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Old 30-12-19, 19:55
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The original factory applied WD#. The first picture is on the left side of the hull. Picture 2 is on the right side. At some point in its life it had a spare tire mount added. This went right over the factory applied WD#.

Picture 3 is an odd marking I found either on or under the factory paint layer. I also found these numbers on the turret opening guard. I’m wondering if they were left over markings during the manufacturing process?
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Old 31-12-19, 01:32
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I think it is very likely that at least some are markings left over from the manufacturing process. There will have been a Shop number for the vehicle as a whole but there will also have been batch numbers, individual part and assembly numbers and quality control marks. If you can find good factory shots of vehicles under construction you may get some idea of what was typical. I don't know about Otters but Rams, Grizzlies and Sextons had their Shop number stamped into the hull itself and there was a correlation to the original Army / WD number.

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Old 31-12-19, 23:17
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Taking photos at various stages of the scraping process in high res. will later allow you to play with photo shop and allow you to read the impossible by playing with contrast, color, saturation, etc. even dark ereas /shadows of pictures can be hi-lightened and read.....

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I may have found the hull number stamped into the turret ring. Anyone else familiar with a Otters able to comment?
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I found a nice little souvenir today wedged in behind the master cutout switch. A Belgium made 1950 .303 round. It’s been fired by a Bren. It would have been really something if it had been a wartime round but this is still neat.
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And... you know it was fired by a Bren, how?
I know it was, but for the audience please an educational tidbit.
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And... you know it was fired by a Bren, how?
I know it was, but for the audience please an educational tidbit.
Oblong firing pin depression strike on the primer. Anything else is circular.
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