Equipment carried in radio truck

[cletrac (RIP)]

I got wondering what all equipment would be carried in a C8 radio truck in 1940, say in North Africa. I have a listing of the radio related stuff, but what about map boards, spotting and ranging equipment, etc?
These period pictures show quite a bit of equipment.

[David Dunlop]

Probably no standard answer to that question. Wireless equipment would be common to all Wireless vehicles of a specific classification, but any other accessories would be determined by what unit any particular Wireless vehicle was serving.

David

[cletrac (RIP)]

The map board would likely be standard as there's a place to store it vertically behind the wireless operator. The tripods and instruments would have to be carried above the pass side rear wheel. That place would hold quite a bit but there's no allowance for strapping it down. In the third pic above there's a second, larger board leaning against the back of the truck. Would this be the artillery plotting board? Does anybody have pics of any of this stuff?

[Bob McNeill]

different units used different boards, two sizes, big one 30" square, stand also suited Parrallelascope [ troop shaving mirror ]

[Mike K]

Because of the many different Commonwealth armies involved in the Nth. African conflict, the wireless equipment in use would have been from many sources . British, Australian, Sth African and other Commonwealth signals units each had their own particular equipment .Some of the radios were unique to certain units, the 109 set made in Sydney by STC , was issued to Aust. units only. The AWA 101 set is another Aust. set that was used in Syria and Egypt.

In one of the Unit dairies on the AWM site, I found a drawing with the wireless frequencies allocated at El Alamein , a very interesting document , it showed each unit involved and the wireless set type that unit was using .

Will try to find it again .

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a few pics I came up with on the net. That artillery board must be the big one. The one on the tripod looks smaller. I don't know how big the map case is but but it looks like maybe 20 inches square if those metal strips are an inch wide.

[cletrac (RIP)]

I ran out of room on the last post.

[Mike K]

David

This would have to be the most useful equipment in any wireless truck

[Ed Storey]

The dimensions for the Map Case No. I Mk I can be found in the book '37 Web' which was published by Service Publications in 2003.

[Rob Fast]

in Bob Mcneil's photo post? I'm thinking that it's the one for the FAT? Cheers Rob

[cletrac (RIP)]

Mike, those two look too good to be standard issue!
I bid on this scope and tripod cause I wanted the tripod. It went nuts and sold for $512. The shiny objects syndrome must have kicked in I guess. I figured maybe $150.
Would this No 12 Mk VII Rangefinder be what they used early in the war? The little tripod looks like it would be the right one for it.

[Mike K]

David

In this part of the world, I've seen range finders made by Barr & Stroud .

http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http:...qSPlFQ7Ofbbizg

This u tube video may help

http://www.google.com.au/url?q=http:...ZVqZOsfK3vbbqg