In 1965 at Monegeeta Army Proving Ground, we tried out the full track system on a US6 Studebaker. Great fun. Would go just about anywhere. The steering wasn't that heavy. I thought it would have been, but was pleasently surprised. The outer front wheels were fitted with a smaller size tyre. This was to aid steering on hard ground, as without the tracks, only the origional tyres on the front were making contact with the ground. Before fitting the tracks, we let the tyre pressures right down and after the tracks were fitted, the tyres were pumped up to tighten the tracks. This was not an official trial, just a "let's see what it's like" effort,one Saturday afternoon. Unfortunately we took no photos.
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1916 Albion A10
1942 White Scoutcar
1940 Chev Staff Car
1940 F30S Cab11
1940 Chev WA LRDG "Te Hai"
1941 F60L Cab12
1943 Ford Lynx
1942 Bren Gun Carrier VR no.2250
Humber FV1601A
Saracen Mk1(?)
25pdr. 1940 Weir No.266
25pdr. Australian Short No.185 (?)
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