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Originally posted by ww2steel
Were there maybe different directions on different models/ years?
Would it matter technically- or just so we don't look dumb at a reenacment with our tracks on backwards? 
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It would seem so far that all British, all Canadian, all New Zealand and Aussie LP1 Carriers had the track oriented so that, on the section in contact with the ground, the tail of the link was to the rear. Sometime around the publication of the Australian "Carrier, MG, instruction Book" of July 1943 there was a decision made for Australian LP2, LP2A, 2pdr Tank Attack, 3in Mortar Carriers and the Tracked Truck to have the track oriented with the tails to the front. There must have been a technical reason for the Aust Army to be out of step with the Empire! Does anyone have pictures of the later production Carrier variants (2pdr T/A, 3in Mortar, TT, etc)with the track "Tail to the rear"? I've only seen them with "Tail to the front" and they seem to have come this way from the factory. LP2 and LP2A Carriers are where the confusion comes in, as it is common to see the track either way.
You would imagine that early Carriers would have had the track remain "Tail to the rear", but some have been turned around. Pictured below is an early carrier issued to the 2nd Bn, 1st Div (Militia) (Vickers gun/ gunshield, tools stowed down the side). Despite being an early make, it has the track "Tail to the front". This pic dates from after July 42, when Carriers reverted to Hull numbers as their registration number (Hull 1355).