Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Bruce Parker

Interesting pic. The contraption is later style smoke discharger pistol replacing the standard 4" Ross or SMLE type. I'm thinking a trial installation.

If you have the PDF on dischargers that I sent to a lot of the guys, it lists that discharger as a 2" bomb thrower. Manual is dated 1942, so I suspect both dischargers were concurrent.
One advantage to that 2" thrower is that it could be used with 2" mortar bombs I believe.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by rob love

If you have the PDF on dischargers that I sent to a lot of the guys, it lists that discharger as a 2" bomb thrower. Manual is dated 1942, so I suspect both dischargers were concurrent.
One advantage to that discharger is that it could be used with 2" mortar bombs I believe.

I agree, other than to say the rifle/4" tube combo predates the 2" launcher. Also that the Otter (and Fox) hulls are pre drilled with the centre and 1/4" aligning holes for the 4" one so the 2" would need some kind of adapter, as we are seeing in Ed's pic.

[Robert Bergeron]

What an interesting restoration / vehicle / subject matter . Wonderful ! An eye opener.

[Perry Kitson]

Appears to be the same 2" discharger as used in Shermans.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Grizzly too.

[Ed Storey]

And the Fox as well.

Photo 8 Fox copy.jpg

[Jordan Baker]

A small bit of progress was made today on rebuilding the fuse box. Cutting and machining the fibre isolation parts. These isolate the bare power feed hookups.