I'm glad that you resurrected this thread Gary. It's just re-given me an hours very interesting reading - again - to remind myself what dedication and skill really means. A credit to Alpaca.

Seeing the half track being rebuilt also reminded me that our unit level REME (and probably RCEME too) Light Aid Detachments (LAD's) used these half tracks with a front jib fitted, utilising the winch, in the FRT (that's Forward Repair Teams) role to recover or quickly repair stranded tanks in the fighting areas right up until the specialised M113's/434's came in in about 1969 or so.