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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
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.
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.
The Albion CX22S was designed and built by Albion Motors in late 1943 to supplement the Scammell Pioneer heavy artillery tractor, which was not available in sufficient numbers. In service the CX22S was used by the British Army to tow the 155mm Long Tom and the BL 7.2-inch howitzer .
Scammell also gained the contract to develop and build the eight-wheeled version of the Roadtrain called the Constructor 8 model. This also allowed Scammell to develop and produce the complementary S26 range of heavy-haul 4x2, 6x2 and 6x4 tractors, which was a parts-bin build from the Roadtrain and 24 components. [3]
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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 ...
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