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Old 10-05-05, 08:54
Richard Notton
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Default Re: Lights on prewar British tanks

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Originally posted by Richard Farrant
Does anyone know the reason why some prewar British tanks, had two rear lights, one red and the other blue?
Done a bit of digging. . . . . . . . . . . .Well, I asked my chum David F in Bovvy.

It is the early version of a convoy light, tanks not having an external, rear mounted and underslung diff casing to conveniently paint white; low vis and not visible from above.

R.
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