HALF TRACK FIRE ENGINE

See the logic for off road on the one hand...........but on the other, what a waste!!

Nozzle Nuts like their toys as well I see.

would that be a French number plate on that?

Cool off road fire track
Carl

That's typical of the early post-war era. There were so many ex-military vehicles around and governments were essentially destitute. It made sense to re-purpose all sorts of wheeled vehicles. A half track would have made a serviceable crash tender for aerodromes for crashes off hard-surfaced areas.

30Three,
Yes I believe so.;)

I would guess the tracks wearing out are getting harder to replace, old Israeli stock must be getting depleted.

There must be a shedful of halftracks around in the sandy climbs, in various stages of disrepair.
I know Libya in the deep sand pit North west of Jalo Oasis there are a few with engines still in them, that the SAS took on and won in 1941-42. One day when Heavy lift capability helicopters and millionaires marry up they'll be recovered and brought back to life!
I am sure Israel have a few still around.

Not much different to the yellow London DUKWs?

I think the only one operating on the Thams is out of it, but the one in Liverpool is still operational:
Duck boat on fire on river Thames - video | UK news | The Guardian

When I was a fireman on a mountain in Georgia in the 1970s we had a large Army tank truck, perhaps an M49, and a pair of brush trucks based on Dodge WCs with tanks and pumps. We would have killed for a half track-based brush truck because so many of the locations we worked were right on the ragged edge of inaccessible by vehicles due to terrain.


Bob

Probably a dandy thing to have when fighting a forest fire. Basically a 6x6 truck with a track.

We had some DUKW's based at one of the off shore islands in Singapore, I think it was Palau Brani with the ±RCT water transport blokes. They would swim to Singapore every couple of years for an overhaul at 40 Base Workshop but every year fewer abd fewer would make it BOTH ways. Eventually there was a line of them in the 'cast' vehicle park that were sold on as scrap. They couldn't drive on the Singapore roads for some reason. I thik that it was due to the narrow roads and dire turning circles.

We also had half tracks as REME recovery vehicles equipped with winches and cranes until about 1968 and they were replaced by the versatile 434 (M113) variant called a 434 - or to us all, the 43twice. Versatile, but alas, not as versatile as the jibbed half track for certain jobs. Reach being one shortcoming and ability to belly-out being the other