What is this Lunette from then?
Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 3:51 am
Just picked this up. It was bought from Thomson and Doxey in Southport, north of England, about twenty years back and that owner couldn't find a use for it.
... it's about 18" long, 8" wide, and 7" high, weighs no less than 50lbs, maybe as much as 60. Mounts on four 3/4" holes on 4" by 4" centres, and has " ORD-D 76899 " cast onto the bottom ? face.
I'd guess from the mounting lugs on the rear face that they slot into either very thick plate or armour.
Only thing I could come up with would be for some sort of big towed artillery piece, but it could be for a plain trailer, so I'm posting this here.
Any ideas? Closest match I can find is the M7 G221 type towbar for Directors, Searchlight, and Smoke Generator trailer, which is visually similar but seems to mount differently.
... it's about 18" long, 8" wide, and 7" high, weighs no less than 50lbs, maybe as much as 60. Mounts on four 3/4" holes on 4" by 4" centres, and has " ORD-D 76899 " cast onto the bottom ? face.
I'd guess from the mounting lugs on the rear face that they slot into either very thick plate or armour.
Only thing I could come up with would be for some sort of big towed artillery piece, but it could be for a plain trailer, so I'm posting this here.
Any ideas? Closest match I can find is the M7 G221 type towbar for Directors, Searchlight, and Smoke Generator trailer, which is visually similar but seems to mount differently.