What are these?

Discussion in 'Burma & India' started by zahonado, Dec 1, 2015.

  1. zahonado

    zahonado Well-Known Member

    saw these on a visit to a tea garden and it was suggested that they were left over from ww2... To drive heavy vehicles on? Also just posted a few pics to gallery.
     

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  2. Rothy

    Rothy Well-Known Member

  3. High Wood

    High Wood Well-Known Member

    That is exactly what they are. Quite a few of the houses that I saw on my visit to Rangoon had reused them as fence panels between brick pillars.
     
  4. Skoyen89

    Skoyen89 Senior Member

    Pierced Steel Planking or PSP used for airfield tracking?
     
  5. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Also used in the desert campaign and usually attached to the sides of the trucks.
    They were used to help traction when bogged down in soft sand.
    Regards
    Tom
     
  6. redtop

    redtop Well-Known Member

    Look at pictures of Long-range Desert Group and the like in North Africa.
    Many wheeled vehicles carried one hanging on either side in case it got bogged in sand.

    Just beat me to it Smudger Jnr
     
  7. zahonado

    zahonado Well-Known Member

    Just seen some more used as fencing in Gauwhati, Assam, I wonder how much other stuff was left behind....
     

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