Tracks & Troops is
quickly becoming one of my favorite accessory makers.
This is a very unique item, one that I doubt we'll see
anywhere else. The platypus grousers were used to both
improve traction in soft terrain, as well as decrease the
ground pressure of the tank. Two types of grouser are
included in this set: the normal grouser with no
extensions (pictured on the top in the above scan) and
the grousers with the extended end connectors, which were
the "platypus" grousers (pictured on the bottom
in the above scan). Four sprues are shown in the scan
above: the two on the top are the normal grousers, front
and back; and the two on the bottom are the platypus
grousers, front and back. There are six sprues of each,
giving 90 of each grouser. Since there are supposed to be
79 track shoes on each side of the tank, this gives us a
few spares. It was common to see the platypus grousers
alternating with normal grousers, and indeed, with the
number of paltypus grousers included in the set, it's not
possible to completely outfit a tank model with only this
type of grouser.
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