The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Australian Machine Gun Carrier, Local Pattern 2A, of welded steel construction. The vehicle has a double front bogie and a single rear bogie, in a system known as the Horstmann slow motion suspension system. The front bogie incorporates a single track return roller. The drive sprocket is at the rear of the vehicle, and the idler is at the front. Bogie wheels are rubber tyred. Tracks are of malleable cast iron. Engine is a Ford 239 cubic inch side valve V8 manufactured by Ford Canada. Suspension incorporates track displacement steering, as well as track brake steering. Tool stowage brackets on the left hand side of the hull indicate this is an earlier pattern LP2A - in late models the stowage was removed to the rear of the vehicle. It is missing several components including seat squabs and backs for all seats, two AA machine gun mounting brackets, pioneer tools, some carrier tools, and steel tow cable. Vehicle is painted semi gloss olive drab.
The service history of this vehicle is unknown.
Australian Machine Gun Carrier, Local Pattern 2, of welded steel construction. The vehicle's serial number is 1022. AIF registration number is T-16574. The vehicle has a double front bogie and a sing
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The Type 63 is a tracked Chinese armoured personnel carrier that entered service in the late 1960s. (It is also known by its industrial designation YW 531). It was the first armoured vehicle designed
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