Churchill's Funnies!

[jdmcm]

Possibly something akin to the Roto-trailer?

[rob love]

Just a guess, but with the tires emblazoned "flammable" in huge letters on the sidewalls, could it be some kind of fuel stowage for an armored flame thrower?

[Andrew Rowe]

You guys are quick off the mark!, Evidently these are fuel bladders for the M113 believe it or not. I think made for towing a shore in combat zones. Cheers Andrew.

[rob love]

Something that's odd about this is that it evidently has a hookup for airbrakes, judging by the little bracket just back of the lunnette. No M113 I have ever seen had an air supply.

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by rob love

Something that's odd about this is that it evidently has a hookup for airbrakes, judging by the little bracket just back of the lunnette. No M113 I have ever seen had an air supply.

Is it for airbrakes, or a fuel line so you can run the vehicle from the fuel in the bladders and then discard them when empty? Did they have a remote disconnect option - I think some post-WW2 Russian kit had disposable drums on at the rear.

Chris.

[rob love]

I thought of that, but the hookup definitely looks like it is for the gladhand. I would expect any coupling for fuel would be of the quick disconnect type.....I doubt a gladhand would be suitable for fuel transfer. Mind you, the lunnette also looks like it forms some type of an impact brake.

Could we see photos of it without the blacked out portions?

[jack neville]

I’m wondering why they needed tread on the tyres?