Landships II

IIRC, this must be a B-Type because it's got a B number. Can't remember exactly how it worked, and can't put my hand on Roy Larkin's excellent book at the mo, but I think AEC was the manufacturing wing of LGOC, and LGOC took the bulk of their output. So-called Daimlers, which all had a D prefix, were simply B-Types by another name, still manufactured by AEC, nothing to do with the German Daimler company, and sold to LGOC's competitors (Metropolitan, etc) as products of the British Daimler company. For a reason I can't remember, this was considered sound business practice. It's a complicated tale - I think British Daimler broke away from the parent company but carried on using the name. That's more or less it. If it's got a B on its bonnet, it's a B-Type.

 

 

This is brilliant,has any one got more info on the gun. Scale drawings anything.

The reason for this "frency" is that I am getting the AEC chassis cast up in January (see attatchment) for the GS lorry and the B type bus. I can now add the A/A gun as well.

Nice one Phil !!!!!!!!!!!

I'm fairly sure (not 100% but close) it's a 3pdr. It seems to be one of the lorries made up for Samson's mob, even though this photo was probably taken in England. They didn't use any 6pdr, the heaviest they went was 3pdr, if I've got my facts straight. To me it looks like a good match for other photos of Vickers 3pdrs I've seen.

http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_3pounder_V_mk1.htm

The photo at the start of this post is from America's Library of Congress (they state quite clearly that there is no copyright), and my understanding comes from The Devil's Chariots by Glanfield which I am currently re-reading, and I think there is something in War Cars by Fletcher, which I haven't read for some months.

According to Robbins & Atkinson, B2791 was orginally registered LH8241 and after war service was repurchased in 1919 whereupon it was returned to bus service and allocated to the East Surrey fleet.

... and what appears to be the sorry end of a damaged 18 Pdr draped over the lorry side .  Looks like an Oiler box on the end of the recoil tube, does it not ?

Definitely Thornycroft J Type with 13 pdr 9 cwt on the back, as per the WD Models kit and Imperial War Museum Duxford preserved example. The gun on the B type Lorry looks like a 3 pounder to me, it has the characteristic cylinder on each side near the gun shield which is also present on the 3 pounders on field carriages sometimes seen towed by Rolls Royce armoured cars (at least one made it to the western front)

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:German_WWI_armoured_car_destroyed.jpg

 

Good grief.