one for Ewan

[Max Hedges]

do you know what this is?

[Max Hedges]

it could be a box that goes with a 25pdr
Max

[Keith Webb]

Have you had some sort of expert around to identify it?

And... let me guess... you're looking for some 3 1/16 standard size rings...

[Scrivo18]

Yes it is a 25 Pdr Box, also for the 2 pdr I believe. I have one at work with markings still stencilled on it. I will post what it says next week.

Tim

[Max Hedges]

I had a visit from Mike Cecil yesterday and he managed to identify the box otherwise it has sat here for a few years not knowing what it was. Mike also had a mate from tasmania with him and they were only going to come for an hour and they stayed all afternoon, that's not like me. We started the carrier up and went for a run to inspire Mike's mate to get on with his.

Max

[Wayne Henderson]

If you look around the bottom edge you should find stamped into the wood markings like " parts 25 pdr" and a date, usually 1941 and other markings.

The box sits on the shield lower right in that bracket that you keep bashing your knee into.

[Max Hedges]

this one is dated 1942, was used for many years by a wood cutter to carry his tools in.
Max

[Scrivo18]

I just checked one of mine, the easy one to find!

It says

Tools
25 + 17 PDRS MK I
No - CM-1600
ANTIA TANK GUNS


Tim

[Max Hedges]

Originally posted by Scrivo18
I just checked one of mine, the easy one to find!

It says

Tools
25 + 17 PDRS MK I
No - CM-1600
ANTIA TANK GUNS


Tim

this one is a bit hard to read, here goes
N1/ C?1599
QTY 1
Max

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Max Hedges
it could be a box that goes with a 25pdr

Correct, I have one here. Bought it in a dump store when I was a kid not knowing what it was, other than an "army box". I still have it and am now saving up for the complimentary 25-pdr gun, limber and gun tractor (in reverse order)

H.