Next UCW MkIII project

[Adam Bech]

Thank you for the first answers. I dreamed about Mortar Carrier MkI or Mk II, due to the fact that such vehicles were in my regiment. A few years ago, my friend bought MkIII AOP, and later MkI* - he made me an appetite for my own vehicle. Both of his Carrier are being renovated right now. I helped him by collecting documentation. Recently another friend bought MkI* for himself. The vehicle is also already dismantled for refurbishment and we are looking for parts. My MkIII is the fourth in the "family". It will be a difficult project due to the lack of suspension and tracks as well as the drive and steering system. I know that, unfortunately, Mk III was not a carrier for the 3rd "mortar." I still have to rebuild the vehicle as a standard UC with Bren MG.The preserved equipment suggests that the vehicle left the Ford factory in this configuration (a grenade box 2 ", a box on the part to Bren, base for WS19 radio, crew weapon holders, etc.).
There are leftovers of the T 33XXXX number on the side, so I have almost 100% confidence in the manufacturer and the series. I am looking for missing numbers. I hope I find them while cleaning the hull. However, I was hoping that the number of the vehicle was mechanically marked (with a numerator), which would be visible despite the corrosion and destruction of the paint. Unfortunately, the rating plates have been broken. Only their fragments remain.

[Niels V]

Yes Adam you are correct, it was originally fitted with the bracket for the 2" mortar.

[ajmac]

Adam,
Your MkIII looks to have survived very well, as not much has been cut away to improve civilian usability as is usually the case for the carrier wrecks found today. Where did it spend its retirement?

[Adam Bech]

Scandinavia. Everything is well preserved there.

[Niels V]

it was used by the army until mid fifties, then served as a Molotov cocktail target until the seventies then the range where was cleared and it ended up in a scrapyard. It what’s saved from here ind the late seventies, and then spent the next decades in the back of a garden. I don’t know when the internal bits and suspension disappeared

[Adam Bech]

Thanks for completing the story.

[RichardT10829]

Welcome to the family Adam, that is a fantastic carrier you have, no riveting to worry about, or air ducts to build.

great stuff !

Richie