Wartime Tank Transport in England

[Richard Coutts-Smith]

Thanks Alan, had discounted the louvers as being something in between the tank and the truck, not the look I had imagined at all.
Hi-jacking of post resolved, and my thanks to David for such an interesting post, it appears that there was a lapse in the amount of red tape back in the day, tanks too high, build new wagons .... Job Done.
I do wonder what would have been the solution if the tanks had been too wide.
Rich.

[chrisgrove]

Originally Posted by Richard Coutts-Smith

I do wonder what would have been the solution if the tanks had been too wide.
Rich.

Pleased that the solution has been found (though the Thorny I suggested has very similar louvres in the bonnet sides).

If the tanks are too wide, they do not travel by rail! The small British rail gauge (not the track gauge) bedevilled our tank design for many years. Eventually the designers had to ignore it, though most of the newer tanks were able to travel on contonental railways. Even those M10s are overhanging the warwells.

Chris