Kangaroo towing bracket

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by kevinT
Anyone any thoughts as to the towing bracket? Not a "standard" towing pintle, so not an ex gun tower.

Kevin,

First of all, note this Ram was once fitted with deep wading equipment. What remains is a type of ridge around the rear hull hatches and air inlet/exhaust area to which the sheet metal ducts were fitted.

Official orders were all Ram Kangaroos were to be fitted with an expedient towing hook, so they could double up as gun towers. This towing hook was fitted to a vertical iron bar, which was fitted to the hull just above and under the rear hull hatch. The lower attaching point is shown in Mr. Herbison's picture. This is a sign of it being a genuine Kangaroo.

I will try to find a picture of this setup. It was fitted to the Sherman Firefly as well.

HTH,
Hanno