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Old 26-07-16, 01:44
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I got this plotting board off ebay and was wondering what all the built in pouches held. The full length one on the small flap must be for a ruler, and the two shorter ones beside it would be for dividers. The pencil holders are obvious but any help on the rest of them?
There's a full size flap on the right half that would have protected extra maps. On the face of the map board there are depressions with large headed screws for attaching maps.
I have a tripod but it has a smaller bolt.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
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1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
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1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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Old 26-07-16, 02:39
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There is an artillery plotting board (like this Canadian one in the pic) but in surveying there is also a 'plane table' for plotting locations of features to create a topographical map, which might be what you have.
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Old 26-07-16, 03:05
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I recently picked up the tripod for these items if anyone wants to see it.
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Old 26-07-16, 06:25
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Maybe it's just called a map board. It's the right size to fit in the holding brackets behind the radio operator's seat in a 1A2 wireless body. Rob, lets see a picture of your tripod.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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Old 27-08-16, 02:56
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I came across a bunch of map-related stuff but don't know what would be relevant. It's shown here with the map board and tripod.
That little square black thing is a neat US morse code training device. There's also a proportional divider in the mail.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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Old 18-09-16, 19:56
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Here's a plane table from the manual of map reading 1939. They talk like these are the tolls you need when map reading etc. What's the thing that I didn't label?
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set
1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis
1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun
1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends
1941 Cab 12 F15A
1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5
1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box
1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box
1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP
1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box
1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor
MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2

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