"Non Standard" L42a1 Transit Chest (Photo Thread)

[jmoore]

This heavily used and several times repaired chest came with it's matching (black painted "2" on the stock, even) L42a1 purchased in the mid-1990s. It wasn't until a few years later that i realized that it was not quite the same as most L42a1 transit chests. So here's some photos of something a little bit different:























No corner reinforcements, odd hinges that may be replacements after a couple of previous repairs, a single closure which does the duty of the usual three, and the carry strap plates are all different than usual- and that's just the outside!

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[arado]

This heavily used and several times repaired chest came with it's matching (black painted "2" on the stock, even) L42a1 purchased in the mid-1990s. It wasn't until a few years later that i realized that it was not quite the same as most L42a1 transit chests. So here's some photos of something a little bit different:

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...da6a9752-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...3e441cff-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...4c0689b8-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...d915ca40-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...ef6d29fc-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...cae64ebe-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...10c32a1f-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...857b2f63-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...c9e729c5-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...4e5f255d-1.jpg

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...a44acecd-1.jpg

No corner reinforcements, odd hinges that may be replacements after a couple of previous repairs, a single closure which does the duty of the usual three, and the carry strap plates are all different than usual- and that's just the outside!

That chest is the result of a weapon used as a toy. Somebody had fun.

[jmoore]

That chest is the result of a weapon used as a toy. Somebody had fun.

Eh? Me no savvy.

It left service, was sold to a wholesaler and/or importer, shipped to the US, then to a local dealer. All in reasonably short order. It was never in "private hands" until either I or a friend had it. (And IF he had it it was for maybe a month or two.)


Still has this intact label on one end.

[Brian Dick]

I've never seen an L42 chest with horse hair padding. I've had about 60 of them through here. Interesting.

[Peter Laidler]

It just LOOKS like the chest that the 50mm mortar (replaced the 2" mortar) came in. When kit is returned to Ordnance it has to go back as a CES and that includes the chest. No 'dues out' or 'in-lieu' or other such crap is allowed. I'm inded to suggest that at sometime in its life Y39111's chest went missing and someones just made uip a good copy that would pass a cursory clance by the blanket stacker at its next point of call.

As you can imagine, during the last days of the Bren/L4's, there was a great hunt oin for Bren chests to augment those old original ones that had seen better days since the 40's and had been scrapped. As a little aside there, Ordnance accepted this and as the Brens were due for destruction/disposal in any case, only the guns, magazines and other bits were necessarily returned, not even to CES