The second item is a strange one. Situated on top of the turret was, in theory, a periscope (circled in red) for the gun sight but in actual fact it did nothing and was there as a decoy to drawing fire away from the real gun sight that was in the center of the mantlet (circled in blue).
Obviously it served it's purpose as there are several pictures showing the results.
As the commanders head was very close to this area it must have been a very uncomfortable, if not fatal experience.
I could have just left it off but what the hell. So it's on to projects anew, like finishing the rest of the final details on the chassis.
Jon
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1950 Land Rover series 1
1967 Land Rover series 2A LWB
1986 Land Rover series 3 SWB
1938 DKW SB200
1944 DKW NZ350-1
1967 Ural K750 sidecar outfit
1944 VW Kubelwagen KDF82
1942 Steyr 1500A
1944 Morris C8A
1943 Chevrolet CMP8A HUP?
194? Bedford QL
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