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As you live locally and there is a Wiltshire based Living History Group portrying the Wiltshire Regiment, you could always consider joining.

I assume Paddy may be talking about the plain green wind proof smocks made in a denim material for mountain troops or similar. Does it have a hood.

I have never seen a green Denison Smock.

It may also be the pattern designed to be worn over the uniform and equipment during drops bbut these had zips.

A picture is required.

To be worth anything your 1964 Jacket would have to be in basically unissued condition (not faded) and even then probably no more than about £25.00.

It would also have to be in a decent size.

I remember seeing a line in an Allotments in Poole about 20 years ago.

My old unit the LAD of the RWY in Swindon claim to have kept their Half Track Fitters vehicle into the 1980's.

A PSI eventually blew the engine trying to speed on the M4 leading to its demise.

Sorry, could someone point me in the direction of downloading a manuel for the Wartime Chore Horse ?

 

I need to start overhaulling mine.

 

Jules

If you read this thread you will find a link for the post-war BSA version.

There is nothing substantially different from the war-time version.

Unfortunately I have given the book back to its owner but 60 miles is a good range for a war-time set so I would say the High Power version.

Obviously as already stated your Generator seems to have been specifically procured for the HP version, hence the voltages.

Does anyone have any photographs of the generators being used on the power assisted Bofors mounts.

I assume they must all now be broken up, but I was informed some time ago that one of the underground storage facilities in the Corsham area had a large number of Naval Bofors they were in the process of scrapping.

Peter

Having had the opportunity top read volume 1 of Wireless for the Warrior I can see where the confusion is over the type of generator used on the No.12 Radio Set.

The Mk1 set required a power supply of 100-225 volt, 40-50 Hz.

The High Power version however required both a 230 volt 50Hz and 12 volt 2A power supply. Hence the need for your Pincor Generator.

These sets due to their size were normally fitted into Bedford QL Command vehicles where the standard generators supplied the power.

The ideal of using one in the dismounted role seems unlikely but the existence of the generator is obviously the proof.

Demand for these generators must have been extremely limited.

The vehicle came from Shrivenham near Swindon.

As far as I am aware the vehicle has always belonged to Bovington but it has been on loan for many years.

As others have said the vehicle is gutted internally and there are lots of other potential candidates for restoring.

With some of these vehicles there may be a case if feasible to fit modern engines and transmissions providing this does not preclude conversion back at a later date. Attracting members of the public through the doors to fund future developments is vital to the future of such museums.

Anyone who has been to this event since the beginning will know the variety and number of stalls is going down by the year and this is probably the last time I will attend.

Also used on the Squirt Pigs to project the water through.

Unfortunately information on war-time generator sets and military stationary engines in general seems limited.

There must be an official document some where listing all the types and their purposes.

Unfortunately the volume of Wireless for the Warrior I have does not cover the Number 12 Radio Set but in the back of the one I have it lists the following generator sets for this equipment.

Generator Set Johnson 225w

Generator Set BMB DC/AC 250w No.1

Generator Set BMB DC/AC 250w No.2

Thanks for the information.

From memory in the book Wireless for the Warrior there is a list of British made generators specified for this purpose.

I was under the impression Rex Cadman acquired anything left of interest in Pounds including presumably this Sexton.

I assume he also has the Churchill ARV which was very nice but had suffered after decades by the sea.

Nigel

As Tony has already mentioned, Chorsehorse Generators were used on all radio equipped light vehicles such as Carriers and 15cwt trucks which could not charge their radio battery's directly off their own engines.

Others will confirm or otherwise, but from memory there was no British war-time production of these generators only Canadian. I have certainly never seen a a British version I would consider to be of war-time production.

Peter - when we discussed the Pincor version sometime ago you said you would confirm your source of information for there use with number 12 radio radio sets (mentioned in manuals)? When there are three or four different British models listed specically for this radio set it hard to see the need to obtain supplies from the US.

I assume these are not items once owned the dealer Ian McGregor? He imported a lot of the Canadian 20mm AA guns from Portugal (see magazines in picture).

I find it hard to believe that the army have not donated to a Museum if they still have it.

And check as I said the other day on a different thread if you can still register them for road use.

If an when you buy one do not acquire an unregistered vehicle without first checking the current DVLA policy on vehicle widths as Saracens may well now fall into the banned area.

They tried to stop me registering my Saladin approximately 12 years ago on this basis.

I was a VM in A Squadron of the RY.

Also if you want to go for originality for the RY period, don't buy an up-armoured Northern Ireland version.

What year was your Tank built?

I asked the question about the American version of the Chorehorse some time ago as I had found one but no one could identify it.

Does anyone know if they were produced for lend lease or the American army?

Another very important First World War Airfield in the UK is Yatesbury in Wiltshire which still has its original hangers standing.

Unfortunately plans to redevelop the site preserving its history have hit problems due to the recession (see attached link).

http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/towns/calneheadlines/4710491.Airfield_work_in_Yatesbury_halts_in_crisis/

Are the buildings shown on this thread of WW1 vintage or of later WW2 construction?

I walked out of their Recruit Course and ended up joining another unit 3 years later and passing without any problems.

At the time the unit was still equipped with 25 Pounders and I had the opportunity to fire one on the ranges.

I also did a miss-ram one day which made me very popular as they were trying to fire off all the remaining ammo before the range closed. We had to get the rod out and push the round out from the muzzle end. This was after we tried to shake the round lose by banging the trail up and down.

This dealer has some 68 pattern jackets for sale at the moment.

http://collectables.shop.ebay.co.uk/Militaria-/13956/i.html?_catref=1&_fln=1&_ipg=25&_ssn=hogspear&_trksid=p3911.c0.m282

The labels in 1968 probably still show a British system of sizing rather than NATO.

Presumably you are trying to match a particular period with this pattern of jacket as they were not manufactured for that long. Having said this I was issued one in 1980 when I joined 266 OP Battery in Bristol. DPM clothing was in short supply at that time in the TA and it had bailer twine as the tie cord at the waist.