T-16 Diff

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by cantankrs

And the reasoning for this brake design?

Hi Alex,

The reasoning for this "brake" design is that the Ford engineers applied a proven tracked vehicle steering concept, instead of the archaic track-warp-and-drum-brake concept on Universal Carriers. The concept they chose to apply to the T16 design was Controlled Differential Steering, which was widely used on WW2 tracked vehicles. The T16´s axle was later used on other vehicles, notably the Canadian Armoured Snowmobile.

Hanno