WHY? or alternate title: Can one of you Brits explain this to me?

[rob love]

If you look in the photo that has both the collapsible funnel next to the "spout, flexible", one would wonder why they wouldn't just make a horsecock with a larger diameter tube, so as to allow the fuel out more quickly. But then again, I have had the "spout, flexible" come off the can and the fuel rapidly spill down my leg. Something tells me that refueling over the top engine decks of a monstrosity like the Centurian could result in a human torch should the spout come off and the fuel runs all over a hot engine.

Surely the monarchy must have knighted the engineering team that designed and perfected this thing of beauty.

[Lynn Eades]

Batman and Robin, you missed out that it is such a lovely colour and that it can be operated by both left and right handed human torches, along with being able to filter out pound after pound of jerry can interior paint lumps.
The knighthood would likely have gone to someone of a more political appointment.
Doesn't it sometimes make you wonder how "our side" won?
Thanks for posting guys. I had a laugh from each of you.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

It is over-engineered like the Rolls-Royce engines it was supposed to fuel. So it is a matter of keeping up appearances like the British do.

Plus it alleviates the crew from having to hold the excellent German invention while being emptied - it holds two cans sitting upside down emptying themselves so the crew can brew up in the meantime.

All in all a very British piece of kit!

H.

[tankbarrell]

A brilliant piece of kit, I use one on the Sherman.
Like the Bailey Bridge, it is the envy of the civilised world!

[Andy Mitchell]

Really it was cunningly designed to confuse our worthy colonial chums at a later date.

Hiya Rob, great pics of all the carriers.

Andy

[Robin Craig]

Do you see that Rob,

They find us amusing!

Maybe we have hit upon the new next smash hit TV reality show.

"Amazing British Over Complicated Inventions No One Understands"

Just think what other devices we could showcase

1 Universal Carrier steering mechanism

2 Puttees

3 Left handed wheel stud threads

oh the mind boggles

Robin

[rob love]

Personally I would think there are a few components of the FV432 that could also be entered in such a contest of over-engineering.

How about the FV432 5 pound (unit of weight, not cost, as the cost likely runs into the hundreds) hi/lo beam dimmer switch unit. A well built unit which includes a data plate, and a modifications plate, befitting of......well I can't think what it would be befitting of.

Here in North America we simply throw away a bad dimmer switch, not send it to a depot for modifications and overhaul.

I am afraid I do not have photos of this one. I availed myself of FV432 stuff years ago, although there may be a bit of it out in the shed yet.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by Robin Craig

"Amazing British Over Complicated Inventions No One Understands"

Just think what other devices we could showcase

3 Left handed wheel stud threads


Robin

I'm not so sure if that is a British invention or an American one.

I have been surprised a couple times at work to find that someone previously installed the hubs on the wrong wide of an axle, thereby having left studs on the right and right studs on the left. I can only imagine a poor driver with a flat, who already has very little concept of which way to turn a wheel nut, trying to figure something like that out.