Border Raiding

[Lynn Eades]

check out this pic. already from this forum. specifically the track.
The light tank wheels have flat spokes, just like the skinny English wheels, but in fact are the same width as the Aust. wheels. the light tank track,is fully pinned, with no lead plug required.

[Treadhead]

I really do have too much time on my hands

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

check out this pic. already from this forum. specifically the track.
The light tank wheels have flat spokes, just like the skinny English wheels, but in fact are the same width as the Aust. wheels. the light tank track,is fully pinned, with no lead plug required.

A detail from the pic I posted in the "Aust tanks 1937" thread, the track on the Puckapunyal Vickers, DD^276, has Aust "lead plug" track links. Might this have been an Aust Army change for compatibility with LP carriers, or has it been done during the (Aust Army) Museum restoration using what was available?

[Lynn Eades]

I have no idea really. The last thing I want to do is start another myth, because there are enough of them around already. What I believe, is that the Vickers light tank had wide track/wheels, and when Australia decided to build LP1 carriers, they adopted that option, and stuck with it. I guess the lead plug, has to be an Aust. idea. Maybe someone has the info to confirm or reject it. Maybe it was a Vickers Carden Loyd initiative. The only Vickers Light Tank, that I have seen in the flesh is the one in Pucka

[colin jones]

Here's some pics of the track thats on the tank. I have shown the vickers track which measures 70MM at the bottom between the horns and our track which is 85MM between the horns. Now this is not to say that the track I have is original but I hope it is. A few other pics as well.
Colin.