Carrier photos in service
 

Hi everyone

Sometime ago I obtained an old photo album full of tracked armour and thought I would share some of the carrier photos with you.

Hope you enjoy.
Matt

And some more !

Kind regards
Matt

G'day carrier owners

The LP2 carrier in the first post with the 50cal is 2573, who has it ?

Kind regards
Matt

Hey Matt.

That isn't a .50 cai....It's a Boys Anti tank rifle ( .55 cal ).

This is the first photo that I have ever seen of an Aussie carrier with a Boys mounted in the gunners port.

...And this after I told Ray Carn that they were never mounted in the gunners port on Australia carriers. There is a specific Aust. carrier mount for Boys, but it mounts the rifle on the side armour. So I don't actually know how they have managed to mount this gun.

Is there a specific mount for the Boys in a British/Canadian carrier? ( as in, fits into the vickers mount position )

Pedr

G,Day Matt,
Top photos,Thanks for taking the time to post them.

Regards
Justin.

Carrier 2573
 

Not in the database of current carriers as far as I can see - Salesman Bob may have more info.

Great pics by the way.

Agreed, original private photos are also a highlight for myself.
I assume these may be photos from one of the Div Cav Regts in the middle east and then its return to northern Australia.
Regards.

carriers
 

H i Matt,
Great pics thanks for sharing them with us,I have 2564 not the one in question but close,
Regards Ron

Shepards Crook
 

Hi Matt,
Interesting to see the Shepards crook mounted on the front plate of the Aust carriers, I have not seen this before maybe a field modifacation,thanks for the pics, Regards Ron

Hi

a few more for your intrest... I know its techinicaly .55-in, I have a couple ! , im just used to calling it "the 50cal", its sort of a nic-name we use when we go shooting........

I have the mounts, I will photograph tommorrow and post for your info.

Kind regards
Matt

#2573
 

Hi Matt - not recorded in my database. However it was a 1942 SAR munufactured under Order MOS.146. BTW thanks for the image, another one I can hyperlink into my database, with your permission of course.

Bob

No stress Bob, I beleive these photos should belong to the public .

I will post some of the armour photos, Looks intresting !

Kind regards
Matt

Matt's Pics
 

Matt -

Lovely pics...I would be very interested to have any vehicle numbers from the pics...do you have unit idents ?

Brilliant

Roddy

carrier pics
 

Hi Matt,
Great pics keep them coming I am looking forward to seeing the armour ones,
Regards Ron

The "whereabouts" of Carrier #2573
 

G'day Matt and everyone,
I looked over the first set of images that Matt uploaded and was very interested in the last one of the series of five. Looking at the vegetation and the dress of the two crew I was quite sure that it was somewhere in the Top End -(northern end of the Northern Territory for all you overseas blokes) - where I have lived for the last 30 years. Images of carriers in this area during the war are few and far between so it was good to see.

I then read Matt's post to say that this carrier was #2573....... that rang bells and I consulted the list of remains I have inspected over the years in the NT. There it was - a few years ago I was given a right hand front mudguard that had been found in a wartime tip somewhere south of Darwin. It had the build plate insitu, along with a jack holder that had been bolted next to the light guard. The serial number on this plate is 2573!! The guard even has the same bend in it as in the wartime photo. In Matt's image, there is a water bag (?) on the right guard but above and below it can be seen the jack holder base and screw top. In a later photo featuring a bogged carrier and a dog, an empty jack holder bracket can be seen in the same position. At the right rear where this holder would normally reside is what looks like extra 2 gallon water tins - a must in the high heat conditions of the NT. It would seem that this was an unofficial field modification carried out in the NT to allow for the carrying of extra water. It is interesting to note that on the Australian 2 Pounder carriers the jack bracket was mounted on the RH front guard from the factory.

So, I would assume that carrier #2573 went to Japan as scrap in the early 1950s with most of the others that were sold off up here - but its right guard with build plate somehow survived. See the attached pics....

Hi Jared

Thats very intresting, I will give you a copy of the actual photo (its much clearer in real life) next time I see you.

No vehicle numbers or unit signs can be made out. I have some more and will post soooon

Kind regards
Matt