Dischargers, smoke generator, 4 inch

[rob love]

Last two pages. Last page covers the ammunition. The last photo is from the internet and shows the crate which would include 10 smoke rounds, 12 covers for the muzzle (they were expendable: the QM did not expect you to reach out under fire and remove it) as well as 14 ballistite .303 cartridges to launch them.

Some good links on the ammunition: http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/thread...generator-no-8

http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/europe...rsmokeno8.html

[eddy8men]

very interesting, thanks for posting it up

[kevin powles]

robe, do you know, if these smoke discharger canisters are available anywhere, inert ones of course.

Kevin.

[rob love]

Had a look online and they seem pretty rare. I'm thinking a guy may end up painting some soup cans olive green and put the stenciling on them. I saw one on ebay back when ebay sold that kind of stuff, and it did not go cheap.

There is a guy on Canadiangunnutz has a pair of No24 Mk2 Smoke Generator canisters and somehow feels they are worth $1500 for the pair.

[Robert Bergeron]

Rob,

I also thank you very much for posting on this most perplexing subject.

We have essentialy the same with our AFV's today.

Smoke grenade dischargers with disposable covers on the LAV's are an example..

Explains what and how the 4'' 's were used on our Carriers.

Very generous of your time . Thanks

[rob love]

In the New Year I will see if I can get a better scan of the pages.

There are a couple reports available (for a fee) from the UK archives regarding the no8 smoke rounds. They are located at the following two links:

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ls/r/C11244187

http://discovery.nationalarchives.go...ls/r/C11344446

Robert:
It is these odd types of threads that re-enforce the importance of the MLU. Ten years ago many of us had the same questions re the carriers, and one by one the mysteries have disappeared. It's really a team effort.

[Ron Pier]

Originally Posted by rob love

Had a look online and they seem pretty rare. I'm thinking a guy may end up painting some soup cans olive green and put the stenciling on them. I saw one on ebay back when ebay sold that kind of stuff, and it did not go cheap.

There is a guy on Canadiangunnutz has a pair of No24 Mk2 Smoke Generator canisters and somehow feels they are worth $1500 for the pair.

My Brother in law runs his own small car repair business and I wondered about asking him to save all the old screw on oil filters till I found one the right size for painting up as a dummy to stick out the end of my discharger

Ron

[marco]

Hereby two photo's and a sketch with the main dimensions from the 4" smoke canister.
Hope this helps.

Marco

[kevin powles]

Originally Posted by marco

Hereby two photo's and a sketch with the main dimensions from the 4" smoke canister.
Hope this helps.

hi, that's great thanks for the info. cheers.

kevin.