Alex,
That is a good question. According to Crismon's Tracked (p.215) they relate to 'some classified tests carried out at Aberdeen'. I don't know what they were. They might be for a parachute harness but I think I read somewhere it might have been for crevasse detecting equipment. We recovered one of these side plates with this Weasel with the remains of the camouflage across it, it is very heavy so no wonder they were removed.
By the way, on the wonderful RealMilitaryFlix website there are a couple Weasel films, one shows a T15 being air dropped from a C-54.
Steve.
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