[Ben]

It's been a little while since I made a post on the Scout thread but I thought I'd share an interesting find.

A few weeks ago a friend of mine sent me some photos of a few parts that a chap was trying to identify, they'd been removed by the chap's father as souvenirs off some vehicles in Belgium during May 1940. He initially thought they were from an 18 pdr.

A couple of the parts were easy to identify, Bren pintles, Brass aerial bases, but there were two parts I'd never seen before. As I scrolled through the photos and noticed the hole pattern it occurred to me that they must be the gun mount for the Scout.

I explained what I thought they were and that this bracket was missing on my Scout (it's even missing in the period AWM pictures of it on the streets of Perth) I agreed to buy all the parts and a few days later they arrived.

It fitted the holes in the front armour perfectly, they're made of gun metal by MCC (Morris commercial cars) dated 1939. They pivot horizontally and the springs allow for the recoil of the Boys rifle, the wing nuts are for clamping the gun into the mount and the rotation allows for vertical elevation. After a light sand blast I painted one and fitted it into place, pictures below.

There must be a fitting thats clamped to the Boys rifle that allows it to fit the mount, this would mean it could be dropped into the mount and locked into place by the wing nut clamps. Any pictures or suggestions are very welcome!! I've got lots of pictures from the period but no clues......... I think this fitting could be as unique as the mount as there can't me very many vehicles that had the Boys rifle solidly mounted.

Ben