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apophenia:
Another one sparked by Greg's Australian Combined Arms Capability in Interwar Period scenario:
-- https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10079.msg191295#new
I wanted something a bit different from a straight Rolls-Royce armoured car. So, here is the half-tracked Holden-Kégresse armoured car of 1932.
The Holden-Kégresse was a rebuild of worn-out, WWI-vintage Rolls-Royce armoured cars (akin to 're-chassising' of RAF cars in Iraq). Armour plating from those vehicles was adapted for a Holden-modified GMC 1/2-ton truck frame. [1] The prototype conversion used GMC 'dualies' in the rear axle. Later, when Holden demonstrated a Chevrolet truck fitted with French Kégresse tracks, it was decided to combine that configuration on the 'new' Holden-Kégresse half-tracked armoured car.
Power was provided by a 60 hp 194 cubic-inch GMC 'Stovebolt Six' engine. With 20 hp less than the original Rolls 6-cylinder and 'rubber band' tracks, the Holden-Kégresse was no 'speed demon'. That modest performance and its bobbed tail appearance are probably the origins of the Holden-Kégresse's nickname - 'Shingleback'.
Further development resulted in body modifications to better-suit Australian operating conditions. Sliding armour panels were cut into either side of the body to reduce interior temperatures for the driver. The turrets had their roof removed, again with the object of reducing dangerously-high interior temperatures. Later the turret were modified to Mk.II standard with higher armour plating riveted on.
Shown here is a Holden-Kégresse Armoured Car Mk.II - markings revealing it to be Car No.18 of the 1st/21st Light Horse Regiment. The main turret armament is a .303-inch Vickers but a Lewis Gun with higher elevation has been added for air defence.
GTX_Admin:
:smiley:
apophenia:
A bit of futuristic silliness ...
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10104.msg191828#msg191828
upnorth:
--- Quote from: apophenia on December 13, 2021, 11:02:58 AM ---A bit of futuristic silliness ...
https://beyondthesprues.com/Forum/index.php?topic=10104.msg191828#msg191828
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A modification of the Hammerhead fighters from the "Space Above and Beyond" show if I'm not mistaken. :smiley:
Litvyak:
I hope the Arrow Astres didn't rust out as quickly as the Pontiac product of the same name!
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