Wanted: UC Track for collection

[Lynn Eades]

Brian, I suspect you could sell your Windsor track links to the Australians or here in N.Z. as the Australian pattern carriers and the Vickers MkVIB light tanks can all run your track. I say "can" because there is likely a pin difference.
The Australian track has a smaller hole in one end, and a plain shorter pin is located by a lead plug. Everything else would work.
There is an annular groove in the hole that the lead plug swages into. The small hole in the other end allows removal of the pin with a punch.

[David Dunlop]

Jack.

According to the T16 Manual I have, the T16 track is not interchangeable with the Universal Carrier track links. Not sure wherein the differences come about.

David

[Lynn Eades]

No, it's not, because the guide horns are about 1 inch further apart, to accommodate the wider bogie wheel and rubber.

[Perry Kitson]

T16 track is a little narrower than UC track. Pins from T16 track are too short to use on UC track by about 3/16".

[Michael R.]

“According to the T16 Manual I have, the T16 track is not interchangeable with the Universal Carrier track links. Not sure wherein the differences come about.”

“No, it's not, because the guide horns are about 1 inch further apart, to accommodate the wider bogie wheel and rubber.”

“T16 track is a little narrower than UC track. Pins from T16 track are too short to use on UC track by about 3/16".”


Gentlemen... I respectfully suggest you are unwittingly on the wrong track . . .

[Lynn Eades]

Michael, see BCA's post #4.

[rob love]

It is my understanding that the T-16s in Swiss service had the track pins (and pads) narrowed slightly. Since those were primarily the carriers returned to the US, and the pins are still sold by an American dealer, a lot of people have assumed the pins are narrower on a T-16. It is my belief they are the same. I recently did some interchange at the museum between an ex-Cdn T16 and a UC carrier on things like bogie wheels, track etc. While there are some differences on the wheel bearing setups, there seemed to be decent interchangeability.