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Post by LineDoggie » 27 Nov 2021, 03:18

Machinegun is a Maxim fitted with a blank firing shredder. IF it is swiss, the Swiss did use the Maxim as the MG11
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Re: Id. british vehicle

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Post by Sturm78 » 27 Nov 2021, 13:57

Hi all,

In this link http://ftr.wot-news.com/2014/05/28/swiss-tanks-part-1/ is said that Switzerland obtained some of the Carden-Loyd Mark VI light tanks in 1927-28 but the only image in this link is too blurry to can see any detail...In any case, in the image of the link is not possible appreciate a machinegun shield, as in my image....

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Re: Id. british vehicle

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Post by Sturm78 » 31 May 2022, 22:30

Hi all

Scout Carrier ??

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Post by T. A. Gardner » 01 Jun 2022, 06:15

I don't think that's a scout carrier. The side the soldier is leaning on looks too long for that.

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I'd say it's more likely a BREN carrier.

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Jun 2022, 09:23

T. A. Gardner wrote
I don't think that's a scout carrier. The side the soldier is leaning on looks too long for that.
I'd say it's more likely a BREN carrier.
Ummmhhhh. I think the Bren Gun Carrier had a metal plate sloping backwards on its left side, and the vehicle in my photo does not....

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 01 Jun 2022, 10:40

Sturm78 wrote:
01 Jun 2022, 09:23
T. A. Gardner wrote
I don't think that's a scout carrier. The side the soldier is leaning on looks too long for that.
I'd say it's more likely a BREN carrier.
Ummmhhhh. I think the Bren Gun Carrier had a metal plate sloping backwards on its left side, and the vehicle in my photo does not....

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There were basically three "Carriers" the Bren Carrier had the crew compartment on the left rear, as you said; the Scout Carrier had it on the right, as in the last photograph and the Universal Carrier had it on both sides, as in the MG Carrier "C7" in the background of the last photograph.
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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Jun 2022, 21:37

Alan wrote
There were basically three "Carriers" the Bren Carrier had the crew compartment on the left rear, as you said; the Scout Carrier had it on the right, as in the last photograph and the Universal Carrier had it on both sides, as in the MG Carrier "C7" in the background of the last photograph.
Thanks, Alan...Although the photo does not show the rear of the vehicle very well I think the vehicle in my photo is a Scout Carrier...

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 02 Jun 2022, 14:50

Yes it is a Scout Carrier, you can clearly see the stowage box on the left side which indicates the lack of the side armour for the crew, even though there is a man sitting on the left there was no seat for him.
Another clue that the vehicles are Scout Carriers is the "2" in the Arm of Service Square. "2" indicating the Divisional Cavalry Regiment of an Infantry Division in the BEF 1939-40. Divisional Cavalry Regiments only used the Scout not the Bren Carrier.

If I'm correct and the white triangle denotes the 1st Infantry Division then the Carriers belong to 13/18th Hussars.
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Post by Sturm78 » 02 Jun 2022, 20:45

Alan wrote
Yes it is a Scout Carrier, you can clearly see the stowage box on the left side which indicates the lack of the side armour for the crew, even though there is a man sitting on the left there was no seat for him.
Another clue that the vehicles are Scout Carriers is the "2" in the Arm of Service Square. "2" indicating the Divisional Cavalry Regiment of an Infantry Division in the BEF 1939-40. Divisional Cavalry Regiments only used the Scout not the Bren Carrier.

If I'm correct and the white triangle denotes the 1st Infantry Division then the Carriers belong to 13/18th Hussars.
Hi Alan

I meant the photo posted by me on 31 May 2022...

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Post by Alanmccoubrey » 06 Jun 2022, 21:24

That is the one about which I was talking. You can clearly see the stowage box on the left side of the vehicle , under the soldier's arm. A Bren Carrier would have the armoured side of the crew compartment while the Scout has this open area which allows us to see that box.
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Post by von thoma » 10 Dec 2022, 04:37

Can you ID this British armoured vehicle ?
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Post by jbroshot » 10 Dec 2022, 06:13

Armoured Car, Daimler, Mark I

The 2-pounder gun is fitted with a Littlejohn muzzle adapter

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Re: Id. british vehicle

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Post by TISO » 30 Jan 2023, 00:11

gebhk wrote:
08 May 2020, 17:25
I'd say it is definitely from a French artillery unit, the marking on the door indicating the battery within the regiment. My first blind guess would be that it is some sort of radio or other signals vehicle with the roof rack torn off.
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red triangle on white square is artillery

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Post by Sturm78 » 28 May 2023, 11:09

Hi all,

I am not 100% sure about this truck: Morris CDF ??

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Re: Id. british vehicle

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Post by Sturm78 » 13 Jan 2024, 15:27

Hi all,

I would say Vickers Machine Gun Carriers but I have never seen this type of wheels....Any idea ?

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