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Monday, August 17, 2015 - 10:28 AM UTC
Click to detail has made an M32 Treadway Bridge Adapter available for the Asuka M32B1 model. This particular option has been designed by HDS.
Here are the details as provided by Click to detail;
The Treadway Bridge Adapter was developed to allow the M32 ARV the ability to deploy short sections of the Treadway Bridge. The adapter consisted of two main sections; the adapter for the front of the hull which held one end of each bridge section in place, and the counterweight holding frame in the back of the M32 which held either spare bridge sections or weights to counterbalance the effects of the bridge sections being held by the boom. This accessory set is designed for the Asuka M32B1 kit. If you want to show you model deploying the Treadway Bridge Sections (sold separately) you must plan to do this prior to building the Asuka kit since modifications to the suspension must be first be accomplished to represent the heavy compression to the suspension that the bridge sections caused to the vehicle. The lockout plates (N42) were not normally installed on the suspension bogies when the vehicle had to be moved. If the bridge sections are to be left off the kit, you must decide whether to have the counterweight holding frame installed or stowed on the engine deck since the frame attaches to the hull brackets where the A-frame normally goes when the boom is stowed.
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I cannot wait for this, ever since seeing a M31 with a treadway bridge in Steve Zaloga's book Armored Thunderbolt: The U.S. Army Sherman in World War II I have wanted to build one. Now it will be much easier.
AUG 17, 2015 - 08:54 PM
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AUG 17, 2015 - 08:55 PM
Some pics from S.Zaloga's Armored Victory 1945 book + 2 more : Looks like the pictured adapter is a bit different (later model ?)... Full size H.P.
AUG 17, 2015 - 09:34 PM
@frenchy, that picture shows a Treadway Adapter modified from the yoke of the T1E1 mine roller. Incidentally Mexico has an M32 Chenca that still has the brackets on the final drive for the T1E1: LINK
AUG 17, 2015 - 10:42 PM
@AikinutPGH the second color photo shows the counterweight frame. A good reference for the M32, Treadway Bridge Adapter, and T1E1 mine roller is the Tankograd book on the M32.
AUG 17, 2015 - 10:47 PM
Thanks for the info Michael H.P.
AUG 17, 2015 - 10:57 PM
Thanks Frenchy for showing us how these parts were applied. C2D would be well advised to start publishing original photos along with their new parts. It would immediately spark an interest that otherwise just isn't there unless you are one of the few who just happens to know the history and application of the part being offered. I just got started on an M32 and thanks to your photos I am how considering changing it to a bridging vehicle.
AUG 18, 2015 - 03:17 AM
@165thspc Trying to find photos that don't potently have copyright issues is becoming a problem. Just pulling a photo off the internet without knowing who posted it can be problematic. I have hundreds of NARA photographs but unfortunately none of the Treadway Bridge Adapter.
AUG 18, 2015 - 06:49 AM
Then a drawing of the application - it doesn't have to be a piece of box art/fine art, just a rough sketch to show its' use.
AUG 18, 2015 - 07:04 AM
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