Reviving History: Australian LP1 Carrier | WWII Vehicles Uncovered - Ep. 3

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In our third episode, we look at one of our near future projects, the Australian Local Pattern 1 Carrier, or LP1 for short.
Our Australian Local Pattern 1 Carrier, hull number 76, was assembled at the Victorian Railways Newport Workshops, Australia in 1940. A total of 158 were built in total during 1940 out of an order of 160.
A special thanks to the Heritage Fund and Arms and Armour Trust for their generous support in producing this video.
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[@alansivkoff282]

Couple of comments, Australia ceased being a colony in 1901, Australian troops were in Nth Africa from early days with the 6 th & 7 th divisions, with the 9 th div in Syria.

[@xgford94]

Kind of, Australian was a dominion, never a colony. The constituent states of the Commonwealth were former Colonies or Provinces. And yes the Second AIF was in it from the beginning ( my grandfather severed in he 6th Division 1936-1947)

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Australia is still a British colony. Look at the flag. 😂

[@xgford94]

@@redtobertshateshandles na Mate look at our trade deal we got out of Boris Johnson… the UK is an Australian colony💷💷💷💷💷💷➡️🇦🇺

[@poil8351]

We became a federation and technically independent and we became a dominion in the 1920s

[@poil8351]

We didn't completely become independent until 1986 with the Australia act.

[@paultanker5606]

G'day to you! just noticed your AUST. LP1 notification, there is a Bloke about 25km from me who has a Paddock with at least 6 of these sadly all rusting away, also has wheeled vehicles JEEP,CHEVY,GMC etc, so sad to see all this History slowly crumbling away, anyhoo just thought I would mention it, never heard of you Guys before, well done you for what you are doing, keep it up!

[@wealdfoundation]

Thanks for the info!

[@crxdelsolsir]

Not as ideal as being fully restored in a temp controlled museum but at leased they exist and parked in open storage. Not scrapped or under threat from random metal recyclers, vandals, arsonists or by the local government for clean up. Hopefully it can buy them time enough to be restored.

[@zaynevanday142]

New Zealand 🇳🇿 also built Universal Carriers and rebuilt Jeeps sent back from the Pacific for refit 🔥 🔥 🔥

[@bruceclarke6368]

My Dad bought one for five pounds, army surplus when he was living in Oodnadatta, it had the Bren gun without the firing pin and a Ford Galaxy v8. It was outside of the pinks roadhouse and had a lot of BBQ hot plates cut out of it.

[@lucassstuff]

Having seen Darrins LP1 carrier at Corowa this year, i must say he has done a fantastic job restoring his machine.

[@ray.shoesmith]

They still do that at Corowa? It was my hometown for 20 years, I remember WW2 vehicles going there over Christmas 30 years ago!

[@scottsevers6194]

We converted a Bren Gun carrier, into a bulldozer for our farm. I was the coolest 10yr old in the street. Had a side valve ford V8

[@simonrooney7942]

W ow guys - excellent work- up the road from me sits one like yours in park. Been to Newport, it builds & maintains railway rolling stock in Melbourne. Happy to go a measure anything you want, you guys are champions!

[@michaelguerin56]

Good video, excepting the confusion between colony and dominion. Thank you gentlemen.

[@stewartridgway5196]

The army used these and sometimes tied together up to 3 to pull over trees, clearing land for my GrandFather near Moora WA. I know the exact paddock as well (I have a span of the track joints and track repair lever).

[@stewartridgway5196]

* This was during the war up to the day it was reported that the Japanese landed in Jurien Bay, they left promptly leaving a corner of the paddock uncleared to this day.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

Dad was in the British Army in 1946 and had an Army mate who had been in France and seen Bren gun carriers facing German Panzers. He said that they were all running, even the officers.

[@andrewdowns3403]

if your vehicle is longer than standard , some of these were modified to take a 2 Pdr gun , in the anti tank role . I saw one up at the museum at Puckapunyal many years ago

[@wealdfoundation]

Our vehicle was modified post-war, to be used as a bulldozer.

[@hodaka1000]

I saw one in 2000 at Murwillumbah on the NSW north coast on a sugar plantation where it had been used as a tractor It was pretty complete with Mercury (Ford) motor and it seemed to have all controls and thing but the salty soil had caused the tracks to dissolve away There was a bit of rust in a flat 1/4" (?) panel at the rear of the body but it looked like it would be easy to repair I've being kicking myself ever since for not trying to acquire it, who knows maybe it's sill there but I doubt it

[@flvnow]

A nickel shortage, and Australia has so much nickle

[@RedtailFox1]

so I have a question that both myself and the owner of one of these LP-1s have been trying to find out the answer to and that question is as follows: What is the purpose of the cut down side plates and the forward folding flap behind the 3rd crewman's position? It seems like a lot more work than just using the more traditional slab sides of the british carrier design (and indeed the LP-2 reverted to that) Also, if you are restoring one of these I hope you are aware that they are reported to have brake issues and a very prolific tendency to throw tracks for as little as looking at the wrong.

[@gardnep]

I had the training book at one stage and the steering was actuated by moving the centre of the track in or out, so it is no wonder that they threw off the tracks.

[@zaynevanday142]

Let us not speak of the Bob Semple tank 😂😂😂

[@brycejames8770]

I’m confused, I thought all the Australian Built Carriers were welded not riveted. Please correct me if I’m wrong. 🇦🇺🍻

[@lucassstuff]

Lp1 carriers were riveted, but my LP2A built by Victorian Railways is mainly of welded construction with a few riveted items like the rear lifting lugs and differential mounts. But those same items I have seen welded on South Australian Railways built machines. Not to mention, the other manufacturers of Australian built carriers could have done them differently also.

[@gracegood3661]

I’m not sure that Aussie built carriers ever went North Africa or anywhere else apart from Pacific. Seems majority kept home for training units.

[@HarkonnenTV]

There is photos and video evidence of them going.

[@python27au]

9:49 but unmodifying the vehicle would not be preserving history. Those mods would have been made for a reason, i think it would be important to understand why the mods were made, and what affect it had on its capability. Why was it lengthened? Why was extra armour added? What roles did it play that wasn’t foreseen by the initial design? Somebody in time, felt the need to change this, did it save lives? I think this is the real history behind these objects. Unless it was done post war for some mundane reason like turning it into a farm tractor or something.

[@wealdfoundation]

It was done post war, not during the war. It was used as a bulldozer after the war, that's why it was changed.

[@python27au]

@@wealdfoundation fair enough then.

[@gitfoad8032]

The number of birds who played with tanks as a child is non-existent. Y'know all those 'documentaries' on tv where the Marks& Sparks foodhall voice-over narrates, & the first thing they did was call the costume dept. ... Just, stoppit.

[@peterroach3377]

Really?? this your contribution?? Please take your own advice and stoppit -

[@keithskelhorne3993]

@@peterroach3377 please, do not feed the trolls :)