Sand channel, PSP, Marsden matting

[Lang]

Tony,

To finally answer your question. I have looked at over 100 photos of LRDG jeeps and about 40 photos of WW2 SAS jeeps and NONE carry marsden matting or any type of sand channel, despite what re-enactors put on their vehicles.

It makes sense in that the jeeps always travelled with trucks if they needed them. More to the point, they were so hopelessly overloaded that any extraneous gear could have been the straw that broke the camel's back. They also had plenty of fit young blokes to push them through soft stuff and with those skinny tyres and big weights I reckon there was a lot of pushing going on.

The other point is the desert is not made of sand and the vast majority is stony flat ground capable of carrying 2WD vehicles eg the bulk of LRDG vehicles were only 2WD.

Never say never but if you put marsden matting on your replica LRDG/SAS jeep you are gilding the lilly.

Lang