REL Radar trailers

rob love · #1 20-09-12, 03:21

I had a request over on the artillery section for shots of the two REL Radar trailers located here in Shilo.
Here are shots of the two, along with a shot of the US pattern trailer used with the 90mm gun.

Here is the first trailer:

The second Cdn trailer:

rob love · #2 20-09-12, 03:21

And here is the US trailer along with a Cdn 90mm AA gun

alamotex · #3 20-09-12, 04:36

Thanks Rob These may be the only examples of these radar cabins on display anywhere in the world ,that are in such good condition. The parabolic antenna for the M-33 Fire control radar ( M-242 trailer) was on the museum site back in 2006, next to the APF cabin... see attached

Brian

rob love · #4 20-09-12, 05:19

Yes, it is still around. I took it down to the sandblasting/painting establishment back in July. It must still be in progress.

One of the trailers was getting into a rather poor condition. They were insulated with a waxy cardboard honeycomb type insulation which retained water and caused the sides to rust a bit. The sandblast paint shop was able to correct the problem.