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    Tanks Trucks & Firepower Videos 2013

    in The meetings log and photobook

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    The Gama Goat was a six-wheel-drive semi-amphibious off road vehicleoriginally developed for use by the US Military in the Vietnam War. The 'Goat used an articulated chassis, so that from distance it appears to be a four-wheel drive vehicle pulling a two-wheel trailer, but it is a single six-wheel vehicle with a four wheel steering arrangement with the front and rear wheels turning in opposite directions. It was famous for its ability to travel over exceptionally rough and muddy terrain.

    The vehicle's nickname came from two sources; "Gama" from the name of the inventor of its powered articulated joint, Roger Gamount, and "Goat" for its mountain goat-like off-road ability. Its military designation was M561, 6×6 tactical 1-1/4-ton truck.

     

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    CVRT Sabre... gearbox noise... help or opinions please !

    in Blogs of MV restorations

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    CVRT Sabre TN15 Gearbox Noise. Your views on whether the rasping / grating noise is anything to worry about would be much appreciated. It appears to be coming from the centrifugal clutch area.... as soon as the clutch engages it disappears. The gearbox works fine all gears work as they should.

     

     

    This gearbox was supplied as "having a noise" so I decided to fit it to try and diagnose the fault. I have a good gearbox which will be fitted if necessary.

     

     

    Note: I do have another radiator with a new core to replace the existing one !!

     

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    Tanks Trucks & Firepower Videos 2013

    in The meetings log and photobook

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    To me the moral winner is the old Ford. Definitely.

    Though a completely defenseless vehicle, they had cowardly stripped its wheels so that it could not escape anymore and had nothing left than to be smashed by the "tank". But even then, the Galaxy resisted very long ...and in fact the driver of the "tank" should have closed the hatch so that he could have left the arena without the spectators recognizing him.

     

     

    Agreed.... thanks for your response.... made me chuckle !!

    Wright Whirlwind R975 9 Cyl 16 litre radial engine !!

    in MV Chatter

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    Have you got anything on the drive end to act as a flywheel? Someone told me the aero engine wouldn't run smoothly without a prop on as the prop acted like a flywheel - but your engine sounds really sweet.

     

    p.s. sounds like a good trade!!:-D

     

    Hi... Yes.. There is a substantial cooling fan attached to the drive end (this was used as a tank engine) The fan is almost the same diameter as the engine and acts as a flywheel.

     

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    Tanks Trucks & Firepower Videos 2013

    in The meetings log and photobook

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    What an amazing machine... seems to glide along... great acceleration and speed. So quiet.. is it electric or is the driver peddling !!!

     

     

    Lovely restoration.... very impressed.

     

     

    The M29 Weasel was a World War II tracked vehicle, built by Studebaker, designed for operation in snow.

     

     

    The idea for the Weasel came from the work of British inventor Geoffrey Pyke in support of his proposals to attack Axis forces and industrial installations in Norway. Pyke's plan to hamper the German atomic weapons development became Project Plough for which he proposed a fast light mechanised device that would transport small groups of commando troops of the 1st Special Service Force across snow. In active service in Europe, Weasels were used to supply frontline troops over difficult ground when wheeled vehicles were immobilised.

     

     

    The first 2,103 vehicles had 15 in (380 mm) tracks, a later version had 20 in (510 mm) tracks. The M29 was amphibious, but with a very low freeboard;[2] the M29C Water Weasel was the amphibious version, with buoyancy cells in the bow and stern as well as twin rudders.

     

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    Diesel CVRT Spartans, Scimitar & Samson Arrive at Witham SV

    in Tracked vehicles

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    Yes it does, all the way through the video, same place about 3/4 way across the screen single black line from lower edge going upwards about 2/3 up the screen, at 2nd watch it looks like a vehicle aerial in the foreground of the shot but it stays in exactly the same place all through the video even as you pan round. It is not on any of your other videos.

     

     

    Antar John.... just watched again.... no line !!

     

    Paul

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