Another relic of the British empire

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Originally Posted by Bruce_in_Oz

The first version had been to slap a turret from an obsolete Saladin Armored car, on TOP of a 113 carrier and call it "the Beast". It actually worked, but it was too heavy to "swim", except in a downwards direction. There were still a few floating, (or not, as the case may be), around in the late 1970's.

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I had the opportunity to work with those in '77, they didn't do too much but fire support having 2X1919A4s in them...but they were neat because they were different from ours.

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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler

When Dolf Goldsmith was writing the Browning MG books....

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I have one of his other books! what a treasure trove of information! Met him several times at Knob Creek and picked up bits to keep mine going.

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Here are some pictures of my nephews on the farm, turning Radway Green MkVIII ball into noise and hot water.

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Just a bit picky here but you should always keep the dial plate (the direction dial) on the mount horizontal in both the longitudinal and horizontal plane. Makes for a steadier platform and better balanced gun. A true grand old lady. We used set ours up in the fire trenches at Netheravon for OHF but for the field firing range, the legs set so that the gunner was looking about 12" OVER the gun. I always used to savour the moment as though it would be the last time. Same as the Bren

ANYONE can have a BBQ in their back yard, but not everyone has a Cordite-fueled water boiler for making tea.

And neighbours who like the sounds of freedom, or who live FAR, FAR away.