79x100 Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Can anyone confirm this vehicle ? The Middlesex Registration dates from Aug. 1928 - Jun. 1929. The rad looks Crossley to me but I'm not certain. The photo must date from the 1930s and shows members of the King's Royal Rifle Corps. My Dad's brother George is seated left in the second row. He had almost finished his reserve service in 1940 but ended up in Calais and spent the war in a prison camp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Definitely a Crossley - a "BGV" model or "British General Vehicle". A rare photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
79x100 Posted September 17, 2008 Author Share Posted September 17, 2008 Definitely a Crossley - a "BGV" model or "British General Vehicle". A rare photo. Ah...you mean that I should have put 'copyright' all over it ? Thus encouraged, any idea about the sheeted-over tracked vehicles in the same sequence ? and a close-up view :- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 17, 2008 Share Posted September 17, 2008 Probably Loyd carriers. Not so rare them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I did, of course, mean Carden-Loyd. The Loyd carrier didn't come on the scene until 1940. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I did, of course, mean Carden-Loyd. The Loyd carrier didn't come on the scene until 1940. Did you not mean Carden-Lloyd?:-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Er, no! There's only one 'L' in Loyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radiomike7 Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Er, no! There's only one 'L' in Loyd. Really confused now, Google it both ways and you get 85,900 sites with two 'l's and 49,800 with one. Must admit my tank reference book uses Loyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlangham Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 Bart H Vanderveen uses 'Loyd' in the Army Vehicles Directory, too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woa2 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 The tracked carriers cannot be Lloyd (or Loyd) carriers as they used Ford V8 engines which were not built until the middle/late 1930s. The tracked carriers look more like Dragon carriers to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 I stick with Carden-Loyd - The bulge at the front covering the differential is distinctive and I think only appeared on the Mk VI version, which was introduced into service as the standard machine gun carrier during the latter part of 1928. Dragons (a corruption of "drag gun") came in 'light' and 'medium' variants, both of which were larger than the Carden-Loyd machines. Carden-Loyd carriers were designed by Carden-Loyd Tractors Ltd and powered by Ford model T engines. By the time of the Mk VI they were being built by Vickers-Armstrong Ltd, who had absorbed Carden-Loyd. Some were also built under licence in other countries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 are these mk6s when would they have been built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 These look like patrol tanks - a turreted development of the Carden-Loyd machine gun carrier MkVI. Two versions were built in 1932. The first was equipped with the normal leaf-spring carrier suspension, the second on double helical springs (like later universal carriers and light tanks). Sold to Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Portugal. Crew of 2. Powered by Meadows 6-cylinder 40hp engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted September 25, 2008 Share Posted September 25, 2008 These look like patrol tanks - a turreted development of the Carden-Loyd machine gun carrier MkVI. Two versions were built in 1932. The first was equipped with the normal leaf-spring carrier suspension, the second on double helical springs (like later universal carriers and light tanks). Sold to Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Portugal. Crew of 2. Powered by Meadows 6-cylinder 40hp engine. :tup:: cheers .cw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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