AWM acquisition?

[chrisgrove]

Originally Posted by Niels V

Does any one have any interior pictures of it.
I have heard the therm "beetle back" for many years with regards to the early Morris FAT

Here is a picture of the inside (well part of it) of a monkeyface beetleback blitz artillery tractor. Its a lousy picture, taken through a perspex screen at the NZ Army Museum at Waiauru (spelling?), partly because I was not at all sure I was allowed to take pictures there at all. I assume it was a Cab 12, but could have been Cab 11 (if FATs with that existed) as I can't remember. Anyway, I doubt the inside differed much if at all.

Incidentally, Fletcher's book on 'Moving the guns' shows the first prototype of the beetleback (Morris) as being canvas covered; not much chance of carrying a traversing platform and sliding it off from that!

HTH

Chris

[Niels V]

Thanks for the picture, I can see from it that I need 4 more rifle clips,,,,, Darn

[Lynn Eades]

I would seriously doubt that the gas attack was anything to do with it.
....Or at least would like to see proof.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

I would seriously doubt that the gas attack was anything to do with it.
....Or at least would like to see proof.

I checked the design branch records and see no indications of this. I'll have to read through them further and see if there is a section on decontamination in general.