Half-Tracked Universal Carrier

[Bob Carriere]

Beauty is in the eye of the CMPer.

A nice C60 halfbreed...er I mean half track using a UC undercarriage to bring up the rear is a thing of beauty.

Why would they insist on driving it from the rear instead of shortened drive shaft and a front drive axle behind the cab similar to the White's and International is a mistery. Obviously did not do much for flexibility since the promo pictures clearly show the contraption pulling a wheely going up a steep hill.

I suspect that the demise of any such prototype would have been the lack of power to churn all these gears and wheels and the inadvertently narrow track pads of UC...... could hardly float much weight on soft ground. I am assuming that the German halftrack in there many configuration had larger track pads to start with not to mention a proper differential steering unit instead or relying on brake linings.... White's and International had wider rubber tracks....like oversized skidoos..hahaha Ok we did not even have the name skidoo in 1945......

So who is going to make one????? I triple dare you!!!!

Bob C.