The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Light grey painted box with one 3-position and one 2-position knob, maroon light-globe cover and 12-pin input socket. Missing base panel.
Control unit for WS19, a British-designed radio set fitted as standard equipment in Commonwealth vehicles (particularly Armoured Fighting Vehicles, eg. Matilda tanks) during the Second World War. In Canada alone, some 1000 examples were being produced per month by mid-1942. See http://www.qsl.net/ve3bdb/history.html for more type history.
Face has webbing strap and two power sockets, into one of which is plugged cable connecting it to wireless set REL30307.011. Power supply for WS19, a British-designed radio set fitted as standard eq
Wireless set with two tuning dials and carry handles on face. NB - Power supply unit at left in photograph is REL30110. Type fitted to 1939-1945 Australian vehicles and Armoured Fighting Vehicles (A
Metal connecting twelve point hose for Wireless set No. 19 (WS19) Mk II (Aust). Each end has a round metal and bakelite end connector with twelve 3mm square points and a central 5mm diameter hole in
Dark grey rectangular steel control unit with two volume controls, two tone controls and one pickup control. Each controller is scaled from 1-10. There are four socket points for attachment of cabling
The BREN gun is a gas operated, air cooled, select fire machine gun. It has a quick detachable barrel and fires from an open bolt. The gun is operated by a long stroke gas piston located below the bar
