
Pioneering Aircraft With No Fuselage Covering Built In NZ In 1910
Conceived by Vivian Loyd as an unarmed and lightly protected general- purpose vehicle, the design was tested in early 1939 by the British Army, who immediately placed an order for 200 units. Eventually, a total of 26,000 were built by the Cardin Loyd Company, the Ford Motor Company and Wolseley Motors.
The Loyd is well equipped (with a canvas cover) to transport personnel in all sorts of weather, but without the cover the Loyd is often confused with the Bren/Universal carriers also used during WW2. Photo: © Historical Aviation Film Unit
The driving compartment of the carrier showing the two levers used for steering, and the relative lack of other instrumentation and controls. The carrier has a gearbox with four forward and one reverse gear.
* Tracked Personnel Carrier (TPC) Equipped with a front bench seat and seating for troops on the track guards. Frontal and full side armour fitted. * Tracked Towing (TT) - Initially known as 'Tractor Anti-tank, MkI' Equipped with four single seats and ammunition stowage on the track guards. Used for towing the 4.2 inch mortar and hauling the QF 2 pounder and QF 6 pounder anti-tank guns and carrying its crew. Frontal and front quarter armour fitted. The main variant by number manufactured. * Tracked Cable Layer Mechanical (TCLM) A vehicle for Royal Corps of Signals work. No armour fitted. * Tracked Starting and Charging (TS&C) Equipped with a front bench seat, 30 volt and 12 volt DC generators driven from the gearbox layshaft and battery sets to support armoured regiment tanks. No armour fitted.
This example of the Loyd which is owned by the National Army Museum of New Zealand, is described by (then) Assistant Curator of Technology, George Pycraft.
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