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the_shadock
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:54 pm
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Hello,

I thought that the Chenillettes Renault had 3 pairs of road wheels, like on these pictures ??? :

I received a mail recently, with some photos of Chenillettes 37L with only 2 pairs of wheels :

[img]http://image08.webshots.com/8/8/61/20/131986120rRbnsU_ph.jpg?track_pagetag=/page/photo/news/history&track_action=/Shortcuts/FullSize[/img]
(Auburn WW2 museum)

(French private collection)

Who could help me with that??

Pierre-Olivier

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Jens_O_Mehner
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Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:05 pm
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Pierre-Olivier,

I know them by the far more common name Chenillette Lorraine and was under the impression that Renault was busy building UE carriers- but then my memory is not what it used to be.

Anyways, the way I remember it, the 6-wheeler is the bona fide wartime version, the 4-wheeler was built after the war as an agricultural tractor and served as the basis for not-so original rebuilts of the wartime version later in its life- although some enthusiastic wheeler-dealers tried to sell them as protoypical or clandestinely RÃ©sistance-modified vehicles Rolling Eyes

I'll dig out the issue of "Wheels & Tracks" dealing with the matter on hand and will get back to you to confirm.

Cheers,

Jens O.

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Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:14 am Post subject: Re: Question about Chenillette Renault 37L
My mistake, I wanted to say Lorraine 37L and not Renault 37L .. I mixed up this one with the Renault UE. Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:20 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Chenillette Lorraine 37L
From the German manual, poor quality pictures. A pic of the wheels Regards

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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Chenillette Lorraine 37L
The shortened Lorraine was made postwar IIRC for the Forest Agency (Eaux et forÃªts). HTH

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Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Chenillette Lorraine 37L
Merci Claude !!! Pierre-Olivier _________________ soldat_ryan @ hotmail.com Looking for photos of Sherman manufacturer's plates

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Posted: Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:58 pm Post subject: Re: Question about Chenillette Lorraine 37L
You're welcome! De rien !

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