Converted WW2 tank

Looks as though the bottom colour picture above is that of a Valentine Tank and it is located at MAYA in WA

www.flickriver.com/places/Australia/Western+Australia/Maya/

And the tank in question looks a lot like the second one in the link below (using the radiator and wheelbase as a reference)
www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB...pic.php?f=25&t=51702

I can feel a road trip coming on I wonder what the princess would say I bet it wouldnt be words of encouragement

Paul

FWIW



cya

these turned up in the mail today and thought maybe of some interest

In the late 1940's, when the Saxton family relocated from Tanjil Bren and established the sawmill and town Licola, Wilbur Saxton had a problem sourcing logging machinery. His solution was to go to Seymore' buy a number of surplus ex army tanks, and drive via the back roads to Heyfield (?). where they were adapted as needed . This is one of them in action at Connors Plain. One that never got into service rusted away for years at Licola - and the local kids braved the red back spiders to play in it .One can just be seen, back left, in the second photo

all of that writing was attached to the photo's

Paul

Paul,
Just looking at that track running gear, almost have to be a Vickers, wouldn't it?

If so, must have been quite a few converted to dozers over the years, remember going with a mate down to Braidwood in NSW to load newly made pallets, mid to late sixties, cocky had one a goer, another for spares.
Cheers.

it looks like a Sherman or Grant to me dunno if Australia had any Sherman tanks but we had plenty of Grant tanks during WW2 era

Paul

According to Swishy's chart it's a Sentinel.

Bottom right hand corner.

4 thoze amongst uz th@ like 2 get tankd up

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WotSezU?

cya

I sez U wong Sentinel has smooth brackets on the the track rollers looks like they are fabricated were as the Grant and Shermans had cast brackets or at least in pictures thats the way it looks but like all things on here Im likely to be wong and no doubt are this time

Thats wot I sez Swishy LOL

Paul

I think your right and it isn't a Sentinel. The front bogie is too far forward for a Sentinel.

It looks much like the Cruiser (Canadian) as it has three bogies and the front one is tucked up under the drive sprocket and there is a fairly long track run between the last bogie and the idler.

I disregard any Axis tanks as we would be very unlikely to have them here and for sale.

Did we have Canadian tanks over here?