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Originally Posted by kevin powles
Watch this video, I don’t believe anything was officially designed to be stowed in there otherwise it would be shown in this video, it’s other use apart from supporting the rifles is to mount a radiator expansion tank below it.
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the drawing shown is from Dr. Wm Gregg Profiles book, showing the Canadian factory production C21UCM, (Nov 1942/July 1943) with No. 4 rifle models that did not exist prior to 1941. What is particular about this stowage is the fact the Canadian factory C21UCM did not provide any Bren gun stowage whatsoever. No gunner loophole firing rest, no spare barrel bin, no spares wallet hooks, no Bren AA pole, no AA pole sockets. Due to the lifting jack being relocated over the steering cam cover, the vertical Bren gun stowage location formerly in that location was deleted, the redundant fastener holes in the radiator blanking plate were riveted closed.
The C21UCM crew of five were established to be armed with rifles, which required stowing one across the radiator air intake in the front compartment, another along the right side engine cover protection plate, the fifth in the former Bren gun ready position to the right side of the gunner loophole in the front compartment.
Factory installed CMP style radiator recovery tanks were redesigned to install under the double SA bracket on the C21UCM, as well as a small number of custom orders placed with the Canadian Ford factory.
