T-29 Half-Track

So interestingly enough that while the need for a tracked Jeep in the area around Dutch Harbor was clear. None ever made it that for use. As the Japanese were done in the Aleutians mid summer 43. My Grandfather served in the Mounted Calvary  (troop B 2nd Calv Ft. Riley KA) and was at Ft. Richardson at the start of the war. We have a photo of him dancing in the EM club with a young Aleut girl in a WAC's uniform. She looks very Japanese! When Grandpa was trying to reup in 1953 as a Senior Master Sgt (they took his field commission to First Lieutenant back at the end of the war) He was told with the downsizing after Korea the only way they would let him stay at rank and do another 4 years (which would have taken him to 30 years) was if he agreed to all 4 years stationed at Ft Richardson. He told them to F off he had enough of that place at the start of the war he wasn't going back.   

Rick did you notice if the TUG's were true 6x6 drive? Would sure be interesting to see some exploded drawings of how that was done if it was.

OH now I remember seeing that arrangement.  It uses one off the PTO/OD port and one from the transfer case. I guess you could put the second axle into neutral by putting the transfer case into neutral while the other shaft came directly off the back of the transmission. Neat.

They pulled multiple small railroad car full of freight back and forth from the docks to the warehouses in Manila in the  Philippines pulling up to 52 ton loads. That's equal to what the Dump truck and Pup trailer I drive at work does if you include the weight of the truck. Theres a whole Wiki page on their use on railroads