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28-01-08, 15:51
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Carden-Loyd limited production carriers
I always delight in finding pictures of limited production, one-offs, and prototype vehicles that are seldom seen. During a recent delve (is that a noun or verb?) into the internet I found a series of pictures of Carden-Loyd carrier prototypes. I'm not sure if these are rare or unknown models so I thought I'd share them with the MLU community in an effort to determine if any were used operationally. The first shot I've posted has combined all the pictures into one.
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28-01-08, 19:17
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Here's an interesting US prototype vehicle from a 1920 artillery journal.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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28-01-08, 19:21
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They refer to it as the reconnaissance tractor. There's several more pix of it being tested.
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1940 Cab 11 C8 Wireless with 1A2 box & 11 set 1940 Cab 11 C8 cab and chassis 1940 Cab 11 C15 with 2A1 & Motley mount & Lewis gun 1940 Cab 11 F15A w/ Chev rear ends 1941 Cab 12 F15A 1942-44 Cab 13 F15A x 5 1942 cab 13 F15A with 2B1 box 1943 cab 13 F15A with 2H1 box 1943 Cab 13 C8A HUP 1944 Cab 13 C15A with 2C1 box 1943 Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor MkII Bren gun carrier chassis x 2
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#10
01-02-08, 08:50
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Thingy
It looks like a motorised drain tray with the famous American "thingy" (the name escapes me)suspension that the soviets adopted.
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Bluebell Carrier Armoured O.P. No1 Mk3 W. T84991 Carrier Bren No2.Mk.I. NewZealand Railways. NZR.6. Dodge WC55. 37mm Gun Motor Carriage M6 Jeep Mb #135668 So many questions....
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01-02-08, 10:10
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Its not Christie suspension Lynn,
The previous pic with the trailer shows the suspension of the midle wheels in silhouette: looks more like a centre mounted leaf spring with the inner wheels at each end. (Also seems much smaller in scale than the christie wheels).
Rob
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