Carrier Photos
 

To start, some photos war time from my collection.

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A few more from my collection

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A few more from my collection.

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I have just bought a few more carrier photos taken in 1945 of troops driver
training on carriers and found this one with the tracks not all the way round.
Two carriers with it, first time i have seen this.

Carrier not looking so good. Photo from my collection. 1945

The term is short-tracking and is a recovery technique. Although it means breaking track, counting links, hammering pins out and in, and retensioning. Anything that will get you home I suppose.

Canadian Carrier, UK 1941
 

Attached is an image of a couple of Canadian Universal Carriers on exercise in the UK in 1941.

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Universal Carrier Track Bashing
 

Universal Carrier track bashing looks like fun! Especially while smoking a cigarette.

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RHLI carriers. Of note is the Hell’s Angles motif on the sides. The entire carrier platoon at the time carried them.

Picture posted higher in the thread. Why is the step painted white do you think ? Thanks.