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I am going to try this in the gun forum because of the marking found on one of these, but if it turns out to be unrelated to the artillery, maybe we can move it to a different forum.
I was at my favorite scrapyard a couple weeks ago and found these tow bars. They are a bit unusual. They are painted Khaki, but underneath the green are some more civilian colors like red or a civilian green. One end has a standard lunnette while the other end is a simple drop pin affair. On one I found Z and MT, so they could be related to the RCHA Z bty which was located in Shilo. ![]() ![]() ![]() My guess is that they could be the bars for towing the Cessna L19s, back when the RCHA operated these aircraft, but that is purely a guess. Any ideas? |
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Hi Rob,
Those green bars look like part of the kit carried on the Diamond T 969 Wrecker. I am not that familiar with the vehicle, but worth checking. They look to have red oxide underneath the green paint, from the photos. MT stencil does also suggest it is something to do with vehicles or workshops.
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Richard
Good eye, looks like you were right. Did you want to try a couple harder ones? |
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I posted these on the HMVF forum a few hours ago, so it's still early.
The first batch of photos is of some kind of pack howitzer. The trails come off with a quick pull pin, and the trails would appear to come apart om the middle. I found a detachable spade sitting nearby which would seem to fit the trail. The hubs are missing but also appear to be a quick detach type. The 25 pdr carriage sled nearby is unrelated to this gun. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Rob,
Could it be a 17 pdr. Anti-Tank gun trail? That would also explain the 25 pdr. recuperator, which was also used by the 17 pdr.
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