Otter LRC CM4647296 comes home

[Harry Moon]

starting a trend

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Nope. No way. Uh-uh. I ain't gonna' do it.

[rob love]

I like chocolate and I like mustard, but I don't put the two together.

In the same vein, I like Hawaiian shirts and I like military vehicles, but.....

[David Dunlop]

Hello Jordan.

That is an interesting set of photos you have in Post 216. They raise a lot of questions.

What Canadian Army units were based in the Hastings area in 1942 that would have been equipped with, or servicing, Otters?

Was Harold Road on part of a regular route to or from the base for said unit, or was this vehicle just out for a road test or sight seeing?

Why does it appear these Otter photos do not seem to show either A-Set or B-Set aerial installations on it, or the Bren Gun Mount at the front of the Turret?

I like your shirt, by the way.


David

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Hello Jordan.

That is an interesting set of photos you have in Post 216. They raise a lot of questions.

8x snip happens x8

Why does it appear these Otter photos do not seem to show either A-Set or B-Set aerial installations on it, or the Bren Gun Mount at the front of the Turret?

David

I think early WW2 wireless sets in vehicles were still fairly scarce; Jordan's project has traces of W/T markings on the side,indicating that it was so equipped.

Canadian armoured cars may well have had a different armament to the British ones; Lewis, Vickers or .30 Browning rather than Bren at that stage of the war, too.

I like your shirt, by the way.

Ditto, it's a nice "sky blue" - something I could do with right now instead of the continuous cold rain I get every time I poke my nose out of the house.

There's stuff I want to do (without getting soaked) this month.

Chris.

[Jordan Baker]

David.

Hastings and area was full of Canadian Army units so its not something easily narrowed down.

The turret does have the bren AA mounts. It is just hard to see.

[chris vickery]

@Bruce Parker, come on Bruce, be a sport. I’m thinking all you armoured car guys could be sporting these. Where’s Peter Duggan at? Not sure if I could rock one with Mules all over it?