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The Scammell Pioneer was a British 6×4 tractor unit used in World War II as an artillery tractor, recovery vehicle and tank transporter. Development The ...
Scammell Scarab and trailer at Museum of the Great Western Railway, Swindon 1939 Scammell R100 artillery tractor. Scammell started production of the 7.5-ton articulated vehicle in 1920. Needing to move to new premises, Scammell & Nephew floated a new company, Scammell Lorries Ltd in July 1922, with Lt. Col. Scammell as managing director.
Wheeled British WWII Scammell Pioneer towing an 8-inch howitzer Tracked Finnish WWII Komsomolets (captured from USSR) Half-tracked German Sd.Kfz. 7 towing an 8.8cm Flak. An artillery tractor, also referred to as a gun tractor, is a specialized heavy-duty form of tractor unit used to tow artillery pieces of varying weights and calibres.
Scammell Pioneer semi-trailer as "Scammell 20-ton semi-trailer recovery tank transporter" and "30-ton semi-trailer recovery tank transporter" UK 1930s–1940s British Army, Indian Army: Mack EXBX 18-ton tank transporter: USA 1940s French Army, [i] British Army: Diamond T tank transporter: USA 1940s–1970s British Army, US Army, Dutch Army ...
1944 Scammell Pioneer recovery vehicle – in RAF livery. (Preserved, 2002) Scammell Scarab in British Railways livery, London, 1962 Oliver Danson North (1887, Willesden Green — 11 November 1968, Haslemere) was a British engineer and automobile designer in the early twentieth century, working for Scammell Lorries from 1922.
Preserved Matador artillery tractor, Beltring 2011. Over 9,600 Matadors were built, [3] some going to the Royal Air Force (RAF). For the British Army, it fulfilled a role between field artillery tractors (FATs) such as the Morris C8 Quad, which towed smaller guns such as the 25-pounder gun-howitzer, and the Scammell Pioneer, used for towing the 7.2-inch howitzer.
A more than 100-year-old Wichita company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to restructure the business and potentially bring in new partners. Amid bankruptcy filing, Pioneer Balloon owners find ...
The Pioneer's engine is a Gardner 6LW diesel, one of the few diesel powered WO spec vehicles in use by the British army in WWII. Also numerically the R100 was not the main model. The recovery tractor (see photo on the main article) was the most numerous. The R100 and SV/1T, SV/1S and SV/2S shared a common powertraoin.