Piat/Vickers mount

[Snowtractor]

Carrier Piat Vickers stowage mount
Sean

[Snowtractor]

from Making Tracks by Chamberlain and Ellis

[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

Found this in my "wanderings", Gun Carrier:

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[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

Found this in my "wanderings", Part 2:

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[Snowtractor]

Is that actually Bleach? and what is Linera. We need someone of the same vintage to fill us in Nigel,Geoff? :-)
Sean

[Snowtractor]

Ok I make it out better on this computer, liners not linera. So what were the liners for then?
Sean

[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

The Liners are what the ammo belts are held in, each liner would hold 1x belt .303 and if memory serves me correctly, 2x Liners per box = 2x belts per box.

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[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

A clearer picture of the Gun Carrier:

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[Stewart Loy]

Gentlemen,

Thanks for those great scans of the U'Carrier with Vickers.

I have a question for those in the know about the feeding of that breed of MG.

There is a carrier of sorts beside the gun itself. It looks like the "Carrier, belt, box, .303-in. Vickers, M.G., Mk 3" outlined in Ian Skennertons Small Arms Identification Series.

My question - is that carrier on the U'Carrier mount this mount? It almost appears integral to the mount, and the Carrier Mk3 looks like it hangs on the side of the crosshead.

Do those mounts accept liners, or the wooden boxes that belted ammo came in, or the Box, belt, Vickers No. 8, or No. 10 that all seem to carry the Vickers belts???

Thanks for your thoughts.


Stewart
Almost Thawed Out in Beachville

[Steve Guthrie]

Hi there

The Bleach paste was part of the carrier crew's anti-gas equipment. It was used (somehow) for decontamination.

Steve

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Hi guys

I don't know whether this image helps but this is the Aussie configuration of Vickers to ammo box. Taken out of
Australian Military Forces
Carriers, Machine Gun
LP., Nos. 2 & 2A
Description, Operation and Maintenance
Mechanization Pamphlet No.7
1941

The gun just sits in a swivel mount thats bolted onto the front hull.

Bob

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

And here is the diagram of the last photo, taken out of

Carrier M.G
(Aust)
Spare Parts
Catalogue
and Identification List
Revised
Prepared by
Directorate of Armoured
Fighting Vehicles Production
Ministry of Munitions
Notified in G.O's dated 31st August 1943

Bob

[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

Here's one for you:

A Canadian P.I.A.T. battery, mounted on the rear of a Unversial Carrier - NW Europe 1944.

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[Mark W. Tonner]

Sean;

Another picture of a Canadian carrier with the P.I.A.T. battery mounted.

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