Piat/Vickers mount
 

Carrier Piat Vickers stowage mount
Sean

Upgunned Carriers
 

from Making Tracks by Chamberlain and Ellis

Re: Vickers
 

Sean;

Found this in my "wanderings", Gun Carrier:

Cheers :)

Re: P.I.A.T.
 

Sean;

Found this in my "wanderings", Part 2:

Cheers :)

Tin Bleach
 

Is that actually Bleach? and what is Linera. We need someone of the same vintage to fill us in Nigel,Geoff? :-)
Sean

Liners
 

Ok I make it out better on this computer, liners not linera. So what were the liners for then?
Sean

Re: Liners
 

Sean;

The Liners are what the ammo belts are held in, each liner would hold 1x belt .303 and if memory serves me correctly, 2x Liners per box = 2x belts per box.

Cheers :)

Re: Gun Carrier
 

Sean;

A clearer picture of the Gun Carrier:

Cheers :)

Liners and Belt Boxes
 

Gentlemen,

Thanks for those great scans of the U'Carrier with Vickers.

I have a question for those in the know about the feeding of that breed of MG.

There is a carrier of sorts beside the gun itself. It looks like the "Carrier, belt, box, .303-in. Vickers, M.G., Mk 3" outlined in Ian Skennertons Small Arms Identification Series.

My question - is that carrier on the U'Carrier mount this mount? It almost appears integral to the mount, and the Carrier Mk3 looks like it hangs on the side of the crosshead.

Do those mounts accept liners, or the wooden boxes that belted ammo came in, or the Box, belt, Vickers No. 8, or No. 10 that all seem to carry the Vickers belts???

Thanks for your thoughts.


Stewart
Almost Thawed Out in Beachville

Bleach
 

Hi there

The Bleach paste was part of the carrier crew's anti-gas equipment. It was used (somehow) for decontamination.

Steve

Aussie Vickers Mount
 

Hi guys

I don't know whether this image helps but this is the Aussie configuration of Vickers to ammo box. Taken out of
Australian Military Forces
Carriers, Machine Gun
LP., Nos. 2 & 2A
Description, Operation and Maintenance
Mechanization Pamphlet No.7
1941

The gun just sits in a swivel mount thats bolted onto the front hull.

Bob

Vickers 2
 

And here is the diagram of the last photo, taken out of

Carrier M.G
(Aust)
Spare Parts
Catalogue
and Identification List
Revised
Prepared by
Directorate of Armoured
Fighting Vehicles Production
Ministry of Munitions
Notified in G.O's dated 31st August 1943

Bob

Re: P.I.A.T. - 1
 

Sean;

Here's one for you:

A Canadian P.I.A.T. battery, mounted on the rear of a Unversial Carrier - NW Europe 1944.

Cheers :)

Re: P.I.A.T. - 2
 

Sean;

Another picture of a Canadian carrier with the P.I.A.T. battery mounted.

Cheers :)