Early days
 

Notice the self propelled anti-tank carrier with gun mounted and covered? At the moment I do not have any close-up images of the cover.

Time for a wash after a day of stretching the tracks in the sand, and capturing the enemy marked Carrier with crew.

To say nothing of a trip to base hospital to fix a broken jaw . . .

By the look of the low ground, "jaw breaker" has had a few practice laps.
The confidence has grown, and by the look of the whip in the track , under the front bogies, she has some pace on.
Nice pictures.
Attachment 49192Here is Colin Jones's very own Australian LP3 (probably before he was born) jaw breaker,
Attachment 49193 and a Kiwi jaw breaker in Trentham.(full air!)
(just testing this way of posting)

i always wondered how many teeth he had left in his mouth after the big air off the sand jump....mental folk

Hi, Interesting tank hunter picture, most likely on trials in Canada, looks like they could be gaugeing its performance with a standaard stowage carrier, Have you any more tank hunter pics, i have seen others with the canvas on.

kev.

8000, 20,000, 28,988
 

Where were you in '42 ?

Interesting thing about #20,000 shown in the photo is that it is a mk1 mortar carrier, and it's serial would be well into the beginning of the mark 2 carrier production.

On the photo of the water tests, note the Lynx in the background loaded on a truck.

Last days: Installing track on the last Windsor
 

As the last Windsor was produced, 26 April, 1945, mounting track was still a three man operation(1945, not three person). ;)

The accepted practice of positioning the track at 62-3/8" on centre, then rolling the carrier onto track until one foot extends behind center of the rear bogie is shown. Using a cable and track pin, two men to pull the track over the idler wheels and sprocket.

The Ford Service Bulletin describes the next step of the procedure:
"Operate carrier carefully in reverse gear with the brake locked on side opposite to track being installed." Or: "Start engine and operate slowly with transmission in reverse gear. This will tighten track and permit easy application of track jack." Clearly one needs to be on the correct page of the procedure.

Very nice pictures, I agree with Rob, it is a mortar carrier, One man (one person in modern speak) can wind on a carrier track with the aid of a ratchet strap, I did it yesterday as I have come by two sets of 1944 as new carrier track. Interesting water test on a Mk1, Interesting water test, what does this achieve?, perhaps removes the stowage cosmaline fom the tracks, any ideas?, looks like all the splashing is produced by some sort of brush machine the carrier is backed up too?.

Have you any more pictures?.

kevin.

i have seen a tin scoop which bolts around the square holes but i am damned if i can locate the pic

Rich, What you talking about?, Ha Ha, recheck my post, realised she wasnt in deep enough. Interested to see that picture thow.

kev.

Michael
 

My Dad was 12 years old!!!