Sidewinder Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 When I saw the first two pictures, my next thought was christ, they're gonna use the goat for target practice! :shocked: On a serious note though, very interesting pictures. Thanks for posting. James Quote
m606paz Posted February 17, 2011 Author Posted February 17, 2011 More pics What year may be these pictures? Quote
mcspool Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Excellent pictures! These were taken before the outbreak of war, the Morris-Commercial CS8 15-cwt trucks still have their civilian registrations. Quote
ferretfixer Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 When I saw the first two pictures, my next thought was christ, they're gonna use the goat for target practice! :shocked: On a serious note though, very interesting pictures. Thanks for posting. James Im sure that SOME of the Goats even made it into Uniform!........ Quote
schliesser92 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Im sure that SOME of the Goats even made it into Uniform!........ Most of them commissioned, too ! Quote
steveo578 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 schliesser92 Most of them commissioned, too ! Surely the beard precludes them being commisioned? at least to most regiments. Sidewinder .....they're gonna use the goat for target practice! :shocked: My father used to recount when food was short in Burma the company cook chased down a wild goat with a Thompson. Quote
Tony B Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 (edited) How did the goat get a Thompson? Or was it bloody good camouflage? :-D Did get told a story by an old veteran. He ran a transport section in Burma using MWs. One of the trucks hit and killed a water buffalo. As Steve's Dad implies, nothing wasted out there that could be eaten, so it was slung into the truck and brought back. Unfortunatley a lot of the Section wee Hindu. They were not happy with the truck having 'Cows' blood on it, so the truck was RTU'd for replacement. At the depot were some Dodges, by a bit of dealing he eneded up with a WC51, and a WC52. Apparently it turned out a raw deal, because the Dodges would go anywhere they got all the lousy jobs. Edited February 17, 2011 by Tony B Quote
steveo578 Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Tony B How did the goat get a Thompson? Good one Tony- I must learn to write proper english:red: Quote
Chris Suslowicz Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 Cheers;) HML946 has got its tyres on backwards! Chris (wondering what the radio set is - something rather early, I suspect - it doesn't look like a "numbered" set). Quote
Richard Farrant Posted February 17, 2011 Posted February 17, 2011 HML946 has got its tyres on backwards! Chris, As the front axle is not driven, I think tyres were fitted that way around to save wear. Quote
goanna Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Fantastic pics. The wireless set might be a No. 11 . Or maybe a No. 1 set . Does anyone know the regiment "INNS" etc . Would the "TA" script refer to Territorial Army ? The chaps shoulder badge also says INNS XXXXX etc. Mike Quote
chevpol Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Inns of Court Regiment says so on the side of the wireless truck Mark Quote
steveo578 Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 goannaDoes anyone know the regiment "INNS" etc Inns of Court Rgt. was a pre war TA Rgt. In theory one of the oldest none regular units in the British Army dating back to Elizabethian times. King George III named them the "Devils Own" when being told they were all lawyers:shocked:. The Inns of Court Volunteers became an officer training unit in 1859. Then became a Rifle Brigade battalion. During World War One it again became an officers training unit, but actually went on active service as the London Rgt. At the time the photos were taken in 1938-9 it was a perculiar mixed cavalry/infantry unit rather like a Yeomany Rgt. It became part of the RAC in 1940 as an armoured car rgt. It supported 3rd Canadians during Normandy and later I Corps recce component. Post War it became part of the City of London Yeomany, I think it became the signals Rgt to part of an SAS TA bat, more recently -but could be wrong on that -amalgamation of amalgamation of amalgamation. Quote
Timinder Posted February 18, 2011 Posted February 18, 2011 I was looking at those tyres and it seems that there are at least 2 different types in use in that line-up, notwithstanding the back-to-front set in the nearer vehicle. Quote
m606paz Posted February 27, 2011 Author Posted February 27, 2011 British & Indian Commenwealth soldiers moving slowly through a suspected minefield in the desert of Libya. Location: Libya Date taken: 1941 Quote
tim gray Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 Great pics my friend, Some very nice early vehicles and weapons. Mix of 15 Cwt,s early solid bumper and later variant with brush gaurd. The Bren is not a BREN but a ZGB, pre production model from the czech factory due to a delay in enfield produced ones, note the different sight apeture and the slant back angle on the rear sight. Do wish i could get my hands on one but so ....sooooo rare!!! They were even used when the manual was being produced, check out the line drawings and you will see the canted back rear sight. The guys were realy realy accurate when they did those drawings. Keep em comming!! Regards Tim Quote
steveo578 Posted March 3, 2011 Posted March 3, 2011 tim grayThe Bren is not a BREN but a ZGB :wow: sharp eyed or you know a lot about Brens or both:thumbsup: Steve Quote
No Signals Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Re tyres, here is a diagram showing fitting that is in an old manual of mine. So maybe the fitter had referred to this book, so does it makes the other one wrong? Edited March 5, 2011 by No Signals Quote
steveo578 Posted March 4, 2011 Posted March 4, 2011 No Signals Re tyres, here is what is in an old manual of mine. The highlighted section should have been at the beginning of the paragraph, health and safety wasn't very high on the writers priority:-\ Quote
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