This is an odd ad!

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by rob love

There were actually a few variations of the chests out there. The one shown was GSW wartime dated. Another that I got Jordan was GSW 50s dated, with different latches. I think there may have been another variation out there....I know I had to dig for a few minutes to find ones that were as good as they were. Time has turned a lot of them into junkers.

If you're scrapping them, save the carrying handles because they look like the ones used on the wooden battery boxes from WW2. (Battery, Secondary, Portable, 6 volt 85, 100/125 and 170 amp hour versions.)

Chris.

[rnixartillery]

Rob,

Now you have a limber box its very tempting to start looking for the contents !
These boxes are very hard to come across so you have done well finding one.
There are several variation and the differences being the 'furniture' inside and locations of where things go.

Rob................rnixartillery.

[rob love]

Yes Rob, I knew, upon seeing the lengthy checklist on the lid of the box, that I had just received a new can of worms minus the unique worms. I'm not sure there is even one of these boxes in the artillery museum that I work for, or that the fittings inside this box are even applicable to the guns that I have.

Seems odd they would have the same part number for the box, but with different fittings and brackets internally for different guns. I would have expected perhaps a letter suffix for each variation.

[rnixartillery]

Originally Posted by rob love

Yes Rob, I knew, upon seeing the lengthy checklist on the lid of the box, that I had just received a new can of worms minus the unique worms. I'm not sure there is even one of these boxes in the artillery museum that I work for, or that the fittings inside this box are even applicable to the guns that I have.

Seems odd they would have the same part number for the box, but with different fittings and brackets internally for different guns. I would have expected perhaps a letter suffix for each variation.

The Box for the MK11 would have a slightly different layout but much of the contents were the same/standard between Guns. Also the interiors were altered throughout there service pending the guns they were supplied with so there are a few variations between boxes..

Rob...................rnixartillery.

[Rob Fast]

Nice find Rob.

[Bob Phillips]

In the photo of the limbers spares box there is a small brass grease gun with what appears to be a hose. What fitting is on the end? (button head fitting?)
I have a small supply of similar grease guns but they have a metal pipe end with a couple of flexible knuckles on it, ending in a small button head fitting.
Is this a correct grease gun fora 25 pounder or other (17 pounder ) guns? Will attach a picture if I can get it to work....BP

greasegun.jpg

[rob love]

Your gun looks correct, but I cannot say I have seen that hose before.

Here is the standard 25 pdr grease gun courtesy of the Irish Army.