Carrier engine cover differences

[Rob Beale]

The first LP2 carriers were set up for the Vickers gun in the front only.

The H shaped bracket holds the butt of the Lewis or Hotchkiss light machine gun. (All three guns were used in WW1).

The bracket just ahead of it will be for a webbing strap to hold the butt in the rear bracket. The strap is probably rivetted on the left side and has a hook on the right end, similar to the hook on the strap of the 2 gal water can on the back shelf.

The little tray down on the right side plate of the cover is for the Hotchkiss ammo box. This held ammo in metal strips for the gun.

There are two pockets on the side of the ammo box holder up on the forward end of the track guard that held the round magazines for the Lewis gun.

The slots are unknown to me!

Rob