Lauren Child

Here's a pic from the June 1942 drivers manual.

If I remember correctly, the Churchill Crocodile could fling flame 3-4 times the distance.

I wonder if one of the mods could copy the pictures from Lance's old thread onto this one for completeness? -- Armour Bits and Bobs http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.php?t=40107

Either way, I don't think it's on the cards for this year. Lets hope it comes back in the future.

Ah, thanks Richard

I thought they were? Maybe I'm wrong.

With the Canadians being a manufacturer and user of Churchills you might be in a good position to locate parts over there. Just a thought.

Here's an illustration of the Periscope No. 8 (I assume) fitted to Cromwell 1 commanders position prior to the use of episcopes in the all round vision cupola.

What sort of tank takes your fancy?

No worries David - excellent work on the above

I don't suppose you've got a similar list of what the different versions of the episcopes go with?

Nice one Wally!

Just to follow this up, it was indeed "Assault Vehicle Royal Engineers" during wartime. It's clarified in Army Training Memorandum No.46, 16th October 1943 against the previous term "Engineer Tanks"

I've wondered about that for ages, the only references I could find stated that episcope was an old term for prism-based optics. Seeing the diagrams in context it all falls into place.

Awesome -thanks Rick and well done David! Just to add to this, the Challenger illustrated parts list shows no.1, no.6, and no.8. The no.6 is shown with the pivoting top rain hood, so it looks like they were an upgrade to earlier types of periscopes as well (see the No. 11 and No. 12 drawings above). It still calls it a No.6 Mark 1, so the mark number wasn't changed.

I thought they were both runners? Certainly the first engine fired up (the one now in London) and I thought the second was going to be an operating exhibit?

They are indeed both CA-1's that were at Duxford. There was also one at War and Peace for sale this year!

The media don't always report these things as we'd do as enthusiasts. On other stories and films, I've seen a lot of footage shot at Duxford but not used - ultimately it's up to the media folks to make an interesting story of it for a broader section of society. As that story went I thought it shone a good light on a bunch of enthusiasts doing what we do.

Nice one

It's something I've given some consideration to, as the Charioteer has very prominent fire suppression handles. Ultimately I'd like to keep these live, as the beast is difficult to get in and out of and I don't want to roast in the event of a fire.

Not widely known, but Sophos is now free for home users - https://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools.aspx

Originally it would have had a dual smiths unit for oil pressure and water temperature. They look almost identical to the modern ones.

I picked one of these up a while back, and I've seen several on ebay listed as Post Office. They always seem to be painted pillarbox red. It's a very handy container with the pouring spout built-in. I don't think it's military though.

Hi Deanna, Nice Carrier! Original manuals (especially parts lists) for wartime commonwealth vehicles tend to be hard to find. The carrier is a popular vehicle though, so you may find reprints. The CD available here might be your best bet for a technical manual, and it has the breakout pictures from the parts list - http://www.afvhandbooks.com/tank_technical_handbook_p001.html If you get stuck, you can get reprints of some manuals (like parts lists) from museums - you may want to contact the Tank Museum or the Canadian war museum to see if they've got an archive copy that they would copy.

Funnily enough, I picked up an interesting note at Malvern - General order no. 860 of 2nd July '43 changes the oil that is to be used in vehicles. Hypoid is for listed applications only. For B vehicles this is live axles of - certain Chev vehicles (Wa, KC, KE, C15, WB, KD, C8, C.4152 tipper), Dodge all models, Fargo all models, all American passenger vehicles including jeeps, Lincoln and Zephyr, but excluding all Fords. Hypoid axles are to be marked with a red bar on the casing. All vehicles that already have the marking but are not on the list are to be painted out. All vehicles that are on the list but have a red cross on a white background painted on the rear axle diff will have the upper and lower portion painted out to present a red bar (evidently an earlier Hypoid marking). B vehicle engines and gearboxes were not to use Hypoid. The vast majority of vehicles types were not to use Hypoid.