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Without buying a load of Clansman User Instructions. Most of the URS info. available was added to the last Truck Utility , 1/2 ton , 4x4 Rover S3 User Instructions . This was a new Section added at the back of the book (I think this is only April 1979 Edn.). It starts 332. on page 145 Fitting for Radio Stations 24 volt models. These vehicles are fitted with the following equipment for unitary radio installation. The equipment is designed for the operation of a radio station in the vehicle or in an 'outside' ground role. The kit comprises etc. etc. etc. ------------------------------------- Assuming a vertical helicopter lift was available - for 'outside' ground role , that would make life easier, if not the batteries would have to be removed and it would be a 4 man struggle.. The 2 or 4 qty UK6TN tank starting NATO batteries could of course be re-charged from the LWT (parked alongside) using the leads , in the early days a Onan charging set was used, in later years a Kubota powered Hopkins Genny was apparently used. ------------------- It's hard to say how many are restored to full URS spec. I would guestimate Clansman with typical sets - 12 to 20 qty. at most. Far fewer with operational radio by a HAM. Larkspur - I doubt if a handful and I possibly no operational sets..

In my book a Lightweight FFR is only truly a FFR if fitted with a URS (Unitary Radio Station) these were made by DCM Products (Coventry) Ltd. This was a neat package to house radio and batteries (more so than was done with a 109" FFR). In theory (so the blurb says) they can be lifted out and used in ground role to free up the truck as a GS Cargo - fine. How many strong men it would take out in the field to do this - I don't know ? You will see some LWT FFR "show vehicles" with four antenna and Dexion mounting a Manpack cradle - a £ cost effective way to make more interesting , often other bolt-ons just add to the fiction. The URS are quite rare now and can be quite £ expensive and in most cases the proper RadOp sliding seat (very rare) has to be obtained along with antenna sliders etc. Battery trays (GRP) are rare. I would guestimate that there were far more Army FFR LWT than there were ever URS , so many FFRs were in fact used in the Cargo role (normally only 12 volt GS had rear seats). Quite a few LWT that were fitted with NI VPK were in fact FFR's but I very much doubt if they had a URS fitted or even needed the BIG genny to power it. Some FFR were winterised , some were winterised for Heli-Start , some of the last built were rated 24 volt NON-FFR - used in main for Heli-Start.

3/6/1985 final entry , Walker, Watson & Hanson - they were the auctioneers at Ordnance Disposal Depot Ruddington, Nr. Nottingham - until closure for vehicle disposals (then private auction sites used).

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I think all canvas fabric is base straw colour , the dye is with the dressing impregnation along with anti-everything for tropical use.

For me it says - Sorry not available at this time, possibly you need to be a member of that group ? I had hoped The XMOD would have had in stock - no !

Thanks that female tallies with the male angled plug c/w threaded lock-ring on the extension lead I have. I will now do a bit of googling to see if I can pull up the Ref. Nos.

UK coup d'etat , which province ?

Could somebody please show me a photograph of what the socket outlet looks like , uncertain if inside or outside ? Also any aid to identification - manufacturer , part No. etc.

Artillery wheels & a few more extant features - I think it may have originated as a GPO Linesman trailer. Google for pictures.

Putin seems to have a belief in Sir Halford Mackinder's "Heartland Theory" + the BIG 2.1/2 at Yalta. Karl Haushofter who part educated Hitler , had a fall out with him at Rudolf Hess's son's birth party - saying Hitler did not understand , Hitler said nothing and quietly left the party and got on with Op. Barbarossa.

If power station fissile material is spread (by fault of muppets to the pyramid top) over Scandinavia, west & east Europe , then NATO may see that as the equiv. of the Russians launching tactical weapons.

A Bedford tanker would be a bit more interesting on a showfield, added £ value I would say, hidden £ value - I don't think to potential bidders.

Does a T72 have any protection from NLAW ?

When the Penman was introduced , I emailed them and queried if they would sell me one Ex-Works , answer = yes, and the cost was somewhere 14k to 15k ! I suspect the MOD got a BIG bulk % discount. Unfortunately for all their good work with specialist vehicles etc. Penman Ltd. went bust.

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The Penman is very good , I was surprised when they were disposed of so soon, however - I am surprised at the MOD shifting the Wolf fleet and not having IMHO a suitable replacement, probably why wt went Gone for a Burton. Even the BAE Pinzgauer are going ! or gone ? Just last week I was stood on crest of a small hump-back-bridge talking to somebody & we almost jumped in the river as a 6x6 Pinz. took air ! To me a Penman is the one to have if you have a Wolf , design top notch + better for timeline. Defender , well I have the widetrack for my 90" 57KG59 (Tornado Falklands) - a narrowtrack to me would be naff behind the 90".

I find the RB Mk.3 widetrack a PITA to manhandle - so don't use it often unless I have a use for the tailgate getting a heavy lump inside. I have had it sheeted over a few years with a 2.1/4 diesel stored inside. IIRC the tailgate flap must be open to allow the towing jaw to pass through, well that was somebody's explanation but I don't recall doing so. ISTR the wt dub difference is only by 3" extra width.

Yes , you are probably correct. Surveyor should consider himself lucky that he missed this trailer as it was withdrawn from sale. As he has a Defender , he should look for a more in-keeping time line (and tyre size / track) of a widetrack. At least he will be more aware of a bitsa lash-up , although practicable with the tailgate.

I have both nt and wt (Reynolds Boughton) , there is many more differences with wt. The Mk1 widetrack chassis A frame was more or less same design as narrowtrack , also it had leaf spring suspension as nt. To me the rear jaw hitch bolt holes are central on the chassis & can't be 2 or 4 used for NATO pintle. Something else does not tally , if it had original equipment a pair of rear stands - then it would have rubber pads or at least the fixing bolt holes visible on tailgate. Without the circular base-plates would be noisy when in motion - hardly acceptable design. https://www.emlra.org/index.php/library/trailers/35-elmra-articles-sankey-trailers This is a old article & a bit short of info. such as the later nt tubs abt. 1975 being a different welded construction. This could be a Ex-MOD spare rub , Paddock Spares had dozens finished in red primer stacked in their yard abt. 2005 (I don't think they were drilled for tarp. cleats). This tailgate has no flap for bowser stem pipe , indicating not a GP Sankey that could double up as bowser. Widetrack trailers had several "assemblers" with quite a few detail differences. 1.Reynolds Boughton 2.Universal Engineering (South Dorset Engineering) 3. Viking Trailers 4. Arrow Construction Ltd. (I think they may have only done Mk.1 Contracts) 5. KING , (these are noted by the word KING pressed across the tailgate, originally in white letters). Seem few built - I have only seen one from a distance, part of a convoy ISTR.

05HF42 - VRM seems about 1979 build , it's a FV2361 and that is a narrowtrack , that does not normally have a tailgate. Seems a bit of a hybrid , FV.2381 Widetrack Mk.1 (with tailgate) must have started production before 1979 ? Lighting if original equipment is nor as narrowtrack. If ever it had rear stands of narrowtrack design then there should be 4 qty bolts to secure each stand -located between the light fittings & D loops. I can't see any buffers for the feet on the tail-gate so can only assume no stands ever fitted. A proper narrowtrack had a NATO pintle secured with four bolts , only two such holes present - so I can only presume it had the more basic widetrack jaw c/w pin.

It could be a French MALT all be it with a Willys chassis & body , the chassis branding could be a French No. It could have been rung in USA , it could have gone through official military rebuild in UK , Greece , Germany etc. When the $ was right they would Hoover them up all over. Selling J$$p from a 'dry-state' marketing , like re-imports of Jag. E type , MGB etc. back to UK around 1980.

I am QUOTE 39 page 30 , for USER MANUAL issued March 1980 for the 3/4 ton and is probably last for S3. What is your VRM or date of manufacture ? The red warning light adjacent to the multiple gauge when the generator fails to charge or the generator fails to charge or the generator charging rate is low. It will glow when the ignition is switched on and the engine is stationary or running slowly and will go out when the engine speed rises. So the charge lamp works the same for FFR as 12 volt GS - sounds sensible. Opertion will be same as a 12 volt Lucas type ACR of any size that is "Machine sensing" , the other type is 'battery sensing'. A 12 volt battery sensing would have a loose white wire to the battery. The 24 volt will also be machine sensing - almost certain. Can't find my blown up FFR wiring diagram just now, using just the book. Use the coloured diagram , FFR EARLY or LATE (109" is identical to Lightweight @ same time-line) depending on truck age, the originals have a odd error and ISTR the trafficator flasher unit area was a little incomplete when the presses rolled. http://www.land-rover-lightweight.co.uk/lrl m.html

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