carrier spotted heading for US

[Ralph Volkert]

here are some more shots.

The drivers view port still has glass in it!
I was pleased to get the shots of the brakets for the rear mounted tools and I thought the stowage mounts on the right hand side of the interior were interesting.

[Ralph Volkert]

this apparantly came from Coe Hill....Not sure where that is.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

This is a Mk.II 3' mortar carrier and the RH bins are for the mortar rounds. Amazing they are still there. Coe Hill in just south and west of Bancroft (or an hour north of Belleville) and I only know of one person there who would be responsible for this deal.

[Jordan Baker]

Looks to be a mortar carrier judging by the racks inside. Very complete looking also and would be an excellent rebuild. If it came out of Coe Hill area would it possibly be from Dan McCaw's pile of stuff?

Ralph, can you post more pictures and bigger ones please. Those that you have posted are great but they are rather small.

Thanks for taking the pics.

[Ralph Volkert]

I am not sure this is a 3" mortar carrier...

On the front armour there is absolutely no evidence of mounting brackets of any type. not even for a spare tire.

On the rear there is only the mountings for the spade, trenching tool and pry/track tensioning bar. On the rear upper armour there does seem to be marks were the battery box was though.

I have added some better shots of the bins. They are on the left side, sorry. The right side was full of spares.

I have tried to attach bigger pictures. I hope this works.

[Ledsel]

I don't know but the way it's tide on the trailer I wouldn't want to meet that load on the highway. It has a headlight bracket for a Mk.II but it looks like a Mk.I. Sure looks in good shape though.

[Jordan Baker]

As Bruce says, it is a mortar carrier. The mortar parts would have been kept on the back wall of the Carrier on the outside. The tool plate remained the same.

The CT # is smack in the middle of a 3" Mortar Carrier contract by Ford Canada as per Nigels Vol1 book.

It really looks to be in great shape with just substancial surface damage. It will make a great resto project. Hopefully the new owner finds out about MLU and joins up.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

A couple of points: It's worth repeating that Canadian mortar carriers are the true Mk.II. They are basically Mk.I's with different stowage and all the extra holes riveted shut, hence the resemblance. What people generally refer to as "Mk.II" carriers (i.e. with the tubular metal on the top of the armour, stepped mud guards and 'Welsh Guard' stowage) are really Mk.II* carriers. Second, as the mortar configuration was of little use in the post war Canadian army, many Mk.II mortar carriers, like the one on the float above, had some or all of the mortar brackets removed and replaced with bins from a Mk.I to make them more 'infantry'. That would explain evidence of a battery box having been mounted on the rear plate