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  1. There used to be Berni (Bernardette) last visited 2012
  2. Another jerrican holder on here: https://www.milweb.net/webvert/a7472/106366 Or is this the vehicle that was on ebay that I can no longer view?
  3. Bit of snow yesterday, gave me some useful scatter to my signals on 10GHz that got me over the mountains previously called the Brecon Beacons!
  4. A different way of doing it if you don't want to speak to your passenger in this APGP.
  5. Equipment Regulations 1959 defines the use the ERM.
  6. The general rule was that Cars 6-seater limousine should be high gloss black & that Cars, 4-seater limousine should be high gloss DBG. Although "specially authorised 4-seaters" could also be black.
  7. Yes Allenby Bks at Bovington, I've stayed there a few times they were rather boozy events so my recollection is not too great about the layout although I remember the Saladin outside the Officer's Mess. As for the lorry badge the central yellow part on a black background has a similarity to the 56th Infantry Bde. As for the colour I was tempted to suggest that it might be RAF blue-grey, but I hadn't considered whether the image had been got at. The four C5s I identified from father in laws photos were in RAF service with RAF ERMs & painted something like Light Stone. He was in Aden 1954-56 so no clues there.
  8. On the Ferret the flaming torch seems to be held by the armoured fist of the RAC. So presumably the RAC Training Bde/Rgt at Allenby? Is the orange band not an air recognition identifier? I have some pics of K5s from when father in law was out there. Although B&W I'll see if there is anything similar on them.
  9. zz the V8 Snatch is covered in AESP 2320-D-127-101 which states it is 12v charged by an alternator type A115/45 to a low maintenance battery 12v 60Ah However the diesel Snatch is covered in 2320-D-132-111 that describes both 12v & 24v versions. The definitive check would be to obtain the NSN or ERM of what you are proposing to buy.
  10. Regulations for the Equipment of the Army Part 1. 1942 Chapter 20, Para.570(c)
  11. Ok Adrian yes you are spot on with that. Never comes across that arrangement before, but I have never taken much interest in US vehicles. So is that a screened ignition system? If so, is there any evidence of a ballast resistor in the ignition primary circuit?
  12. There are definitive samples in the Library at Bovington Tank Museum War Emergency British Standard 987C : 1942 Amended Dec 1944 & July 1945 CAMOUFLAGE COLOURS Sep 1942 The library reference is 623.77 (41) Camouflage /23 PS I forgot to mention that the front cover of the publication is stamped "Farrow & Ball Ltd" with a Ferndown phone number. I didn't imagine they would still be around, but yes and still supplying paint. They even have an archive section but alas no Olive Drab! https://www.farrow-ball.com/paint/archive-collection
  13. At first I thought that Adrian for a 6-cylinder, but I would have expected a central outlet for the king lead. Are those traces of Sky Blue on there?
  14. Howard a VAOS rarely gives an application, just sufficient information so that an item of supply can be identified & demanded. I must admit I am hard-pressed to think of many legitimate applications for meths in a camping role. The 1941 VAOS gives two possibilities: JA 2410 Warmers, food, spirit lamp. Spirit lamp & saucepan with lid. JA 2448 Traffic control equipment, lamps Many camping items seemed to get packed in wicker panniers. The medical comforts pannier in particular has nice little compartments for a range of matching rectangular containers.
  15. Zooming in on your picture & increasing the contrast it looks as if it reads JA 0220, in which case I have identified it further up stream. You can just make out the M of the co-joined MB. As far as Tilley lamps go, all the spares & accessories are listed on one page in VAOS J1. The associated can appears as Cans, methylated spirit JA 5549
  16. Yes it is of interest thanks, very nostalgic. It just seemed so curious that mine ended up being buried & it looks as if this one has been buried. I think the seller's enthusiasm has got the better of him because setting it in concrete won't allow it to be filled with air! If it is not guyed it will sway or topple over. With mine despite the top of the lower section being clamped to the roof rafters there was a lot of sway if it was not guyed. I think the other problem is getting new seals as I don't think that this mast is compatible with the current range of spares for SMC made Hilomasts.
  17. HB is this your item or did you post it as a heads-up? It looks like a civilian 60ft Hilomast of the type that I had with a keyway that prevents the sections rotating. Although these could be secured with locking collars so constant air pressure is not necessary. It has the same almost hammered finish grey paint. It looks to have been buried in the earth for a while. I bought mine about 45 years ago & with a dish pointing upwards signals at 10GHz were reflected horizontally by a mesh reflector 6ft x 4.5ft for tropospheric scatter experiments. This was in Hampshire, it was dismantled when I moved to Wiltshire, but never got erected again. It lay beside a hedge & gradually over the years it got enveloped into the ground never to be seen again. After I moved from there 8 years ago, I remembered how it must have disappeared from sight. I just wondered whether the seller's friend had acquired it somehow after the new owners had been digging in the garden! It was a very sturdy thing & wish I still had it but even retracted it was quite tall & pretty heavy. I used to turn it with a propeller pitch motor mounted underneath , that was very powerful I think the gearing was 40,000:1
  18. I'm not sure that it is military, it looks like an early Hilomast before SMC took them over.
  19. Make sure you get a domed head. On manufacture of the chair the heads are outermost which means that the nut & thread rub against the canvas base but this causes a hole to develop. I have reversed my bolts so that the dome doesn't do this.
  20. Yes that & the line drawings came from FVRDE Report No. FT 2256 It is an awkward publication to handle it measures 13.5" x 8" contains many full size photographic pages which are glossy and slightly curled that make it difficult to photo without glinting. It is all tightly stapled together making holding pages open difficult especially if trying to take a photo. Sadly some of the photos have faded badly although they could be enhanced by increasing the contrast with some photo editing. You will see that on the first page the dates are given for 1965, yet on the next page it reiterates the dates of trial but states 1964. It is quite a detailed report on many aspects of the vehicle not just water performance compared with FV432 & M113 but the fields of vision for commander, driver & co-driver in daylight & IR. I bought it from the Tank Museum many years ago, whether they had lost interest in it or have a better copy I don't know.
  21. Ok Wally thanks for looking. Mark at that Hovercraft museum there were a number of models of projects that included Project Prodigal for a vertical take-off fighting vehicle. Several companies submitted their ideas for creating such a thing. I used to have the paperwork for the Shorts version of how it might be achieved with a jet engine mounted vertically in the centre of the vehicle. There is a model of that at the museum. I have photos of a wind tunnel model I don't know if that is what is on display or whether there is a more comprehensively structured model.
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