once a gunner always a gunner......
I too was a gunner in the Territorials for about one year, till we were disbanded in 1972. We still wore '49 pattern battledress at the time. Eventually I ended up getting me my own bofors, an ex-film prop Bristol Bofors ( Equipment 40 MM AA No.12 Land Service) which I de-modified back to original.
The 10.50-13 wheels mentioned with regard to the trailers are a completely different kettle of fish to the 9.00-13 tyres we have on the Bofors. The ply rating is much higher,as they were designed for very heavy duty,in fact six of these wheels were all that was needed to carry the 7.5 ton recovery trailer and its load. They were also used by Scammel for the driving wheels on the 3-wheeled Mechanical Horse and later Scarab tractors.
The wheels are also very different, thick truck divided rims rather than the light drop-well automotive rims
Up till today, I had always wondered why the Bofors/ Morris platform had such a narrow front track.......
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