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Wire catcher

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of a jeep. "It extends above the heads of those riding in the jeep, and is notched a few inches from the top so that any wire extending across the road will be caught and snipped."
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cutters were fitted to the front of the tractor at the end of two protruding shaped metal rods. The tractor was driven into a field of tensioned
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that had been strung up at precisely the cutter's height. It was not effective with wire at different heights and was not put into service.
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The Newsletter of World War 2 Jeeps, NSW, October 2006 – Volume No.93, page 18
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The first land vehicle wire cutter to be demonstrated was attached to a
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were used simply to crush barbed wire obstacles instead.
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unit in the independence war (1948) with wire catcher
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for the British in 1915. Two scissor-like Royal Navy
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Protective device for personnel in military vehicles
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Index


Willys Jeep
angle iron
bumper
Killen-Strait tractor
torpedo net
barbed wire
Heavy tanks
World War II
jeeps
motorcycles
Vietnam War
1942 Ford GPW with wire catcher
1944 Ford GPW with wire catcher
Willys Jeep with wire catcher
1945 Willys MB Jeep with wire catcher
Willys MB Jeep from the Samson's Foxes unit in the independence war (1948) with wire catcher
Samson's Foxes
Rhino tank
Wire strike protection system




ISBN
978-0-9704764-1-8
"Killen-Strait Armoured Tractor"


online-pdf

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