Tracks Magazine - August 1955
A couple of decades ago I was travelling through northern NSW and called in to see Archie McDonald, an old 1 Armoured Regiment LAD mate. Archie had kept his copy of the first issue of the Regiment's glossy magazine, Tracks — August 1955. It is this magazine that is re-produced below
Tracks Magazine
Index
Foreword Preface Principles of Employment of Armour Tracks To Tradition Keep An Open Mind Review of Squadron Activities Regimental Headquarters Headquarters Squadron Reconnaissance Troop A Squadron Notes B Squadron Notes Nucleus Squadron Regimental Training Troop Light Aid Detachment, RAEME Signals Troop, RASigsIndex (cont)
Review of Allied Armour Tanks in The Jungle Korean Sidelights 1954 .. A Royal Occasion On Parade Elevating Gear Officers' Mess Notes Sergeants' Mess Notes In The Realm of Sport It Could be You The Adjutant's Dilemma While Others Sleep [et al] Beauchamps Own Epilogue Free Verse From A Free Thinker
Equipments
Lifesaver U.S. Army personnel carrier figured in a daring daylight rescue of trapped Seventh Division (U.S.) on Porkchop-Hill, Korea. In full view of Communist guns and under heavy barrage an undisclosed number of these vehicles accomplished the evacuation without a single casualty. The withdrawal was called a History Making Event".
(See Keep An Open Mind, re Australian need for tracked supply vehicles.)
NEW GAS TURBINE TRACKED-VEHICLE
Britain's Latest Military Transport on Show to the World.
A heavy-tracked vehicle powered by a gas turbine engine — the first in Britain and the first to be shown to the world — made its appearance recently, at the Fighting Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, Chertsey, Surrey. It was the highlight of a demonstration of nearly one hundred of Britain's latest military transport vehicles.
The display was organized jointly by the Ministry of Supply and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. The several hundred invited guests, representing trade interests and government circles all over the world, included H.M. King Feisal II of Iraq, military experts from member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and from the British Commonwealth, and high-ranking representatives of many foreign countries.
