probably not enough space in the compartment) and just run piping to the winch power pack rather than an additonal shaft and clutch arrangement etc. Controls could have been simple directional control valves instead of all those levers/linkages.

I presume the winch is used to lower/raise the earth anchor on the rear of the hull?

The Samson in this YouTube video has the front/roof mounted capstan blocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQqpakoJVX8