Armourers response

[Gil Boyd]

Now come on you guys, did you use one of these in your day?

Armourers Hand Cart | eBay

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[browningautorifle]

Looks a lot like the ammunition/communications gear cart the US troops used during WW2.

[Aragorn243]

Has a NATO number on it so not WWII era but could be the same type and style.

I never saw one. We had a lot of weird stuff but none of these unless they had them hidden away somewhere. They did keep some of our big stuff at a base about 70 miles from our unit and then they took them from us before Desert Storm and gave them to someone else. Then we get over there and they take our drivers and put them in someone else's equipment that was what we should have had but didn't. A major cluster #$#@. No idea what happened to their drivers. M88 recovery vehicles and the tractors and trailers to haul them.

[Gil Boyd]

Surprised it didn't say "As used by the Special Air Service" to get a sale on the site. Bet you any money they were RAF ONLY

[Flying10uk]

On this website/forum when we see the word "armourer" we think of someone like Peter L. but an "armourer" in the Royal Airforce may perform slightly different duties like attaching bombs, missiles and other ordinance to aircraft. Presumably the RAF still has some armoured left that are capable of maintaining small arms.

Part of the vendor's own description, quote:
"A superbly constructed bit of British kit. Manufactured by British Aerospace for the Royal Air Force. This armourers hand cart was originally designed to transport ammunition out to aircraft, as they waited on the dispersal pan. It is equipped with large diameter wheels to ensure that it can roll easily over rough terrain (essential when supporting harrier operations off field)."

[Flying10uk]

Special Air Service" to get a sale on the site

I think that some vendors quote it to try and bump up the price and some do a "double whammy" by including the Royal Marines in the equation, while others quote every single elite fighting force that they can think of.