We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 16:06:21 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The most seriously geeky respondent to the picture of the Lloyd Carrier was: Herr Rittmeister Heinrichs, Űber-Tanker! (he suggested the titles) "Űber-Tanker" wrote: 1. Generic? It's a tracked Anti-tank gun. At the Brussels War Museum. 2. The placard identifies it as a "Loyd/90mm C.A.T.I." The chassis is that of the Loyd Carrier (not previously discussed, see below). The Carrier's glacis was sloped for better protection and now mounts the gunshield of the 90mm MECAR AT/light field gun. The gun itself appears to be mounted between the driver (on the left) and the Crew Commander/Gunner and here. 3. a. Here's http://tanxheaven.com/fedcol/loyd90mmcati/3.JPG,... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html Sun, 03 Oct 2004 19:19:26 -0600 The Loyd Carrier sounds like something out of "Junkyard Wars" (if that is still on cable in the US), putting disparate pieces together to make something that serves the current need. I loved that show... the first few seasons, anyway, especially the British version, called "Scrapheap" in the UK. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-16203 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-16203 Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:15:44 -0600 Which means that I have to take some of the blame here for my extra 'L'! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7318 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7318 Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:33:38 -0600 Carden-Lloyd was the company which developed and marketed a series of light armoured vehicles during the late 1920's and into the mid thirties. Sir John Carden was the designer and Lloyd managed an engineering/machine shop. Their vehicles were called 'tankettes' because they were less than light tanks; the original concept was a one-man vehicle based very loosely on a motorcycle. Their final design was the Light Tank Mk4, is service at the start of the War. The Loyd Carrier, however, was based on the reversed drive train of a small Ford(?) truck attached to the suspension and other bits of the Universal Carrier. It was designed by the firm of Vivian Loyd & Company. Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7317 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7317 Mon, 04 Oct 2004 22:30:11 -0600 I missed this one, but am surprised by the answers. I always thought the correct name was Cardan-Lloyd. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7308 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2004/10/congratulations_to_capt_h.html#comment-7308 Mon, 04 Oct 2004 16:06:46 -0600