Wanted: Carrier parts and accessories wanted

[Lynn Eades]

Kevin, some questions to ponder:
Have you ever wondered why the earlier British and Australian MG carriers had wider gun slots than those designed to carry a Bren gun?
For example a Canadian MkI* Universal carrier?
How wide are the gun slots in your U.Cs.?
What is the diameter of a Vickers M.G. water jacket?
Answering these questions now might save you some disappointment later.

[RichardT10829]

Having been present when Vickers has been deployed from the engine deck, I can see why the idea didn't take off with more crews... Your arc of fire is more restricted than you think, and the percussion onto the drivers and gunners heads is rediculous !

[Jim Burrill]

Some years back at the Cor's VMMV Openhouse, I met a veteran of the independent Machine Gun Company assigned to the 61st Division. He was a bren carrier driver and had his carrier with him from D+19 to the end of the war.

He said in all that time, they never fired the Vickers from the engine deck mount.... always took the section of Vickers up to a firing position and strung phones to them and the layer with the Barr and Stroud rangefinder.

He said in their role, they just never "fought from the carrier" with the Vickers.