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I'm afraid I don't use OMD-40. Some of my vehicles should have OMD-110, but that became obsolete! But I can get the equivalent civilian engine oil to spec SAE-30. I'm sure there must be some oil specialists in the US that cater for unusual products for older equipment?

If you want to view the latest Def Stan look on http://www.dstan.mod.uk/data/01/005/00001500.pdf You have to register, but that is quite a straightforward process.

Seems to be obsolete now. This is from a 1979 Def Stan. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/OMD40.jpg[/img]

Congratulations Jack, you have obviously read the book :naughty: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/MLawa.jpg[/img]

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Ah found it at last. I knew there was a rear shot somewhere. Looks like a Sight, Periscope, No.3 Mk 1 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/App0676.jpg[/img]

Presumably it represents a dove of peace being part of IFOR?

Sorry, Anti-Tank Guided Weapon

Are they famous people?

There are two good ones I've got but maybe out of print; German Secret Weapons of World War 2 by Ian Hogg 1970 ISBN 85368 053 1 German Secret Weapons, Blueprint for Mars by Brian Ford 1970 no ISBN given I am not a great book reader especially about non British stuff. But both were a fascinating read, particularly if you are interested in guided weapons. You can see where a lot of ATGWs came from, yet immediately after the war there seemed to be no interest by USA or UK in exploiting what the Germans had achieved in ATGWs. Initially it was only the French who cornered the market in this field by exploiting what the Germans had already done.

No, no no, these days that counts for nothing :nono: :nono: It's qualifications first, any interest, knowledge, or experience in the subject is immaterial, it seems.

Well yes & no. It would be nice to see it restored for its own sake, but it might not go down too well at a MV show. With some regrets I sold the prototype at the beginning of the year having done a major rebuild over a 12 year period. The problems at MV shows are that: 1. It is not green 2. It looks homemade & is not worth reading the information board to find out. 3. It is not a military vehicle. Well it never served with the British Army, but is was the first prototype for a Land Rover based APC. Although Janes say the first prototype was built in 1972 this was built in 1968. It was the mother of all those Land Rover APCs we have seen so much in the news in various trouble spots around the world for the last 35 years. The realisation that I bought a 'non-acceptable' vehicle was after the first restoration. You know how chuffed you feel when you have restored something & drive it to its first show? Well we came to the judging I hung around the vehicle as the judge went by. He stopped at each vehicle reading the information board, eyeing the vehicles up & down & speaking to the owner. My turn came, my vehicle & I were passed by, as if it was something he had just trodden in. I thought judging at horse shows was bad enough, but if he had just asked what was the story behind my vehicle, then he could put me at the bottom of the list. Sorry to go on but it still annoys me to this day I have had slight mumblings that my prototype pig, which is restored in its RUC role, as it is not a proper 'military vehicle'. In fact one magazine made that comment, if it is such a traversty why print a picture of it? When it was grey to represent the 1962-3 period when they were painted grey, it was a very obviously out of place at a MV show. I caved into prejudice & painted it to the type of green it was in 1969. OK so its still not a MV? Well it had two carears in the British Army with the RUC using it in between. When the Army took it over again in 1970 it would have looked much as I have represented it. Although the photos in storage show that most had smashed glass, covered in paint, bashed in sides & petrol bomb scars. I am not going to deface it bring it up (down?) to that standard. So sadly I don't think the SHORLAC would be made very welcome at our sort of shows :cry:

The third one was in my garden. But the SHORLAC is somewhere in N.Ireland. Note that it is just the armoured body, the chassis is long gone. The pictures were given to me by Billy Irons (from NI), maybe 10 years ago. It is not his but the body was awaiting a chassis to be fitted to but whether that ever happened I don't know. It may have gone the way of the first Shorland prototype 4471 AZ, although it was just a body, that was at RUC HQ Lislea Drive for many years then a new broom took charge & it was scrapped. What ever happened to the chassis 4471 AZ? Well look in The British Army in Ulster Volume 1, page 1. There is a march being stopped by the RUC, there is a LWB Police Land Rover there bearing the same registration. The photo would be 1968/9. The prototype Shorland would have been in development about 5 years earlier, so I suppose waste not, want not.

So I expect there will be a few more gems yet to come :-D

Well it looks as if the contrivance is angled down on a slope about to undergo some wading trial, this is confirmed by the snorkel tube & the expression on the drivers face. Although this is in B&W, three of the chaps seem to have black overalls indicative of RTR & looks like a RTR cap badge. So this is an AFV & judging by its spartan constructiuon used for driver training or initiation ceromonies! So whats this from Tony, a War Illustrated? I see you have another picture posted that looks to have come from the same source ie newsprint type photo?

It is a biased up toggle switch to work the screen wash pump. As Jerry indicated sometimes solvent was added to disperse paint as the vision blocks were obviously a prime target. It wasn't an original fitting to a Mk 1 as there was no screen wash facility. Mk 1s deployed in NI did have the screen washers. These were from small jets mounted in holes in the bonnet & the wash bottle mounted on the scuttle where the Generator Panel was, the panel got moved to to the engine compartment on the front nearside. The pump was the the type fixed to the top of the water bottle was the type salvaged from early Lightweights - the type that was mounted on the inside above the drivers right knee. On bumpy ground it was very easy to get a wet knee

Nope, I see you posted just as I was about to.

Yes well deduced Richard :yay: :yay: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Shorlac02.jpg[/img] http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/Shorlac01.jpg[/img] This is a very strange & probably unique vehicle for which I have never been able to get an explanation. On the lower photo you can just see that the sides are marked SHORLAC, which is assumed to be Shorts Light Aircraft Company. The side of my SB301 prototype had same large blue letters saying SHORTS. In fact the style of the cab is very close to this prototype. This had a double role, first as a demonstrator prototype & then modified for use as a factory runabout. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/HOItop.jpg[/img] So I don't know whether this SHORLAC was originally an armoured truck like that or whether it was a Shorland cut down at the end of its life. I don't know whether it was intended for airfield security or the airfield role merely was as an end of life runabout.

Nope

... and now in glorious technicolor: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/-tankertwin.jpg[/img]

Oh alright then. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v684/fv1620/-fuel-bowser-double.jpg[/img]

Nope

Yes it does & it is Land Rover based.

Nope but they are fuel tanks.

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