Universal Carrier

[Radek]

Know somebody which kind of wheal are these?

[Ron Pier]

I think the later T16 had disc wheels? Ron

[ajmac]

The disc wheel looks like those used on a German Maultier, the spoked one is normal UC by the looks of it, you could tell from a TL or CTL number cast into it.

[horsa]

Not T-16 wheels. The late disc pattern was a solid disc with no holes in it.

[Radek]

I have to sort "spare" wheels and another parts and check the casting numbers. But now is cold in my shed.

[Radek]

It looks like that is from Ford V3000 http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.d...V3000_SSM.html

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Radek

It looks like that is from Ford V3000 http://www.fahrzeuge-der-wehrmacht.d...V3000_SSM.html

Radek,

Indeed, seems like a Maultier wheel.

Did you ever positively ID the other wheels?

Hanno

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Also, there are engineering differences in track, sprocket and road wheels (see pictures of a surviving Ford V3000S Maultier). Although I have not seen a Maultier in the flesh we did find a Maultier road wheel for sale on one of the stalls at Beltring and noted it was much wider and of entirely different construction than the standard Universal Carrier road wheel - not a surprise when you know Pz.I/II track was used (instead of Carrier track like popular belief has it).
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Here's a nice picture of the bogie wheels & tracks on a Ford Maultier (source). Now, you tell me these are Universal Carrier parts...