surviving T16s

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
You are very observant, just checked my T16 TM and the rear bogie is assembled wrong way around, probably an apprentice job, they would get the blame anyhow.

An apprentice job indeed, that is what I first thought as well.

However, earlier this week I read Universal Carrier T16 en la IMARA. According to this article, in 1947 between ten to twenty T16E2s were acquired from the US by the Argentine Marines. The T16E2 was slightly longer (13'6" vs. 12'11" for the T16) and the bogies were moved rearward with the rear bogie being reversed. There were other detail differences, but popular belief has it the T16E2 did not get past the prototype phase. If however the Argentine Marines indeed got a batch of T16E2s, the one pictured here could possibly the only surviving T16E2...

H.