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Old 23-01-08, 00:42
Rob Beale Rob Beale is offline
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Default Unarmoured vehicles

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Originally posted by McDell Bros
Thanks, makes sense. So does this indicate that our carrier is not armoured? Or did it not require this process? It does seem quite easy to mark with a file if that makes any difference. All hull plates are definatly original.
When they built unarmoured vehicles such as pilot vehicles to trial a new design, (or like the NZ LP1 carriers), a triangular plate was fixed to the sides of the vehicle to show that it was mild steel only. This photo shows the triangular plate just above the end of the track adjusting tool.

Rob
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