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the_shadock · Last edited by the_shadock on Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:19 am; edited 1 time in total

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 :

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(Auburn WW2 museum)

(French private collection)

Who could help me with that??

Pierre-Olivier

Jens_O_Mehner

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.

the_shadock

My mistake, I wanted to say Lorraine 37L and not Renault 37L .. I mixed up this one with the Renault UE.

Pierre-Olivier

mdc1 · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2007 Posts: 11

From the German manual, poor quality pictures.

A pic of the wheels

Regards

claude_GILLONO · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 25, 2006 Posts: 80

The shortened Lorraine was made postwar IIRC for the Forest Agency (Eaux et forÃªts).
HTH

the_shadock

Merci Claude !!!

Pierre-Olivier

claude_GILLONO · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 25, 2006 Posts: 80

You're welcome!
De rien !

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