Inter Acco ? machine gun mount

[Tony Smith]

The only pics I have seen of them fitted are during the Trials. The Trials vehicles, P1 and P2 had very high canopies on the rear of the tray. Later vehicles in service had a lower roofline on the canopy, which would have seen the mounting protruding quite high and likely to foul any overhanging branches (as would the "trial" canopy itself). It may be that the Trials or Mk1 trucks had a trombone arrangement on the canopy support bows that enabled two heights to be selected, but later marks of the Inter only had one roof height.

In the very few available pics of Mk1 trucks in service, it is not usually possible to see the ball pins on the roof. Maybe the mounting was only considered during the trial, and discounted for production vehicles along with the higher canopy?

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

In the very few available pics of Mk1 trucks in service, it is not usually possible to see the ball pins on the roof. Maybe the mounting was only considered during the trial, and discounted for production vehicles along with the higher canopy?

In a series of pictures of the 18LAA Rgt in the 60's (FLICKR), there are two pics of 107-342. This is a No1 Mk2 truck in service, not a trials vehicle, and the mounting balls are visible on the roof.

PS I recommend having a look through the Flickr pictures. Some interesting WW2 vehicles still in service in the late 1960's.

[Lang]

Tony

In 1964 when I was 17 and in 11 Field Regiment CMF We had an exercise to Tin Can Bay (About 300km north of Brisbane). Our battery had GMC's and the rest of the regiment had Studebakers. The small vehicles were a mix of Austin Champs and Landrovers The regular Army were rapidly changing from Studebakers to Internationals and of course wanted little to do with Champs and were Landrover equipped.

The whole hundred vehicle convoy was limited to a 25mph average speed by the water truck from the central transport pool - a 1943 C60L. Just like the WW2 Atlantic convoys were speed limited to the slowest ship in the fleet.

Lang