Wanted: Carrier parts and accessories wanted

[lssah2025]

I am looking for some bits and bobs..

1. A HMG Vickers mounting for carrier deck (See pics)
2. Mount that was used/modified (to use) the M2HMG or 1919 up front. (see pics)
3. Smoke discharger mount for 4" discharger.

And I am also looking into manufacturing the Vickers/Piat holder that mounts on the side wall for a carrier, I don't have any prices at this time, but those interested let me know.

Lance

[lssah2025]

Bump, still looking for parts..

[rob love]

While the front mounted 50 cal was not a standardized or approved modification, it was done with fair frequency. As such, there is no right or wrong mount to use. Some of the photos I have seen show them using the same mounting bracket as the halftrack. BMGParts has them listed on their mounts page. http://www.bmgparts.com/mount.html
Then you would just use the standard cradle.

I can't help think that the 50 must have really rattled the armour on a carrier.

For the smoke discharger mount, I believe Rod Shaver has them, either originals or repros.

[kevin powles]

Hi, on the subject of vickers mounts, I have a couple of original straps used to hold the tripod when stowed next to the driver TL stamped. Also has anyone seen a close up quality original pics of a vickers mounted up front in a rivited carrier?, I have the Australian mount I want to put on a canadian carrier, I would need to make an adapter plate to make it fit using the two holes that are there on the carrier.

[rob love]

Not quite carrier, but I wanted to relate how ad-hoc some of the modifications to up-gun the vehicles could be.

I talked with a fellow who was writing a book on WW2, and he related a story to me from a neighbor who drove a lynx in WW2. He broke an axle, and when he brought it to the vehicle dump to exchange it, they asked him if he wanted a salvaged 50. He took them up on the offer and had the RCEME mount it on top of the lynx. He later modified the lynx by removing the co-drivers seat and installing a bicycle seat on top of a post, so he could carry more ammunition.

The lynx and the carrier were not meant to be used as fighting vehicles, but the firepower of a 50 meant you were engaging targets of opportunity at much longer ranges and with a lot more effective firepower than the Bren would have provided.

[lssah2025]

Rob, thanks for the info, I completely forgot about BMG...

Originally Posted by rob love

The lynx and the carrier were not meant to be used as fighting vehicles, but the firepower of a 50 meant you were engaging targets of opportunity at much longer ranges and with a lot more effective firepower than the Bren would have provided.

Exactly, the .50 could reach out and touch someone, especially against structures and soft skin vehicles.

[charlie fitton]

[QUOTE=rob love;214806]Not quite carrier, but I wanted to relate how ad-hoc some of the modifications to up-gun the vehicles could be.

DITTO:

Maj Del Struck, HLIofC CANLOAN officer to 10th HLI told me that he had 2 - .30 Brownings in each of his carriers... "they were lying around all over the place"

When I asked how they got ammo, he said "that was easy - we had rum, the Yanks had ammunition"