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Old 13-03-08, 16:41
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I am having a hard time identifying the type of vehicle on which this seat would be used. It was recovered from a Belgian Museum where it was identified as a "British Machine Gun Seat" (no big help there!).

David Fletcher (Bovington Tank Museum) didn't recognize it as a piece of armor, but suggested that it reminded him of the rotating bucket seat attached to a Motley anti-aircraft machine-gun mounting.

Can anyone identify this piece for me? ANy comments are greatly appreciated.

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Old 13-03-08, 18:46
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John.
I don't think it is military at all but a home made shooting seat for the back of an open backed truck,used to chase and kill game from the back of a vehicle..
Such as this one shown on this site...
Scroll down to the Seeland shooting seat..The seat belt indicates mobile application,rather than static application.
http://www.euroguns.co.uk/acatalog/Shooting_Sticks.html
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Old 13-03-08, 18:59
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Alex,
Well that is certainly a notion worth considering! You may quite well be correct as it doesn't seem to have any markings at all. The only thing it has going for it is that it apparently was in the Belgian military museum for decades before the museum closed its doors.

I welcome any other comments, explanations or theories.

All the best from "south of the border",

John
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Old 13-03-08, 19:11
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There are a few pictures here.

http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/sh...t=motley+mount

I certainly looks very similar.
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Old 13-03-08, 20:10
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Thanks Neil...we are closing in on this little bugger!

Best,
John
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Old 13-03-08, 23:43
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It looks like a Motley Mounting MkV to me.


There are a few manauls or training pamphlets about this subject.
Here is one of them.

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Old 13-03-08, 23:44
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The legs are shorter on the motorcycle version but there are similarities.



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