CT 163097 Purchase

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by BMills

Picked up another carrier. Interesting to note on this mk I that most of the drilled holes in the Armor for items such as the rear antenna mount, smoke discharger, bren stem mounts ect have been factory riveted to plug them up. Must have been late in the production cycle of mk I's. I have never noticed this before on mk I carriers.

Brad, does your new beast have a data plate? If it does, I bet it says it's a Mk.II (not a Mk.II* though). "Mk.II" was the name given to mortar carriers and all the ones I've seen have Mk.1* armour with the extra holes riveted shut as per yours. That might explain the extra brackets too.