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  1. wally dugan
    CLIVE your answer did not throw me off l enjoy your mystery objects gets the brain working
  2. wally dugan
    FIRST very well done LAUREN secondly as ever sneaky clive see post 20 a hole above GROUND
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    l think its as simple as the top of each square is dissected by a wire cross so one leg in each section making crossing slow causing a build up of attackers
  4. wally dugan
    is this a mine field ?
  5. wally dugan
    are these constructed using plain wire ? do they have bells /cans with stones in to warn of a surprise attack attached to the wires or is it more to do with the size 3x3
  6. wally dugan
    is this a low level entanglement
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    in each box half is shaded in does this mean for example there are more strands on two sides of the box than on the other two sides or am l look at it wrong
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    is it to direct a attack in to lines of fire
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    this would slow any attack down attack making a surprise difficult
  10. wally dugan
    is this a defensive obstacle for troops rather than horses as to channel them
  11. wally dugan
    for drying washing
  12. wally dugan
    CLIVE from your replies would l be right that this is from the late 1800s early 1900s
  13. wally dugan
    are these anti tank obstacles
  14. wally dugan
    are these square post stood on end point upwards
  15. wally dugan
    IS IT a temporary structure with a grass sod roof for camouflage if viewed from above
  16. wally dugan
    A under ground bunker made from metal containers
  17. wally dugan
    how to stack the old style square metal containers five gallon
  18. wally dugan
    CLIVE lets get this out the way is it the right way up
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    if you trained at leconfield then you would most certainly come across a staff john davis or jd as he was known who for a number of years instructed on drops as well as been a part of the drops trials team with COL PAUL BROOK who is a forum member JD is now working for cargotec the people who make the drops system the iformation on the remote came from him as to the SRTE A remote is used but not for normal rack operation which l understood to be the question
  20. wally dugan
    JOHN we had both series I and 2s in the museum and in service and these were fitted with 6x50x16 tyres so l can only comment on what l know also in my time l have seen these vehicles fitted with a variety of patterns and sizes that were not original issues or to put it another way not the original factory spec REGARDS WALLY
  21. wally dugan
    you are correct yes some light weights were fitted with bargrips but generally the 2a was fitted with trak-grips and the series 3 hi milers it just so happen l had a bit to do with them attached is my fv rarde copy from my time
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    the 6x 50x16 bar grips where used on early landrovers jeeps some champs and quarter and half ton trailers but l do not recall seeing them on light weights as they had HI MILER GOODYEAR ULTRA GRIPS FITTED
  23. wally dugan
    the first is from a sale held on the 17th of December 1947 and is a mixture of makers motorcycles the second page is from a sale held on the 7th February 1949
  24. wally dugan
    BILL this is the information on the oy in the 1944 ministry of supply data book it sates tyre size 10x50x16
  25. wally dugan
    ANDY ROBERTSHAW rang me this morning so while he was on the phone l asked him about the RLC MUSEUM move he said IT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN UNTIL 2018 as part of operation welsley and they will be amongst the last to move
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