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Old 04-05-07, 09:42
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Default Experimental Carrier #3168

Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to present a very historic and significant Australian LP2 Bren Gun Carrier with Hull number 3168 and manufactured by Victorian Railways in 1942.

This was one of three experimental Carriers utilising a front idler steering system as opposed to the conventional cross shaft track warping. The fate of the other two Carriers, #2496, a contemperory of #3168 and #4428 an LP2A that was converted in late 1944, is unknown. This Carrier, 3168, had been living in a shed for the last 25 years and was recently bought on Ebay by a mate of mine, Colin, here in South Australia.

It took Colin and myself a while to nut out the different steering system but when we did it was simplicity itself. We are unaware as to whether this system was any good as they never went into production and at this stage archived test documents have not come to light.

Bob
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