Radar Vehicles

[Grant Bowker]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

.... the pictures posted by Les...... are very similar/same as pictures I have seen for sale by THE book dealer.... they were part of his 8 1/2 by 11 sets of British equipment...... we left them behind because they were not CMP related.....

Bob C

I agree about them being at least similar to the photos seen, but they don't look to show a GL no3 Mk3 ? (C) trailer (discussed in another thread today).
Grant

[Noel Burgess]

Les' pictures are of Wireless set No10 - a 10 channel microwave set used at Army/Army Group level in NW Europe. I'm sure these were covered in MLU a few years ago
Noel

[alamotex]

You are correct Noel ..It is a Wireless Set No 10

http://www.wftw.nl/wireless/ws10a.jpg

The early versions of GEE and OBOE, which should properly be classified as Aids to Navigation, were mounted in trailers that were available at the time. OBOE in a trailer originally manufactured for the AA radar No 3 Mk 2 is not surprising. What is surprising is that the boys in blue have cornered the market on WW II radar. The army radar personnel and equipment have been marginalised to the point that no one cares about the preservation of the one surviving GL III(c) gunlaying radar, lying neglected out on the Canadian Prairie. It is ironic that the GL III (c) is featured on the FLICKR site of the Quebec Naval museum, but dismissed as a low priority by the RCA Museum.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/museena...ec/4435376316/

[Ken Smith]

I have been surprised that no one has ever commented on the REL radar trailer I have noted in my signature.My trailer is a GL III(c) I have the trailer,dolly, stabilising legs and turntable for the radar but the shelter is missing.Bart Vanderveen sent me a photo of the outfit many years ago but information has been pretty scarce.There is a long distance photo of one in New Guinea with a lot of other surplus equipment at the end of WW2.My trailer came from the Gold Coast in Queensland and was used by four farmer brothers to carry their Cat D6 around on,they eventually took the dolly out and welded a 6 foot extension to the front of the trailer and used it as a low loader, hooked up to their 1954 Chev truck.The trailer has electric brakes and the farmers said that with the D6 on they could lock the brakes up no problem.I was going to set the trailer up behind my NM Mack as the NM,s were used to tow radar trailers and guns in Australia.I thought though that the GL III(c) and its accomanying trailer were normally towed by FWDs.
Cheers Ken

[alamotex]

Ken. Niether I nor the small cotterie of WW II army radar enthusiasts I associate with via the internet, are military vehicle collectors or restorers and this might explain why we failed to notice your listing of interests at the foot of your posts. Sorry for that omission. Over the years we have been in touch with several Ozzies on the subject of WW II radar,many of whom were contributors to this forum. You are the first to have possesion of a chassis or partial trailer which could be identified as belonging to the APF unit of the GL III (c). Tony Smith ( the other Tony Smith ) has, or had, two beat up trailers from the companion unit of the GL III(c)..namely the ZPI unit. North Fort museum has a consol that was donated by Dave Prince.
One of my associates was on deployment to OZ during the war as part of the Canadian Technical contingent shipped over to provide tech knowhow and to carry out tropicalisation on the 83 GL III(c) convoys purchased by your military in 1943.
I have asked my colleague in Canada to get in touch with you...he worked on these babies as a master technician in the RCEME..

[Keith Brooker]

Just thought i would put these photos on as i do not know what it is. Photo taken in the 1950s. one of the guys has a sten gun. Original photos from my collection.

[Keith Brooker]

This is a bit larger. The capbadge is RA.