Boys antitank rifle mount for T-16

sapper740 · #1 05-12-12, 16:54

Dave, there's a couple of good pics of a Boys ATR mounted in a UC on page 100 of your REVISED AND EXPANDED version of WEAPONS OF THE WWII TOMMY.
Also, PM me if either of you are looking for a Boys Mk I, a 4.2" mortar round, or 19 Set to finish off your carriers.

CHIMO!

Derek.

horsa · #2 05-12-12, 17:06

Hey Derek,

I think the early UCs having the Boys mounts is why the Ford engineers had them included with the original design of the T-16. The British tore them out and replaced the front swivel with a fixed wooded block that served as a generic weapon firing rest. And they then added new forward mounts to hold a PIAT since the Boys was being phased out for regular army use.

The photos in my book with the Boys rifle are all regular carriers but none really show the mounts clearly. Also not sure it they are different from the mounts I posted earlier in the thread which are in a 1943 production T-16.

Didn't know you had a Boys rifle. I traded my live one off to Rod in Arizona when I got my carrier. Is yours still live and if so, .50 or .55 caliber? Brennon here in Austin has talked about getting one so you might have an easy regional sale.

sapper740 · #3 05-12-12, 17:17

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Originally Posted by horsa

Hey Derek,

I think the early UCs having the Boys mounts is why the Ford engineers had them included with the original design of the T-16. The British tore them out and replaced the front swivel with a fixed wooded block that served as a generic weapon firing rest. And they then added new forward mounts to hold a PIAT since the Boys was being phased out for regular army use.

The photos in my book with the Boys rifle are all regular carriers but none really show the mounts clearly. Also not sure it they are different from the mounts I posted earlier in the thread which are in a 1943 production T-16.

Didn't know you had a Boys rifle. I traded my live one off to Rod in Arizona when I got my carrier. Is yours still live and if so, .50 or .55 caliber? Brennon here in Austin has talked about getting one so you might have an easy regional sale.

I've had the Boys for a couple of years now, it was part of the deal when I sold my CMP. I like it and use it both on the range and in reenactments but I recently sold my M37B1 and I'm going through vehicle-withdrawal

I'm open to a cash deal or a swap for a running MB/GPW, M38, M38A1, or M151. I'm also looking for a SCAR 17S.

CHIMO!

Derek.

horsa · #4 05-12-12, 17:37

I'll tell Brennon it's available and he can get with you on it direct.

sapper740 · #5 05-12-12, 17:47

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Originally Posted by horsa

I'll tell Brennon it's available and he can get with you on it direct.

10-4 Tell him to call me at (940) 206-5871

Michael R. · #6 06-12-12, 01:48

I would enjoy seeing a photo of a T-16 mounting a Boys rifle going into NW Europe '44-'45.

The Boys Anti-tank rifle in the Canadian (C31UCW) Mk. II* Welsh Stowage from the 1943 production is not uncommon in factory images showing stowage.
I do not have any showing the Boys in a Carrier in NW Europe '44-'45.

cletrac (RIP) · #7 06-12-12, 02:29

I thought the Boyes were phased out of European service in the Italian campaign, but were kept on in Asia against the weaker Japanese armour. The Americans even used them on the Pacific islands. I guess if you shot at soldiers taking cover in the rocks the spall would do a number on them. I also have a pic somewhere of a Kiwi using one for crocodile control in New Guinea. That sounds like fun!