Speed limits during WWII in Australia.

[Lang]

When I was in the CMF (Reserve) as a kid in the 60's convoy speeds used to be 30mph mainly because the few Blitz water trucks could not keep up with the GMC and Studebaker gun tractors.

Running in small groups or individually with a 25 pounder (no limbers used by that time) it was whatever you could get out of them (although the dash placard said 45mph). Often saw 50mph down hill and the guns towed effortlessly. I did notice the NDT tyres used to scallop badly on the guns while the same tread on the trucks wore evenly. Might have had something to do with suspension - or lack thereof.

Lang

[jeff davis]

No Restrictions to Universal Carriers that I can see.

[Ed Storey]

Here are the wartime speed limits as set by the Canadian Army.

Regularions for Drivers of MT Vehicles, Universal Carriers and Motorcycles - 1943 7-43 copy1.jpg

Vehicle Speed Limits copy1.jpg

[Rich Payne]

From a BEF GHQ diary.

[Mike Cecil]

The latest issue of KVE News includes an article on Australian Army MV speeds during the 40s and 50s.

https://935018b6-3e94-4904-91ad-69b2...3693131782.pdf

Pages 12 to 15.

Mike

[Matthew Noonan]

Some Canadian maximum cruising speed limits from the war diaries.

It's amusing as you go on to later dates they keep dropping the allowed speed and harsher language if anyone caught exceeding them or heaven forbid tampering with the engine governor.

https://i.imgur.com/WAuvgc2.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/RMhYy8J.jpg