Good looking tractor, but the points do arrise. the tractor on our farm didn't have a removeable strart crank, don't know if they were removeable on them. the rear tires look to be of a newer pattern from the 60s, pics I have seen of them here in the U.S. for that time period show a mix of rubber and steel ones. I don't know about tires on French tractors from that era so I could be wrong. and as Rudi said, how many Farmers could afford an import tractor? still a real nice tractor.

Cool little kit. Good addition to a dio I guess. Stuart

Nope Rudi, I just checked on French websites and this tractor was "largely distributed in France in the 20's +"

Yip, Nice looking kit, but agree the tyres look too modern for the 20/30 and 40s. Would like to be wrong though Al

According to some books dealing with French tractors, the first tractor rubber tires appeared on the French market in 1932... Here's a 1938 Renault AFV : Frenchy

Thanks Frenchy, looks promising then for WW2 settings. Cheers Al

Not just WWII. I've been looking for an appropriate tractor for quite some time. Most in my area were John Deere, but this one was obviously not. Since these were taken less than one kilometer from the Syrian border, and given their earlier ties with France, I can easily justify (in my own mind at least) the use of the Mk35 French tractor in iraq.

Hi Robert The one in your pics looks like an Iraqi licence-built Zetor : Sorry for the digression Frenchy

looks like a possible zetor design