Wartime T-16 Universal Carriers with Tops / Bows

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While I've not found any written documentation about bows and tops being built and issued for use with the Ford T-16s, there are a lot of photographs of them being used in Europe by the Canadian units that had the carriers.

Thought it might be something worth comparing notes on with other people since a top can come in handy when its really hot or raining.

Postwar the Swiss had heavy bows made from roughly 1.5" pipe that fit into brackets they bolted onto the sides of the wading skirt squares along the upper hull. The Canadian photos I've seen look to be using the actual wading squares with their side-skirt brackets to hold 3/4" or 1" diameter pipe.