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Carrier Suspension
I just noticed that the Opel Blitz Maultier(halftrack version of the Blitz) used the almost identicle rear suspension as the brengun Carriers. Aparrwntly the Germans copied it almost to a "T"
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The suspension system is clearly patterned on Universal Carrier (or: its predecessor) parts, but if you compare with the picture below, one can see there are substantial production differences. Wheels are wider and the track was adopted from another German tank, PzKpfw 1 I think.
Linked from Project PHOENIX
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gee it is very close indeed isnt it.....but being German no doubt better made
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is mos redintegro __5th Div___46th Div__ 1942 Ford Universal Carrier No.3 MkI* Lower Hull No. 10131 War Department CT54508 (SOLD) 1944 Ford Universal Carrier MkII* (under restoration). 1944 Morris C8 radio body (under restoration). |
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suspension
Maybe better than the pommy suspension but not the aussie suspension.
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Thank you HS for that nice pic of the suspension. Will really help out... Harold
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if you're going where I think...
..I've often thought of digging up a local 3 ton ford and making one of these...
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