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21-07-15, 10:56
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after much trawling...
I found some references to recovery gear:
Gun Planks 6 foot x 12 inches (no thickness given) And another referred to 6 foot or 10 foot planks Skids 3 foot x 6 inch x 3 inch Blocks 3 foot x 9 inch x 6 inch Rollers 6 foot x 6 inch diameter and 3 foot by 6 inch diameter I found a few images of planks stowed on various ARV so will try to scale the thickness. This stuff is pretty general for vehicle recovery, but I guess the gun planks were originally Arty equipment for stabilising gun platforms in poor ground. (i read of the difficulties the NZFA had at Paschendale in 1917 with the guns sinking in the mud after firing and needing frequent relaying) Rob everyone must be at WnP this week? 
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22-07-15, 08:51
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Ill go look
Dont worry Rob, I'm not at W&P, ill go look tonight as I have a few Aussie recov pams fron waaay back.
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22-07-15, 12:02
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Thanks Lew
I reckon from the images I downloaded from the web that the gun planks must be 3 inch thick: ie 6 ' long by 12" x 3"
Wheel scotches By the way I got some wheel scotches which are welded with angle iron lugs for the cable attachments. They look like the ones on the back of the QLB Bofors tractors. Are the riveted ones with the looped cable attacments for CMP? Rob ps Hanno you might want to move this from the Gun Park to another sub forum
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22-07-15, 12:42
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This is the only ref for gun planks I could find
Looks like the same info you allready have Rob, but hey, you cant beat a photo.
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23-07-15, 03:31
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a couple of pictures scanned from a book
bringing it back on to Arty, I found these pictures in a book
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