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Well done Mike that is a relief. I'm sure there were many of us watching on the side lines wondering how it was going but didn't want to keep making posts badgering you. It is always good to hear of a diagnosis & a successful outcome, so we can all learn & store the info away in case a similar problem strikes on our vehicles!

Notes on concealment and camouflage . Military Training Pamphlet No.26 1939 lists materials suitable for camouflage. Netting - Twine (double string), square mesh Netting - Wire, generally 3-in. mesh No mention of size for twine netting. Although for 3 in. mortars "shrimp net" was to be used. 100yd rolls of canvas strips were available in 2 in. & 3 in. widths in 4 shades to be tied into the netting. This was based on 2 in for 14' x 14' & 3 in. for larger nets. Camouflage. Military Training Pamphlet No.46 Part 6: Notes on screens 1941 talks about portable screens for snipers & bren gun teams using 2 in. open-mesh fish net. Nothing about bigger nets. Although this isn't wartime Concealment in the Field 1957 list 40 nets of various kinds & they are all 3 in. mesh with 2 in. Hessian strips of various colours tied in various configurations. There was a thread a few years ago on this question & I remember contributing to it. But I have been unable to find it on search. I have another book somewhere that might mention it but can't find it at present. I would have imagined a 2 in. mesh for anything but small areas would make it unnecessarily heavy & have been an uneconomic use of twine compared with 3 in. I could find no mention of Hessian strips in the WW2 booklets, it was canvas strips.

As there was nothing on the tele I was perusing some VAOS. I see this 1970 VAOS Section X1 includes earlier XA items associated with the electrical supply for searchlights. These being XA + 5 digits suggest to me your item has some associated role. I realise the digits are higher than your item but this is from a list 30 years on. I know these are not your items but have a look & see if you get the same feeling.

The Asset Codes in the order they are written are defined as: 2855-0711 Trailer, 3/4 Ton, 2-wheeled, Cargo, Pressed Steel 5656-0711 Trailer, 3/4 Ton, 2-wheeled, Generator 3.5 KVA Single Phase 2855-0711 Trailer, 3/4 Ton, 2-wheeled, Cargo, Pressed Steel 2852-0747 Trailer, 3/4 Ton, 2-wheeled, Cargo, Various makers I can only assume the final code change was the the Army were no longer interested having a sub-category that defined the maker.

Richard I just said "I had never come across before." Sorry if its old news & everybody already knows about it :red:

Just watched the Antiques Road Show & saw something very interesting about Overlord I had never come across before. Although I see the item had already been leaked. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2887635/Top-secret-documents-unearthed-officer-s-son-reveal-names-Second-World-War-s-D-Day-operations-changed-three-weeks-invasion.html

Is perhaps 21/2/80 the date entered for ADPCON? A vehicle could be delivered some weeks earlier before it was confirmed onto the ADP = Automated Data Processing system which at the time was VESPER (Vehicles, Equipment, Spares, Provision, Economics, Repair)

Matt green is 71 IRR Green is 76

Although I have reveal that there is age discrimination on here. If you are 101 or older, it will not display your age

Well spotted Chris, yes I agree with you.

Although I heard that said at the time, I've not seen official confirmation. No doubt there is an Equipment Management Policy Statement somewhere, but I don't have access to such. But I do receive KiT! & the latest edition states: "It is proposed to take the WOLF platform out to 2030 - to enable this we are doing obsolescence studies." So there we have it, official confirmation in print.

Something from a ship?

Sean as the DMC is LV6/MT13 it would cover more than one vehicle type. If it was a single vehicle type it might be LV7/BD for instance.

Always buy these types of plug on the basis of the manufacturer's own number. Do not use the NSN RSN13P has two NSNs RSN12Y has three NSNs The problem is not just some duplication but the NSNs are shared with other plug types which are not the same as the ones you maybe looking for!

UNF 5/16" Humber - zinc coated steel Rover - high tensile brass I use brass ones

Here is the incontrovertible scientific proof Bernard:

Measured in on a weighbridge or counted in if sacks, with two sacks per load checked for weight. But there are no instructions concerning the scales & location. Curiously wet coal weighs less than dry coal - "The fact is proved conclusively"

Yes very well done! Spot on! RASC 1933

No nothing as intriguing or a complex as that Bernard just solid floor.

Not centre lines Bernard more the limits of something but with no physical partition.

Good thinking Bernard, it is solid in a sense but the shape can change depending how much there is of it.

That's always possible Wally but I think access would be easiest from the way we are viewing it & probably a crane would not be involved.

That is a good point Bernard. The length of the back wall is not defined & this could vary with circumstances of what was available. It is not critical indeed other than allowing some access through. I suspect the representation has been squeezed sideways to get it into the page. It does say here: "The marking of the ....................depends on its shape. The normal shape is rectangular and it should be marked out by the Royal Engineers ..................with a passage down the middle." Does that help?

I would have thought it might matter a bit if it got wet but apparently that wasn't important. Blast walls, a good idea Wally as the sketch suggests flared out side walls, but that is artistic licence to give perspective. It was important that the walls were square on to each other.