Military vehicle advertisements in Australia

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

Tony (or anyonelse for that matter),
any idea what the cleats on the Trailer rims in the post above would be for?
Rich.

You see these cleats on field gun wheels sometimes, to put ropes around to manouver them.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Thanks David and Richard for your thoughts. I would have thought artillery, but what artillery ever had Champ rims?
I contacted some of the Champ owners brain trust and one long time Champ owner in the UK has a set of these, they were used (In Germany at least ) for the fitting of army issue wheel chains on the Champ.
Trailer's sold anyway!
Rich.

[Tony Smith]

They are off a 120mm MOBAT anti-tank RCL, not Champ.

(Apologises for poor eyesight in not spotting them sooner, thanks Richard!)

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread...33-120mm-MOBAT

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Thanks Tony, I think that would be it.
Doubt that there would be many sets of them in Australia.
Rich.

[Dale Jordan]

Nice 25 pounder


http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/kelms...gun/1030907357

[jack neville]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

They are off a 120mm MOBAT anti-tank RCL, not Champ.

(Apologises for poor eyesight in not spotting them sooner, thanks Richard!)

http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread...33-120mm-MOBAT

I found a set of those wheels a few years ago and used them to make a tanden trailer. I always thought they were Land Rover wheels. I ground the cleats off. Are they the same as Land Rover and Champ rims? I am still looking for another one as the spare. They fit Land Rover hubs.

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Jack,
I am sure that the MOBAT wheel will be identical to a Champ apart from the lugs. The stud pattern is the same as Land Rover, but the Champ wheel has a greater off set and is of course a two piece combat rim. Good Champ rims are getting harder to find, easier to stick with a Landy one as a spare.
Rich.

[Bob McNeill]

Sure hope it stays in Oz, worth every penny when you add up the extras.