Blue Headlights?

[Chris Munford]

Marked obsolete as of what date?

[Lynn Eades]

O.K. so I remembered it wrong. There doesn't appear to be a clear headlight lens at all. Only a blue one (101/2)(page 2 of, List of spare parts for the Carrier M.G.(Aust) 1943)
On page 3, the red tail light lens is cancelled in favour of the 102/2A blue lens.

Maybe the clear headlight lenses are a post war thing?

[Richard Farrant]

The question I have been asking for years is about blue tail lamps on British tanks and Carriers. I came across this when installing the electrical system on a restored Vickers Light tank Mk6a. There is a blue and a red lamp at the rear, with individual switching on instrument panel, I believe early Carriers were also like this. Nothing in the manuals to indicate why. I wondered if it was switched to blue if reversing back when in action to warn infantry behind.

[Lynn Eades]

Richard, it appears with the LP2/2A at least, that all lights had blue lenses.(left, right, front, and rear) I haven't done any night driving with them and do not know what the effects of blue lensed light are compared to red.
What tail light colours did the infantry tanks have?
I would have thought an option like you say was more important with them than with carriers and tanks that were too fast for infantry.
This probably deserves its own thread?
I hope someone can enlighten us?

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Richard, it appears with the LP2/2A at least, that all lights had blue lenses.(left, right, front, and rear) I haven't done any night driving with them and do not know what the effects of blue lensed light are compared to red.
What tail light colours did the infantry tanks have?
I would have thought an option like you say was more important with them than with carriers and tanks that were too fast for infantry.
This probably deserves its own thread?
I hope someone can enlighten us?

Lynn,
In 1937, I don't think there were any infantry tanks as such, well not in great numbers. This was only on rear in British armour as far as I am aware.

[The Bedford Boys]

I always thought the two colours on the back were so you could tell whether the carrier was coming or going, like a ship.

[Lynn Eades]

So why did they change them then? (to all blue)