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Depends which wheelbase model you have, was available in 3.3m, 3.68m & 3.96m. In my Jane's it just quotes basic chassis, 3.3m wb, with Ford engine & transmission, fuel & water as 2049kg unloaded, with a max payload including body as 2951kg.

Richard yes, I didn't think it was running that badly for just 3 cylinders.

Humber Pig engine after new valve seat & skimmed head. Sounds a bit noisy with no rocker cover & perhaps a bit rough. But when you see the last frames it doesn't seem that rough, all things considered! Compression now 100psi on all, instead of 90 & #4 cylinder on 20!!

Well done. Clive G4MBS (formerly G8ADP)

Have you got the rest of the NSN? The last 4 digits are missing:-D

Just to take the second one you mention. The APGP was not a modification of the LightWeight in fact it pre-dates it by many years & was the the first airportable Rover, not the LightWeight as is commonly believed. It was the first 1-Ton Rover (not 1-Tonne) & had the facility for running electrical operated power tools from the alternator. There is one on milweb at the moment. http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=53846&cat=14

Normal vehicle IRR paints are harmful to canvas & no canvas tolerant version (ie emulsion) was available at the time of their introduction in 1980. At that time canvas had to be reproofed with Mystox W6070/29 which was a special preservative/flame proofing emulsion in Olive Drab (not NATO Green). Later "Paint, finishing, IRR, emulsion matt, NATO green, air drying" was introduced. Even so there is no black IRR canvas paint. The canvas has to be first washed with soap or if greasy with degreasing compounds or detergents, but not solvents. Once dry the canvas has to be treated with "Solution Re-proofing & Water-proofing H1/8030-99-220-2681" The entire canvas is then painted in the IRR NATO Green then the black areas are provided with "Paint, finishing, polyvinyl acetate emulsion, black, air drying". It would be a good talking point to present a vehicle depicting the early-mid 1980s. The body painted using NATO Green yet the tilt in Olive Drab. I wonder how many observers would be tempted to point out apparent inconsistencies? Incidentally there is no IRR NATO Green for nylon & terylene covers & tilts, here "Preservative Coating, Olive Drab Emulsion" should be applied.

Rover Ambulance 2/4 Stretcher but just RAF versions.

In the reference section I have posted a number of documents eg FSRs that answers most of what you want.

I've never been there. But they do have a FV1601 painted maroon, with "City of Coventry" on the sides & registered as JRA 214D.

Did you see their Humber 1-Ton?

05 BK 59 FV1601 Chassis No.20559 Contract No. 6/V/6443 Engine No. 6234 Date in Service 19/5/53 Delivered to 12th ‘B’ Vehicle Depot Ashchurch Receipt Voucher No.ASC/R/1088 Now this is where it gets confusing Sold 23/7/64 Sale No 72 Lot No.1216a This was multiple lot ML 79 with 06 BK 38 £220 However the original ledger shows it was struck off Census much later on 3/7/68 from the “Ashchurch Sales A/C” with the unusual entry “No paperwork”

Hello Rob, have you got its mil registration & I'll see what I've got on it.

Wayne just as well you are getting your help from the MVT then:D

It was sold last Friday.

If you right click on each with your mouse then save it as a jpg to wherever you want to store it & print it off.

Peter might be worth joining this lot & asking. A few old faces on there. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AustinChamp/

EMER RADAR & FIRE CONTROL detailed index A001 dated April 2003 still listed all the EMERs for Cymbeline unmounted in sections P150-9 & those mounted on FV432 in sections P160-9

Another Pig for someone on Milweb http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=54237&cat=1 I thought I may have read this wrong but it does say: "Humber Pig FV1611 1953 and authenticated by the IMPS" Strange that the FVRDE Specification 9224 for FV1611 was not finalised until 25 March 1959. The advertiser may have got it wrong but it would be a shame if an organisation body that "authenticates" these things doesn't understand when these vehicles were actually made.

John I had to think about that as I wrote it 5 years ago. Going back to the original I see I cited 50 publications as the main sources. Well I have found the Chilwell produced book on using it. This is principally the operation of the filtration system, sterilizing & testing procedures. But no details of the trailer itself, I have yet to find source of that info. All the references were from books that I have, so something more should be in here somewhere! I have to say it was a delight to see the pics of your trailer. Trailers often seem to be regarded as rather incidental to the main hobby & it is unusual to see a preserved water trailer from any era. They never seem to get the recognition they deserve, yet without a clean water supply any army will rapidly become ineffective.

Not actually inside but beside it, General Sir Michael Jackson.

There are a few on here: http://www.hmvf.co.uk/pdf/ARMYWATERSUPPLY.pdf

The problem is I only have got 8415 as that COSA Section CM covers just cold climate clothing. The other clothing sections I have (CF, CN & CV) do not cover what you are after. We need sections like CC & CG. I have a near complete set of Clothing Regulations 1951 that of course predates NATO codification. But it does make mention of: Smocks, khaki, windproof Smocks, butchers Smocks, Denison Smocks, P.T. To see a VAOS of the time would be interesting for a definitive list. Although the Regs are quite interesting as they give the scale of issue to different types of unit & indeed for different classes of vehicle. Most intriguing of all I suppose is the issue of 6 Jackets, serge, unlined (blue) for troop ships. If you have some NSNs I can look them up, but to get detail I need to cross refer to microfiche & that is a lengthy business. (VAOS = Vocabulary of Army Ordnance Stores which after NATO Codification was superceded by COSA = Catalogue of Ordnance Stores & Ammunition)

The NSC Group is related to function rather than age. 8405 Outwear, men's 8410 Outwear, women's 8415 Clothing, special purpose There is a typo in the list 8406 is unallocated.