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Oh you are awful! Yes I know you have won more than anyone else, I should have asked you first, sorry.

What & when?

Yes I feel a bit overcome. Seeing pics of Pigs that have been subject to varied interpretations by their owners is sometimes disappointing or even stressful in controlling the cringe factor. (Yes I know not my vehicle, none of my business etc). But when you see official pictures of swarms of these beauties in their proper environment at the time of conception, is just magic.:sweat::sweat: Come on what about a date, before we move on to the next?

Well again that could be BG. But there were no specific fields of conflict specified. Anywhere you could get brushwood & it was appropriate to have one of these I suppose.

Well that I don't know Richard, it could well have been. But the publication comes from another era.

I can't leave here for short while then I find someone has got me out for a duck! Well done GE It is indeed a brushwood sentry box. I was expecting people to suggest this it was beehive/dung burner/Japanese ancient helmet. Just standby for MO 112 coming up when we've sorted the date out.

An easy one now. What & when?

So wonderful to see an ERM as well! 27 BK 00 was struck off from BAOR on 25/10/67 Too much excitement for one day, I must go & get a drink.

See what I mean Alan, you've definitely done the right thing posting those! When I looked at the top one, at first I thought it was crates of beer on the right, but they must be Tracta joints. Now are those the new Chobham joint replacements waiting to go in or the old Tractas being withdrawn? Or are they the front Tractas waiting to go back in, because the original vehicles seemed to be completely stripped down? I can see a chassis pile, I think that now have the rear extensions fitted. I hadn't realised the donor vehicles were completely pulled apart I always imagined that the engines at least remained fitted.

Alan WOW! I thought I had died & gone to Piggy Heaven. What super archive stuff. Well done for saving it. Any more will be lapped up by the Pig community I'm sure. Are there any written archives that indicate the numbers produced? As you know Nottingham & Sankey also made them. I've never been able to find out how many at each facility. The highest Sankey serial number I have seen is S949. That struck me as rather high, as the total number of Pigs manufactured was 1,700. Suggesting Sankey made the highest proportion. However I am assuming Sankey serialised them from S001. Maybe not & they started off higher. (Like Hitler was member no.55 of the National Socialist Party, but they started the membership number at 50!) Thank you very much for posting those.

This is from DEF STAN 25-6/Issue 3. It also includes the 3 load classes of pintle assemblies for 12190kg, 4080kg & 7620kg. Let me know if you want that.

What cancelling your chiropodist's appointment? We tried to spin it out a bit for you but Tony brought it all to a conclusion far too soon:-D

Neil consolation prize to you, as the timing of your post looks as if you were writing your reply when Tony was:cry:

Tony yes well done I had plans to unveil a few more bits, but you lot are too good even without RF here. This seems to be a WW1 era wireless telegraphy station. The clue is his arm position & the characteristic "fist" of a telegraphist on the key. Quite a different position for the knuckles than if he was writing.

Um but he's still got his shoes & socks on :-D Maybe he's at the chiropodist's?

Nope, but you're sort of the warmest suggestion so far.

Plausible, but nope.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl: oh for goodness sake, no!

Ah but his legs don't have the body language for a pianist.

I know what you mean, but nope.

Nope.

What's this all about?

Maybe they play doctors & nurses?

Well maybe if you get lucky!

Let's have some decorum please! It translates as a "Field, House of Pleasure for Officers" But yes Richard you are correct. How come you got this one right in record time? BTW mine looks ok, but yours is a bit grim :sweat: