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Old 30-05-13, 17:53
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I agree....Jordan does have the makings of a booklet/ book here...
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Old 30-05-13, 20:43
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I agree....Jordan does have the makings of a booklet/ book here...
Hmmm... I took a loss in publishing the 1935 Armoured Car in Cdn Svce and there were TWO of those. I wonder if I would double my loss by publishing a book on a single vehicle?

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Old 30-05-13, 22:56
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Default 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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Old 31-05-13, 00:35
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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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Old 31-05-13, 05:25
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Default 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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@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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@Michael - yes, I remember that picture from period publications. Unfortunately , it is the range but not the actual device.
The device is in the lower left.
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