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Old 13-04-12, 23:25
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Default Some more pictures in Desert Rats At War book

Hi George

There are various photos of the vehicle version of the sand plank in the Desert Rats At War by George Forty. Suspect that many of the photos used in the book are Archive Photos either Imperial War Museum or Australian War Memorial.
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The vehicle sand plank looks different from what was used for area planking.


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Old 14-04-12, 11:47
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Thanks Phil,

Actually, having posted the thread, I then looked around at the LRDG sites, and realised I had "boobed" again!

As my wife calls them CRAFT moments, Can't Remember a F~~~~~g Thing,
what I was after was details of the sand channels.

There were two types, a very broad 'V' shape another was more 'U' shaped.

I'll keep looking at the photo's, but ideally would like some basic dimensions.

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Old 14-04-12, 14:50
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There was also a discussion (which started out much like this thread!) on LRDG Sand Channel HERE
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Old 14-04-12, 21:18
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Thanks,
What I have so far from my own collection of o's and s's are that the Daimler Dingo MkII onwards had fittings for sand channels, Humber A/Cars had the fittings on the front glacis to hold them, a stowage diagram for a Daimler A/C MkII shows them too. I know a lot of vehicles made at the time were fitted out for desert fighting, with fittings for sun compasses, extra water cans etc etc.

It now seems that two types existed, a solid sheet and a pierced sheet, possibly where I was originally confused with PSP.

So far, the LRDG photographs show the "pierced" type as opposed to the solid.

So was this the only type of channel used in the desert ????

Would the dimensions be the same as the solid sheet type.


I enclose some of the info I have, on the solid type.

Apologies for the quality of some of the stuff.


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