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Track link types for HVSS 

Type  Description of composition Weight (approx.)
Cast steel links 
width: 23"; pitch: 6"; pin diameter: unknown 
T66 T66 Different design of track, made up from skeleton type cast manganese steel links, each connected with a single dry pin . First track type for HVSS.
Steel tread and rubber top links 
width: 23"; pitch: 6"; pin diameter: 1-1/4"
T80 T80  Chevron steel tread, rubber top. In use near the end of WW-2.
T80E5 T80E5 Chevron steel tread (38-mm high), rubber top . Post-war Israeli variant of T80.
Also seen with rubber covering over steel chevron tread.
26.76 kg/link
Rubber tread links 
width: 23"; pitch: 6"; pin diameter: 1-1/4"
T84 T84 Chevron rubber tread. Post-war use only?


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Last update: 26-10-2000

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