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Stab in the dark here , but would they be sensors, to ensure the launcher was in the deployed position, and isolating the firing until it was correctly positioned. I can see a few problems if the missiles went off whilst stowed.

Saying that I seem to remeber a REME officer where I worked, was attached to a Malkara unit and said he remembered one being fired but it was still locked to the launcher :-D

 

Richard

 

No Richard but an ingenious line of thought. It was indeed a problem that the missile may go off prematurely. There was a problem that sometimes missiles fired when the radio transmitter was used. At a cost of £1million it was found the fitting of a capacitor on one of the control wires stopped the problem.

were they the firing connection for the missile?

 

Good suggestion but no as the command cable was 3-core

Hmmmm :?

 

well, I think there were two of these on the launcher and with it in the fire position, one would be facing upward and the other downward

 

Richard

 

Not sure what you mean, but no. A fully operational vehicle would carry 8 of these.

Sorry, did you expect it to run and run ? What is the full function of this item then?

 

Richard

 

Yes, but we ain't finished yet.

"Something to do with the Hornet launcher?" is a bit vague, not a prize winning answer yet

Yup

So it isn't out of a Pig then?

 

Knowing my tendancies, a good guess, but no.

Clive,

 

It is some sort of lamp or photo electric cell maybe?

 

Richard

 

Yes, one of them. I wasn't sure if you could read the NSC 6220

is the bracket used to hold a wire?

 

Good idea, but no. It is to stop the unit falling out & becoming unplugged when travelling at speed.

Jagshemash my old freind & webbed master of special talents.

The cliv is still cleaning his oil from his sewedge, but he left his pig behind (not sound right?) he was on his hornit & living (if you call it living) in his 1-Ton Cyder Trailer. I think maybe I was rubbing up his nostrils the wrong way so keep a low down profile since after then. He think I may bee put the blue bottles the wrong way round to make him do a mistake, but no he is barking in the wrong bush. Bush, yes I have a story about a bush as it mean something different in my language.

Good bye bye. Chenque

I'm intrigued by the little bracket on it - it's ringing bells but the memory cells won;t work :-(

 

No it's not a bell, Neil.

I was thinking along the lines of either a big capacitor, or a big starter, for a big lamp?

 

Yes good idea, but no it isn't.

Matt.

There was an earlier version of your User Handbook. It was Army Code No. 12780, might have a different angle on things. The CES was Army Code No.43048.

The 3 variants are summarised in EMER WHEELED VEHICLES U 200/10. But the detail of your particular variant is in EMER COMMUNICATION INSTALLATIONS R 020. I am afraid I don't have this.

Maybe a part of the comms kit??????

 

No, nothing so complex.

Neil. Yes, does this help:

Matt

Can you be a bit more specific on the trailer type? I have User Handbooks which give reasonable layout pics:

Army Code No. 13960 Radio Relay Medium (C41)

Army Code No. 13953 Signal Centre/Cipher Office

Army Code No. 60084 Signal Centre/Cipher Office

Army Code No. 13954 Radio Repair

Stab in the dark time-was it used on riot control vehicles? :? :? :?

 

No but good idea given my area of interest.

You can see it has a NSN so that makes it post 1956, not much of a clue I know.

Here's a new object I found. Now this one IS difficult :-o

About 3.5 in long overall, carried by a few British vehicles.

Looks like a tracta joint????????????

 

Neil

Sorry I sort of missed you when we went to the next page. Paul Yes FVRDE was in Chobham Lane, Chertsey.

The irony of the Chobham Joint was that it was meant to be stronger than the Tracta joints fitted to the original Humber chassis. But Chobhams were so unreliable at times that had to retro fit the "weaker" Tracta Joint or as one Army publication puts it, Tractor joints :roll:

Andrea

The basic vehicle would have been High Gloss DBG inside & out. The engine on reconditioning Sky Blue (heat resisting). The instrument panel should be black gloss. Seats generally black, but sometimes grey was used.

Although my IIA Shorland was painted DBG everywhere, including the springs.

Oh what a giveaway Neil! So you are one of the degenerates that reads Borat. So where do you get your pills from then?

But at least I didn't take the mistake to complete fulfilment by putting Elsan liquid in the B60. :wink:

Well done Sir Paul, collect an OBE on the way out.

It is a Chobham Joint. The clues are Chobham was the location of FVRDE & I am told a "joint" is the way of smoking "the weed".

The Chobham Joint was fitted to Hornets & Mk 1 Pigs it was meant be stronger than the Tracta joints fitted to the the front axle & the rear of GS Humbers. The problem was that the heavy workload in NI caused the Chobhams to fail regularly as the retaining clip get failing. In memory of the hassle that was caused by this disasterous joint, 6 pairs of these cufflinks were made as a momento.

Oh well that's a relief, we'll be alright then.

Will we have adverts from online pharmacies? Could be useful service for members of the forum :roll:

I think the problem is if you had a 10am start people would still arrive at 8am & try to get in. If the time was rigorously enforced then it could lead to problems of people jamming up the lanes & trying to stop people slipping in early then you need lots of stewards etc.

And of course the traders would still be in first & beat you to the "bargains" anyway. But I have found people who come very early tend to get bored & may well be gone by 10am missing the later traders.

The other thing is that one mans bargain is usually of no interest to the next man & may even be regarded as rubbish by someone else, which after all is the reason for taking the stuff to be unloaded in the first place.

Now FVRDE was some joint in Surrey if my memory serves me correctly?

 

Yes very subtle, but have others noticed?

you are obviously confusing me with Leslie Welsh, 'The Memory Man' :banghead::naughty:

 

I can't remember him