FGT No8 movie

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Gunner
Hi Keith:

I can't open the video but in artillery circles the "X" tac sign is usually the BC or CO depending on the background. Not likely to be on a gun tractor but who knows. Can yoou make out the background on the tac sign? If its red over blue its the CO if its blue with a red corner its a BC: upper right is the senior battery going clockwise to upper left is the junior battery.

Cheers! Mike

Hi Mike

The footage was shot in Australia at the Monegeeta proving ground and the tractor is a No8 (Aust) and the X in Australian terms was only used to denote a vehicle on test.
The video is MPEG-1 format which should be universal. Perhaps your media player needs an update? It is also in black and white and is of poor quality, but it's all we have. I have another still image of the same FGT on my site. It was taken at the same place. Here's a link to a large picture of it without the tac sign. And here's the front view.

The pic below is of a F15A with the tac sign I'm talking about.



It comes from a page about an interesting power to weight trial carried out to bring a CMP to the same power to weight as a Weapons Carrier.