New Carrier pages on Old CMP site

Keith Webb · #1 11-07-04, 23:04

Just put several new pages up including this one on John Belfield's Melbourne Tank Museum collection, including the wrecks in the storage yard.

I've also started a page on the controversially named 2 pounder carriers

Tony Smith · #2 11-07-04, 23:39

Keith, not to be pedantic, but the 2pdr IS NOT a Field Gun, rather it is a 2pdr Anti-Tank Gun. 2pdr Field Guns have not been seen in Australian service since the 1880's

Did John have an opinion if these Carriers are "Carriers, 2pdr, Tank Attack" mounting a "2pdr Anti-Tank Gun"?

I notice, too, that the carrier pictured has a nice growth of Lichen on it. Do any naturalists amongst us know the growth rate of Lichen? I believe it's quite slow, many years per centimetre or such.

Keith Webb · #3 12-07-04, 00:35

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Originally posted by Tony Smith
I notice, too, that the carrier pictured has a nice growth of Lichen on it. Do any naturalists amongst us know the growth rate of Lichen? I believe it's quite slow, many years per centimetre or such.

Thanks, Tony I've fixed the field bit...
And here's a pic of a FGT 8 before the wet and dry. It's had a few years of lichen.

Keith Webb · #4 12-07-04, 00:37

Serial 55935 is revealed, confirming it as a No 8 FGT.
Pity it's such a wreck.

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #5 12-07-04, 00:42

Hi Tony
You want lichen, have I got lichen for you. This was at Bellfields en-route to Corowa in 2002. This is cammo lichen, a species perculiar to Belfields property.
Bob

Hanno Spoelstra · #6 12-07-04, 12:13

Keith, great pics, thanks! I was surprised to see a T16 surviving in Australia:

I had no idea any of them were ever supplied to Australia. Does anybody have any info on deliveries?

Thanks,
Hanno
T16 Universal Carrier

Tony Smith · #7 12-07-04, 16:23

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This was at Bellfields en-route to Corowa in 2002.

Caught in the act, Bob! While everyone else stands around for a nice social photo opportunity, Salesman Bob dives into the cab of the truck to check out if the instrument cluster is still in place!

I won't even ask how you ended up in Melbourne's eastern suburbs enroute from Adelaide to Corowa. Lost perhaps?

Bob Moseley (RIP) · #8 14-07-04, 12:52

Hi Tony
The picture was at Horsham prior to Narre Warren (again checking out the instruments). Actually 7 of us hired a mini-bus and were on the road for a week visiting Horsham, Werribee (Liberator), Narre Warren North (Belfield), Nar Nar Goon (Bernie Dingles Museum), Melbourne Docks (some coal barge), Tim Viberts, Corowa, Echuca, the Catalina Museum. Good trip.
Bob