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Vickers artillery tractor
Hello,
Please take a look at this picture (not complete and not very good quality - but it's all I have) of a Vickers Artillery Tractor as tested on Java around 1939. I cannot find any references to the exact type of this vehicle and need some help here. The tractor reminds me of an early Lloyd carrier, but this scene is around 1939. According to the text these are the data of the vehicle on the picture: Weight: 3000 Kilo's Length: 3 meters 74 centimeters Width: 1 meter 96 Height without tilt: 1 meter 52 Trackwidth: 1 meter 96 Ground clearance 33 centimeters Max speed: 32 k/h fully laden Width of Tracks: 26,6 centimeters Engine: 6 cyl, 90 hp Pulling: 2800 kg and 9 fully equipped crew Remarks: according to the text the Vickers had no problems going through small streams and the hull was waterproof. To complicate matters the text of another article in the same magazine names no less than 3 different Vickers tractors as tested: Artillery; - Fighting; - Utility tractors. The Vickers tractor was not selected because it would be "un-economical": more power than was needed and too expensive...? The Praga T3 won the competition. Some more qualifications: the artillery tractor as above had front drive, 5 forward gears and the tracks produced 0,49 kilo groundpressure per square centimeter! Some notes on the other Vickers tractors: The Fighting Tractor had rear drive, 81 hp, 4 forward gears, the Utility 45 hp. We all know KNIL employed a number of Belgian produced Vickers Utility tractors as well. Here's the pic of the artillery tractor: Anybody recognise this one? vickersprot.jpg Thanks, Nuyt Overvalwagens! |
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