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Adam these are for the attachment of any "approved equipment" in a similar way to those on the inside of the roof & the  three vertical slats on each side to give a degree of adaptability bearing in mind the Pig was conceived for a range of roles in RAC, RA, RE, RS & Infantry.

It is unusual to see them put to use but here is an in-service photo of the upper two blocks used as the anchor point for a rope supporting riot shields carried at the side of the Pig.

Given that you have posted in this thread does it mean you now have Wayne's former Pig?

On 7/3/2021 at 5:35 PM, Dickie bird said:

 is lv7 allocated to one type off vehicle or wheeled vehicles in general,

VAOS Sub-Section LV/7 is for 'non-standardised' (ie not to WO design) British 'B' Vehicles

It is listed in VAOS Section LV6-MTI Vol. 1 Miscellaneous Stores 1952 & again in 1960

The cap if lost could be replaced by demanding LV6/MTI/37557

Incidentally the 1960 edition also lists LV6/MTI/32002 Jerrican 4 1/2 gallons

When I get a bit more time I'll try & put more of the EMER up. As it is it gives an interesting insight into the sphere of influence of the British Army & its engagement with countries that no longer exist, at least under some of those names.

Larry I have put a small part of EMER GENERAL N 800 in the reference section to make it easier to find & is no longer watermarked with Photobucket : )

Fear not, I have made arrangements for someone to disperse my collection when the time comes. I don't trust leaving it to a club or a museum as I cannot trust them to appreciate what is there. Besides new officers or personnel may not grasp the value or collecting policies may change or the museum may no longer exist.

Despite years of banging on about EMERs there is a poor grasp of their value & what they can contain. Many appreciate the value of EMER WHEELED VEHICLES that may cover their own vehicle but there is a host of interesting stuff buried in fairly mundane sounding sections such as EMER MANAGEMENT, EMER GENERAL, EMER VEHICLES GENERAL, EMER WORKSHOPS, EMER ENGINEERING & MISCELLANEOUS etc.

Even more obviously useful parts of EMER POWER can be misunderstood. I remember seeing someone dismissing an EMER POWER T 114 because it was about bilge pumps, but if he had looked a few pages further on it leads to W 001 etc that covers vehicle AC charging systems, which would have been useful as he owned a Land Rover.

Part of EMER GENERAL N 800

EMER GEN N 800.pdf

The give-away is the Vocab Ref Section 10S - Radio transmitter test equipment so this is RAF 10S/16775 & painted black rather than green.

The other clue is the frequency 145 Mc/s so probably amplitude modulation & Test B - Transmitter modulation depth

Of some age as Mc/s rather than MHz & no NATO codification.

Suitable types of wood are covered in EMER GENERAL N 800

See my post in

I have an EMER or some such somewhere that covers the various types of woods used for different applications. Just got to think of the document title & then find it!

If it is purely for use as a preservative it would be in the PX- range of products.

If it was a grease that had underlying lubricating properties it would probably be a miscellaneous grease in the range  XG-

There are also some special greases that have preservation properties to be found the range ZX-

There are quite a lot of these in all categories. Did you have any particular items in mind, SA, MT bits etc or any particular environment?

It is indeed rare to see a Bridge Class displayed, they look to be painted on.

The Mk 2 UHB give the Bridge Class as 11

Seems you have a choice of location if you decide it needs to display one. These are all in service shots.

Here you go this is for Rover 11 Ambulance

Ok Doug will have to be tonight. I used to have 30 FJ 20 a late IIA 2/4

The circuit diagram appears in the UHBs. The UHBs are a bit of a swizzle as although fat books, they are the standard 3/4 Ton UHB with a small supplement for the ambulance. So several bits of the main UHB don't apply or are incorrect for the ambulance.

I have UHBs for Rover 9 & 11 Ambulances they both have a circuit diagram. So the Rover 11 is likely to be close to S3. Can scan it if you want.

The Marshalls Ambulance Body ISPL AC No.22108 is disappointing as it is solely concerned with fittings & ventilation. Besides the twin fog lamps were not fitted in production. to Rover 9 & 11.

Twin fog lights & special bumperettes were retro fitted to Rover 11 & presumably standard on S3 ambulances.

The details are in EMER WHEELED VEHICLES Q 027/2 Mod Instr No, 3

The original bumperettes 552074 were to be removed & replaced with LV7/RU 2540-99-810-7759 this seems to correspond with 345188.

The definitive answer should be in the S3 Ambulance ISPL AC No.22715. Unfortunately I can only find the supplement of amendments.

The repair & mods would have been in EMER ENGINEERING & MISCELLANEOUS D 100 somewhere.

D 100 is a guess, as D is Cooking & Bakery Equipment. The earliest index I have is 1981 which starts with D 220 Mobile bakery equipment.

NSN screenshot:

J2 is the Domestic Management Code for Cookset Equipment, it was derived from VAOS Section J2 for Portable Cookers & Cooking Equipment.

J2-7310-99-125-1847 pre-NATO Codification was identified in VAOS as J2-JB10820

Also in RAF as 21C-2143, a rather broad group as 21C covered "Metal ware"

Used by RN as O247-10820 (note O247 not 0247) This section was withdrawn 30+ years ago

Identified by Defence Clothing & Textiles Agency as AO-9374 & C1S767SH1T013 (yes really)

From memory I think the adoption of FCS as NSN was ratified by UK in 1954. Codification was started here in 1956 & was meant to be completed by 1965.

As a very basic time frame it has a MoS plate, so that suggests 1939-1959.

Looks like the ERM is 34 TC 0?

Not a vehicle, TC = Transportable Container

34 TC 00 - 34 TC 09

NSN 4940-99-967-1017

Asset Code LZ 5324-2700 (Z = Transportable Container)

Contract No. ML31A2395

TC SHOP EQUIPMENT GENERAL PURPOSE THERMAL IMAGE REPAIR FACILITY ( GPTIRF) 3T  CB 383

Tony it looks very like Eau de Nil, I don't know about earlier but certainly post-WW2 zinc phosphate primer was in Eau de Nil.

25 minutes ago, LarryH57 said:

I guess that seeing as many members will now be writing to the DVLA, it may be best to include a clear photo of the plate, when requesting permission.

Don't expect a prompt reply, they are on a four day strike.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-56647149

There are two main types of shunt box, one with a single shunt & the other with two shunts. They are both described in here:

https://www.militarylightweight.co.uk/reference/manuals-catalogues/other-manuals-and-guides/fault-finding-the-90-amp-24-volt-generator/

That covers the shunt boxes, or were you meaning he wants to run the radio from the filter unit that contains the ballast resistors?

Richard it says QL but it also says 4T so hard to trust the description!

Richard yes I don't know what a complete kit comprised of, compared with a cab kit. These are expressions used in the SITREPs. I noticed the terms VPK & GRP kits are used, I don't know whether there was a change in nomenclature or the terms used by diferent writers or whether GRP kits were just that & VPK =  GRP + XPM

What surprised me was the need for a QL kit. 

Furthermore in 1972/73 there were 44 GRP kits fitted to Bedford MKs & 35 flameproof canopies supplied for Bedford RLs.

In that period there were 300 GRP escape hatches fitted to RLs.

In 1975/76 there were 30 GRP kits fitted to RLs.