GRANVILLE Posted 14 July , 2012 Share Posted 14 July , 2012 Came across this photo on display in the Sheffield Kelham Island Industrial Museum. It shows a Sheffield SImplex made armoured car, which at a glance I took to be one of the Rolls Royce's. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 July , 2012 Share Posted 14 July , 2012 The RR, Simplex and Lanchester armoured cars all had turrets made in the same factory as there was only one in Britain that could curve thin armoured plate without it cracking or without tempering that removed the hardness.. This sometimes gave rise to identification issues. The same factory also made some turrets for Renault FT tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phil@basildon Posted 14 July , 2012 Share Posted 14 July , 2012 It was mostly Austins that had twin turrets but the chassis does not look like an Austin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 14 July , 2012 Share Posted 14 July , 2012 It was mostly Austins that had twin turrets but the chassis does not look like an Austin. That's because as the OP says its a Sheffield Simplex! Built to meet a Russian order 25 were supplied to the Russian army which found them unsatisfactory and so the bulk of twin turreted cars bought by Russia were Austins - a different vehicle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 15 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 15 July , 2012 Came across this photo on display in the Sheffield Kelham Island Industrial Museum. It shows a Sheffield SImplex made armoured car, which at a glance I took to be one of the Rolls Royce's. Dave Dave, An excellent photograph. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 15 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 15 July , 2012 It was mostly Austins that had twin turrets but the chassis does not look like an Austin. Phil, There are other photographs of Austin Armoured Cars on this thread. Here is another of some 1916 Austin ACs supplied to the Russians. Note the special ' combat ' tyres. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 15 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 15 July , 2012 Cut-away drawing of the Rolls Royce Armoured Car. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 16 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 16 July , 2012 Examples of WW1 Motorcycle Ambulances. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRANVILLE Posted 16 July , 2012 Share Posted 16 July , 2012 Can you just imagine the shaking and jolting you'd recieve being carried away at speed on a tricycle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 17 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2012 Some more examples of Motorcycle Ambulances. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rewdco Posted 17 July , 2012 Share Posted 17 July , 2012 The pictures in #258 are all Indians. The first picture in #261 is a Harley Davidson. Not so sure about the others though... Thanks for sharing! Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 17 July , 2012 Author Share Posted 17 July , 2012 The pictures in #258 are all Indians. The first picture in #261 is a Harley Davidson. Not so sure about the others though... Thanks for sharing! Jan They are great machines, pleased you liked them. LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomsue Posted 7 August , 2012 Share Posted 7 August , 2012 I've been researching the Royal Enfield sidecar combination motorcycle, and whether any military vehicles were re-requisitioned by the Post Office after the First World War - can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 8 August , 2012 Share Posted 8 August , 2012 This looks similar - the machine gun can be moved to the side firing points. 1915 Automitrailleuse Renault. This is not a Renault. It is known as "L'automitrailleuse du Sergent Gasnier. The armour was provided by FAMH. It had a 40 cv engine and a drivers position at each end of the fighting compartment. If I am translating the French from Les Vehicles Blinde Francais correctly it had a four wheel drive.AFAIK only one was built in 1915 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 8 August , 2012 Author Share Posted 8 August , 2012 This is not a Renault. It is known as "L'automitrailleuse du Sergent Gasnier. The armour was provided by FAMH. It had a 40 cv engine and a drivers position at each end of the fighting compartment. If I am translating the French from Les Vehicles Blinde Francais correctly it had a four wheel drive.AFAIK only one was built in 1915 centurion, Many thanks for the update. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 Excellent thread LF. Certainly has taken off and it should self perpetuate all being well! Your first post on the thread included a Wills card with a multiple bath set up. The attached image came from an early Australian Motoring journal which I photographed at a Southern Library a few years ago. Regards ... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 Somewhere else in this or an MC thread a Scott type was mentioned. The Australian Mechanical Transport Service based in Southern England during the War used a small number of this make. Attached image is from the journal mentioned in the previous Post from 1915. Regards ... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 23 August , 2012 Share Posted 23 August , 2012 Another matching vehicle i.e., a Mobile Kitchen built on a Saurer cab chassis. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 23 August , 2012 Share Posted 23 August , 2012 Possibly a canteen rather than a kitchen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 24 August , 2012 Share Posted 24 August , 2012 Thanks Centurion but you would not win the prize with this one. The image comes from "Motor Transports in War" by Horace Wyatt 1914 and the caption clearly labels the vehicle as a kitchen however I would agree that it is a tad on the 'small' size! Regards Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 24 August , 2012 Share Posted 24 August , 2012 Thanks Centurion but you would not win the prize with this one. The image comes from "Motor Transports in War" by Horace Wyatt 1914 and the caption clearly labels the vehicle as a kitchen however I would agree that it is a tad on the 'small' size! Regards Rod Captions are not always accurate, sad to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 22 September , 2012 Share Posted 22 September , 2012 Captions are not always accurate, sad to say. Well Centurion, just when you think a thread will kick on it dies in the proverbial!! Here is another pic for the melting pot from the same publication mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSM Posted 16 October , 2012 Share Posted 16 October , 2012 And another from the other side ... Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lancashire Fusilier Posted 16 October , 2012 Author Share Posted 16 October , 2012 BSM, Great photographs, very interesting, thanks for posting them. Regards, LF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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