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08-06-11, 10:00
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thanks Adrian. most kind
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08-06-11, 11:04
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I too have a T16 here in Adelaide and as far as I know there is'nt any others in Aust or is there !
Colin.
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08-06-11, 16:52
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I'd understood the "T" was used on standard duty carriers and "TD" was used on carriers assigned for towing guns. I haven't seen many original T-16 data plates still mounted to vehicles with their original markings to compare.
My carrier had the TD number painted on it but no data plates to cross reference. The markings were done with an etching white paint as seen on the early T-16 and they ate through the primer and into the hull itself. We could still read it even after having the hull chemically stripped.
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David Gordon - MVPA # 15292 '41 Willys MB British Airborne Jeep '42 Excelsior Welbike Mark I '43 BSA Folding Military Bicycle '44 Orme-Evans Airborne Trailer No. 1 Mk. II '44 Airborne 100-Gallon Water Bowser Trailer '44 Jowett Cars 4.2-Inch Towed Mortar '44 Daimler Scout Car Mark II '45 Studebaker M29C Weasel
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08-06-11, 17:06
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As indicated on that data plate, the TD number is the US Ordnance number and is issued regardless of end user.
The T number is issued by the British Ministry of Supply at point of order and T is merely the prefix for tracked armoured vehicles other than SP guns (S) and amphibians (P).
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08-06-11, 18:51
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given that my T16 data plate is missing, but I know where the date of manufacture is stamped, and I have the T number after sanding back the paint, is there any way I can find the other numbers out? I have a new set of repro data plates that I would like to stamp up and wondered whether there are any other numbers stamped on the hull, or indeed whether US records exist, either with the Ford Company Archive or the US Military or am I banging my head against a brick wall with that one?
David, if the TD meant for towing artillery, what would have defined that in the way they were made, as all tow hitch equipment was added in the UK along with the wading fixings? Last edited by andrew honychurch; 08-06-11 at 18:56.
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