No Signals Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 Squatting firmly on the head of the second fitter from the right appears to be an airfield defence Armadillo at RAF Bottesford. The picture appeared in last Thursdays Daily Telegraph in connection with their campaign to secure a memorial to Bomber Command. Crown Copyright. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antarmike Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 A staged picture if ever I saw one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted November 2, 2008 Share Posted November 2, 2008 This picture is in Colour in the Britain at War magazine no 18, page 64. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rippo Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 (edited) Are there any armadillo's left? Edited November 7, 2008 by rippo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 This picture is in Colour in the Britain at War magazine no 18, page 64. I have just purchased a copy of Britain at war the colour picture in the magazine is obviously from the same staged photo shoot but is a different frame; the Armadillo is now driving into the head of the bespecaled guy on the right who is now looking down pretending to work. From the colour shot the armadillo appears to be in the SCC2 brown and SCC1a very dark brown scheme but in the MTP 20 pattern. The location is RAF Bottesford. TED ps 4 of the airmen are currently on jankers for not wearing their overalls LOL !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted November 10, 2008 Share Posted November 10, 2008 certainly not around but a Armadillo on a 2 ton Fordson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Yikes.... if that last shot was of the vehicle empty of personal ,how much worse it must have been with several people on board ! Good gosh the way the tires are looking it best have been used only in a static mode !!! would'nt want to see that try and take a corner at any speed ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Are there any armadillo's left? Bovingdon tank museum has an original concrete body and they are going to fit it onto a vehicle chassis to recreate an Armadillo. Saw it a few years ago, so it might be complete by now. Anyone seen it/know about the project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashley Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hi Robert, there is a concrete pill box on a flatbed truck (possibly a Thornrycroft) but don`t quote me. Ashley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hi Robert,there is a concrete pill box on a flatbed truck (possibly a Thornrycroft) but don`t quote me. Ashley I think the concrete pillbox or concrete armoured versions were called BISONS ?? TED Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 I think the concrete pillbox or concrete armoured versions were called BISONS ?? TED That is right Ted, there is one in Bovingdon museum. Named after the Bison pre-cast concrete company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 Desperation crept in at times Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted angus Posted November 19, 2008 Share Posted November 19, 2008 Squatting firmly on the head of the second fitter from the right appears to be an airfield defence Armadillo at RAF Bottesford. The picture appeared in last Thursdays Daily Telegraph in connection with their campaign to secure a memorial to Bomber Command. Crown Copyright. Just being digging some info out for Thread Bedford MWs and realised this is vehicle is a Bedford OXA truck armoured anti tank with a steel body. MK1,2 +3 armadillos were double skinned timber bodies with pebbles between the skins ? Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T80030 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Picked these up a while ago Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryH57 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Apart from the Lorry, 30cwt Armoured Anti-Tank with steel armour as shown in the photos above, the RAF also used a short wheel based armoured Bedford OX, called Armadillo Mk 2, that retained the normal cab but had armoured windows and doors and radiator, with a wooden 'fighting compartment' inside the GS rear body. The 'armoured fighting compartment' was made from two layers of wood with stones, gravel and sand packed between the layers! The were armed with two Hotchkiss MGs or Lewis Guns Two of these were used at RAF Christchurch 1940-41 together with an Armadillo Mk 3 on a Bedford OY chassis that carried a 1.5 pdr Coventry Ordnance Works (COW) gun on the back. I have a shell case from this in my collection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 Amongst all my junk I just happen to have an Armadillo - sadly it's a basket case :whistle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 That has to be the tackiest thing I have ever seen (on here!) Please tell me you won it in a raffle or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 :-D It was a family hand-me-down. I suspect my mother would have obtained it during one of her regular junk shop trawls in the 1950's / 60's when these things were more acceptable. You must appreciate that taste have changed somewhat since then. Mrs. NOS has not allowed it in the house ever since I inherited it (she obviously has better taste), but somehow I just cannot bring myself to sling it. Hey Jack, do I get a prize for the tackiest thing ever posted? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted May 13, 2010 Share Posted May 13, 2010 I'm only pulling your leg Tony, though I would vote for you to win that prize! :banana: And the prize for the best pun in a post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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