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30-05-13, 21:56
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a stable shooting platform
A stable shooting platform? At least the Thompson would be more flexible than the aircraft Vickers of a few years earlier shown here training at Camp Borden ranges, Ontario, Canada. Not to get off topic ...
Commenting on the Thompson gun at $353.00 each, as compared with the shotgun at $8.32 each. 
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30-05-13, 23:35
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Michael. Your picture makes me wonder if the "rypa" wasn't a training device but was more for a gun platform in the turret. I had been told by the lady at special collections for the library that the turret or part of it had to be ordered from a company in Toronto. When looking at the pictures that small turret appears to be a different construction then the rest of the vehicle.
I'm just tossing ideas out to everyone here trying to figure this vehicle out.
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31-05-13, 04:25
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RYPA at Camp Borden
Used for training zipper heads who were assigned to the Renault tanks at Borden. The article appears in the January, 1941 edition of Popular Science, pages 76-80.
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01-06-13, 02:16
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@Michael - yes, I remember that picture from period publications. Unfortunately , it is the range but not the actual device.
Added URL for the picture above. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NicD...page&q&f=false
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Terry Warner - 74-????? M151A2 - 70-08876 M38A1 - 53-71233 M100CDN trailer Beware! The Green Disease walks among us! Last edited by maple_leaf_eh; 01-06-13 at 02:43.
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01-06-13, 02:37
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Quote:
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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01-06-13, 02:41
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Newspaper article and photo
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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01-06-13, 04:10
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picky picky
The fastest R.Y.P.A. machine. Plus a motorcycle for Ron.
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#8
23-11-13, 16:08
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speaking of unusual armoured trucks... in one of the early Convoy mags is an oddball big truck (5-10t?) in a "Whatizit" section...
Alas I dont have easy access to my Convoy remainders.. I wonder if anyone still has their old mags and can look it up, scan and post it? BTW- good research work Jordan!!
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I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips, Straining upon the start. The game's afoot!
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08-02-14, 02:28
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE
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