plant and C vehicles

[Les Freathy]

Well engineers, what do you think
Les

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Well engineers, what do you think

That's an interesting variation on the armoured bulldozer that landed with the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division on Juno beach and one I haven't seen before. Do you have any info on where and who used it?


CHIMO! Derek.

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Well engineers, what do you think

Not the same but very similar to the Disston Tractor Tank. Disston was a safe company that built an armoured enclosure over Caterpillar bulldozers in 1933, 26 in total I believe. There is some controversy over their final disposition as most went to the USMC while "some" went to Afghanistan. I enclosed some in quotation marks as conventional wisdom holds that at least three went there while I have a picture of a Disston Tractor Tank with "only one" pencilled in the lower border. Who knows? Derek.

[T. Metsovitis]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Well engineers, what do you think

That is one of a small number of bulldozers that were armoured by Greek Cypriots and used against the Turkish Cypriots during the inter-communal troubles in the '60s. None of them won any prizes for original design

Fyll

[sapper740]

Originally Posted by T. Metsovitis

That is one of a small number of bulldozers that were armoured by Greek Cypriots and used against the Turkish Cypriots during the inter-communal troubles in the '60s. None of them won any prizes for original design

Fyll

That's an interesting take on the Armoured Bulldozer concept, similar to the "All or Nothing" design of Dreadnoughts from 1906 on. Derek.

[Les Freathy]

International TD18 crawler tractor with towed grader (anyone know the make), note the large cleats on the tracks

[Les Freathy]

A couple more 1. Tournapulls super C box scrapers in the far east in 1944 and a Buckeye 20 traction ditcher

[Les Freathy]

I must be losing the plot, i know this crane has appeared somewhere in the forum but have forgotton the threads title so i will put it in here prehaps a moderator can move if required, its a Le Tourneau model AD2
cheers
Les

[tankbarrell]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

International TD18 crawler tractor with towed grader (anyone know the make), note the large cleats on the tracks

That's an Allis HD-7.