Aktiv Snow Trac ST4 Tracked Cargo Vehicle, Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton.
AKTIV SNOW TRAC ST4 TRACKED CARGO VEHICLE -
A light heli-portable over-snow vehicle for use in NATO's northern flank of Norway. It proved ideal for use under the Wessex Mk.V and early Sea King helicopters.
This example (which was last seen at the Norfolk Tank Museum flic.kr/p/2mx5SfL ) has chassis No. 1905 and was built in 1975 in Sweden, it weighs half a ton, has a maximum speed of 21mph, and an endurance of eight hours on a full tank of fuel. The Volkswagon 1600cc engine is mated to a modified gearbox, incorporating variable-radius pulley (variator) connected by a rubber belt on the drive shafts for steering. As the steering wheel is turned, one pulley opens and the other one closes, causing one drive shafts to speed up and the other to slow down, thus making the vehicle turn. It is painted in its original ''Artic Livery'' for operations with 45 Commando, Royal Marines.
This vehicle was donated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by the Royal Marines Museum, Southsea, in April 2003, and then restored to full working order by Phillip Chatfield, son of Major John Chatfield R.M, as inspector of motor transport, he was responsible for the selection, trials and introduction of the type to the Royal Marines in late 1969.
Information from the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.
Aktiv Snow Trac ST4 Tracked Cargo Vehicle, Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum, Flixton.
AKTIV SNOW TRAC ST4 TRACKED CARGO VEHICLE -
A light heli-portable over-snow vehicle for use in NATO's northern flank of Norway. It proved ideal for use under the Wessex Mk.V and early Sea King helicopters.
This example (which was last seen at the Norfolk Tank Museum flic.kr/p/2mx5SfL ) has chassis No. 1905 and was built in 1975 in Sweden, it weighs half a ton, has a maximum speed of 21mph, and an endurance of eight hours on a full tank of fuel. The Volkswagon 1600cc engine is mated to a modified gearbox, incorporating variable-radius pulley (variator) connected by a rubber belt on the drive shafts for steering. As the steering wheel is turned, one pulley opens and the other one closes, causing one drive shafts to speed up and the other to slow down, thus making the vehicle turn. It is painted in its original ''Artic Livery'' for operations with 45 Commando, Royal Marines.
This vehicle was donated to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by the Royal Marines Museum, Southsea, in April 2003, and then restored to full working order by Phillip Chatfield, son of Major John Chatfield R.M, as inspector of motor transport, he was responsible for the selection, trials and introduction of the type to the Royal Marines in late 1969.
Information from the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.