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Vilkata


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Carden-Loyd Mk.VI Track Variants.
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It seems that Carden-Loyd Mk.VI tanks could sport two different widths of tracks.

The track that seems most common to the Mk.VI is extremely narrow (This is the Bovington Carden-Loyd):


The seccond most common is the much wider variant (This is a Mk.VI used by Bolivia in the Gran Chaco War):


Looking through my collections of pictures, I can see that these countries used the "Skinny Tracks":

Russia: (T-27) Skinny
Sweden: Skinny
Denmark: Skinny
Britain: Skinny
Japanese: Skinny
Poland: (TK3,TKS) Skinny

And, these are the countries which employed the "Fat Tracks":

Thai: Fat
Finland: Fat
Bolivia: Fat
Italy: (CV 29) Fat

Furthermore, the Carden-Loyd Patrol Tank Mk.I used Skinny Tracks, while the Mk.II used Fat Tracks. If you look through pictures of British light tank development in the 30's, virtually every vehicle is using either these Skinny Tracks, or more commonly, the Fat Tracks.

Just an observation I have not seen noted in books before.

---Vil.

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If you have a copy of Making Tracks, British Carrier Story by Chamberlain and Ellis (1973) you'll see photos of British Mk VIs with skinny and fat tracks. And it isn't a matter of late or early versions either. I suspect that it was possible to fit the vehicle with skinny tracks for road running etc (saving money) and replace these with fat tracks if the machine was going to be used cross country in combat like conditions. Only a theory but supported by pictures of the VI* (export model for Bolivia, Japan ,Thailand and other countries) with fat tracks (so that Japan would have been sold a fat tracked vehicle)

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