Kégresse track

Adolphe Kégresse designed the original system whilst working for Tsar Nicholas II of Russia between 1906 and 1916.

Following the Russian Revolution, Kégresse returned to his native France, where the system was used on Citroën cars between 1921 and 1937 for off-road and military vehicles.

[1] British firm Burford developed the Burford-Kégress, an armoured personnel carrier conversion of their 30 cwt trucks.

A 1921 prototype passed trials and the British Army placed an order, but in continuous operation the tracks wore and broke.

The C4P was designed by the BiRZ Badań Technicznych Broni Pancernych - Warsaw Armored Weapons and Technical Research Bureau in 1934.

" Russo-Balt " "C24-30" from the garage of Tsar Nicholas II with Kégresse track. Adolphe Kégresse possibly seated on the right of the photograph