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  1. Adrian Barrell
    All I can add is that it was the fourth production example built.
  2. Adrian Barrell
    Think that was a Royal Ordnance Depot rather than a factory. There were not that many engineering ROF's, many just being filling stations.
  3. Adrian Barrell
    A lot of parts are stamped the same, I have it on some of my 17 pdr bits as well as 2 pdr. I would like to know for sure as well! ROF EP is another one I'm trying to locate.
  4. Adrian Barrell
    That is Cromwell 14" track. The plate could be anything, though Firefly used that pattern plate for the turret basket floor but it was and is a standard pattern plate.
  5. Adrian Barrell
    It's British, not US. As to what it fits, I'm not sure! It's not for 5.5" or 4.5" and the US 155mm gun and 8" howitzer used the US covers in British service. 3.7"? 7.2" How? That 'Sherman muzzle cover' is no such thing, it's just a mop cover for a pull through for 25 pdr.
  6. Adrian Barrell
    Do you still have the LVT books?
  7. Adrian Barrell
    I'd be interested in the two LVT books if you're selling.
  8. Adrian Barrell
    Technically, they were not Unified as that did not exist until after the War. They would be ANF and ANC. The majority were taken into the Unified range, the exception being 1" ANF which was 14 tpi, 1" UNF is 12 tpi. I accept I am being a little pedantic!
  9. Adrian Barrell
    That will happen no matter what you do! If you can find period phots showing the same as what you have done, you can't be 'wrong'.
  10. Adrian Barrell
    I think the broken circle just shows it was applied with a stencil.
  11. Adrian Barrell
    Could you post a picture of the outer face please?
  12. Adrian Barrell
    Is it a part of a Matilda I Bob?
  13. Adrian Barrell
    They were in theatre, there is a well known pic of one on a Rogers trailer dated May 1945 and I seem to remember some more pics surfaced recently but no evidence, as far as I know of any being issued to units, let alone seeing action.
  14. Adrian Barrell
    The dome is indeed to clear the traverse wheel and is often seen in 57mm guns withought the geared traverse. It might be they just used up earlier production shields or possibly guns were converted to delete the geared traverse. Were all the MkIV carriages built in Canada? 6 pdr shields and trail legs are marked '2 pr & 6pr' so clearly were intended for both but so few 2 pdr on Mk IV survive and as all seem to be in Canada, I wonder if they were only produced there.
  15. Adrian Barrell
    Does the Mk IV carriage use geared traverse? That was deleted very early in 6 pdr production.
  16. Adrian Barrell
    43 on a red over blue unit sign indicates the second regiment. Not sure who that was if they were Corps troops, possibly 6th light Anti Aircraft Regiment.
  17. Adrian Barrell
    But isn't Tadeo in Lithuania?
  18. Adrian Barrell
    No such thing as a Canadian built M3 Medium. They were all built in the USA.
  19. Adrian Barrell
    Join the queue Richard, it's quite long now, especially with social distancing!
  20. Adrian Barrell
    I remember it well! In fact, that's my M75 in the background so I think this was 1992.
  21. Adrian Barrell
    Many, but not all British Shermans had the siren removed, that was not a Firefly thing per se. Look at period pictures to get a feeling for what was most common. Tool straps were leather and were a dark tan colour.
  22. Adrian Barrell
    Some were painted, it might be down to when or who made them. I have a couple of mattock handles with a Chrysler tank arsenal label on, marked as fo M4A4, they are painted od.
  23. Adrian Barrell
    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/GMC-CCKW-352-353-ETC-PUROLATOR-MILITARY-OIL-FILTER-SENIOR-N-O-S-/223484674082
  24. Adrian Barrell
    Standard senior military element. Same as GMC, Diamond T, in fact all the larger US vehicles.
  25. Adrian Barrell
    Up for sale Simon.
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