Tuesday, 14 July 2015

Light Tank 1936 (Command Tank Suspension) War Office


Light Dragon Mk III 1935 as sent to India


Light Dragon 1934/5 Mk IId War Office


Light Dragon 1932 Mk IIC Poland


Artillery Tractor 1936 Belgium (Famillereux)


Artillery Tractor 1931 War Office 14 Produced Ref D.0.2


These are the vehicles ordered after trials of the prototype shown in a separate poste here.

Artillery Tractor 1931 Low Sides India




Artillery Tractor 1931 High Sides


Artillery Tractor 1930 Air Ministry


Artillery Tractor 1930 Low Sides Japan also China 1933


Artillery Tractor 1929 Low Sides


This picture also appears on p63 of Ventham and Fletcher's Moving the Guns. It is the prototype 2 ton tractor, based on D5E1, the Artillery Observer's Vehicle, but without the high sided body. This prototype took part in the 1930 Wool trials. After performing well 14 vehicles were ordered (the Light Dragon) and delivered in 1931, when they were issued to 20 Battery of the 9th Field Brigade RA to replace their Birch Guns. The production veicle can be seen here.


Towing an 18 pdr and limber


Artillery Tractor 1929 Chertsey Demonstration Model D42



The caption to this photograph in Album Two adds:

also
611 Light Dragon Mk IIC - Greece 1934
612 Light Dragon Mk IIC - War Office 1935
614 Light Dragon Mk IID - India 1936
615 Light Dragon - Siam & Java 1939

This is the high sided version of this vehicle.

Tractor Truck


The album caption for this photograph is Tractor Truck 1936 China


Tractor Truck 1935 Standard (also Cable Laying etc 1935)


Tractor Truck Tipping Body1935, also Metropolitan Water Board 1936


Tractor Truck Turntable and Trailer 1935. Turning Circle 26 ft with Load. Overall Length with Corner extended 26' 6".


Tractor Truck Aero Starter 1935


Tractor Truck Pipe Carrier 1935

The Vickers Carden Loyd Tractor Truck was a commercial design which used a 30 cwt lorry body mated to a fully tracked chassis based on the Vickers 2 ton tractor. The British Army purchased three vehicles for trials but it was deemed unsuitable for service use.

Gun Carrier Limber 1930


Vickers Carden-Loyd Light Tank Transporter 1931


Transporter 1930 Mk VI Machine Gun Carrier


Trailer Double Half Track 1931


Trailer 3.7" Howitzer 1930


This tracked trailer was designed by Carden-Loyd and weighed around 7.5 cwt. It was an alternative to a Kegresse tracked trailer . These were intended to carry the 3.7 inch howitzer, a lightly constructed gun primarily designed as a light gun which would be mule transportable for use in mountainous regions. Its construction was not robust enough for motorized towing. In the end the gun carriage was redesigned to make it more suitable for towing. Under tow the barrel of the gun would be elevated. There is a picture of this in Ventham and Fletcher's Moving the Guns, p 47.

Light Trailers 1928/35




The second photograph is the tracked personeel trailer pulled by the Carden Loyd MG Carrier, for example when also towing the tracked 20mm Oerliken anti tank gun.

Utility Tractor 1932 Personnel Carrier



Two identical photographs (apart from the cropping), the second captioned 1934 Belgium Familleureux. The sides seem to hinge and drop down to provide leg rests for the passengers who are carried on the two sides. This vehicle was used by the Dutch Army to tow a 47mm anti tank gun, the crew riding on the tractor.