Lynx II, hull # 4225

[Mike Cecil]

Don't know if this image has been put up already, but there is a nice image of a NZ Lynx here:

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/phot...ry-units-italy

Mike

[lynx42]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Don't know if this image has been put up already, but there is a nice image of a NZ Lynx here:

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/media/phot...ry-units-italy

Mike

Mike, great photo, I have seen it before. That Lynx is an early Mk.1 with the rounded armour over the fuel tanks and hinged covers for the grease points on the front. Interestingly they have modified the sand channel holders and turned the sand channels 90% for more storage and protection. Is that a mounting for a Boyes AT gun attached to the usual bren gun hatch on the front windscreen armour?

Regards Rick.

[Peter Duggan]

Mike, Great find. I've emailed the NZ museum to get their permission to repost it here. As Rick says, there's so much to learn from these historical pictures of how the troops in the field adapted their equipment to suit their needs.
Rick, I'd spotted the rounded armour over the fuel tanks and wasn't sure what that mount was for. I'm assuming that the large ammunition boxes were for extra stowage. The crews must have lived out of these vehicles for days, if not weeks.

Thanks, Peter

[Mike Cecil]

It was a chance find while looking for other things. I like the T17E1 Staghound in the background, too. Altogether a very interesting image.

Mike

[rob love]

Originally Posted by lynx42

Is that a mounting for a Boyes AT gun attached to the usual bren gun hatch on the front windscreen armour?

Regards Rick.

It looks like they have attached a universal carrier AA mount with a short stem inserted to the bracket.

[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

Being Canadian, I am accustomed to inefficient government bureaucracies, therefore it was a pleasant surprise to receive a prompt and positive reply from New Zealand regarding my request to put this picture up on my thread.
It is an iconic picture of an early Lynx in service with the New Zealand forces in Italy. Not a posed picture, it reflects the conditions, and the wide range of equipment typical of Commonwealth units.

Peter

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[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

The small stuff is just as satisfying as the bigger stuff. Today was the installation of the new POW holders on the front fenders. It has been quite educational viewing the evolution of the external storage on the various marks of the Lynx. We were fortunate today to have a flight of three replica Neiuport 11s fly into our local airport in Picton. Part of the flight that flew over Vimy ridge as part of the centenary ceremonies,

Peter

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[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

Thanks to Robin Craig we have solved the origins of "Kilroy was here". Today I went to a Hackaberry quarry north of Gananoque to run the Lynx through their commercial scales to get a certified weight for the Lynx. I think that this sequence of pictures best depicts what soldiers felt like surrounded by larger, threatening equipment, frustrated by the waiting times.

Peter


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[Michael R.]

Congratulations Peter.
The Lynx looks swell!

[Peter Duggan]

Guys,

The trip to Gananoque was very productive. The Lynx now has a good looking and functional exhaust system thanks to Gerry Foster. He also installed a Pertronix ignition kit and 12V coil. Thanks to the suppression boxes around the distributor and coil they can't be detected. Purists may object, but the Lynx certainly doesn't, starts and runs like a dream.

Peter


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