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1970's/80's Photos which may be of interest
The first pic is of a 1948 150hp Coleman aircraft tractor which was delivered new to RAF Brize Norton when it was a US Airforce base. The 2nd pic is of a 1929 Excelsior Henderson 1,301cc. The chap in the pic purchased it in 1934 and made the sidecar in 1936, using it in the building trade. During WW2 the bike was used as Home Guard transport as well as continuing to be used in the building industry. The Daimler armoured car is the one that was outside Swindon T.A. Centre for many years and was allowed out occasionally on outings until it got vandalised and the army, understandably, wouldn't allow it to be borrowed any more. It's a 1943 MK2 DAC and served with the 7th Armoured devision in North Africa. It has a 95hp engine with pre selector gearbox and steering wheel at each end. It can be driven at the same speed forwards and backwards.
For anyone interested, the car in the background of the 2nd pic of the DAC is a mid 1950's Standard Vanguard. The UK
military used vast numbers of Standard Vanguards as Staff Cars during the 1950's and early 60's.
*Some of the above detail comes from the photos' captions.
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A striking degree of depression on the gun, but when you can climb steep hills you need to be able to shoot down the other side. The usual 2Pdr. folly of no HE or flechette/canister rounds one presumes. Daimler seem to have understood the advantages of sloped armour, unlike most others. A more than passing resemblance to some of the Panhard products too.
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It was a real gun on the DAC which was still owned by the army when the photo was taken. The vehicle was basically complete but hadn't been used for a long time. Possibly there was something missing or broken on the gun/turret mechanism to cause the gun to have the "drooping" look?
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Possibly there was something missing or broken on the gun/turret mechanism to cause the gun to have the "drooping" look?
-12° of gun depression is one of it's "Pros" in design.
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I know that it had a number of innovative design features but didn't know that gun depression was one of them.
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