Bodan T1 Troop Carrier

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The Swiss T1 GW3500 canvas troop carrier, with a semi-forward cab, front winch and longitudinal rear benches.

flat near-vertical front with rounded outside corners/top edge, short upper vertical grille with roughly11 bars, large lower winch cutout, split bumper, round paired headlamps on rectangular service panels, narrow upright amber corner indicators, small left blackout lamp, BODAN nameplate; two-pane inclined screen, low-mounted wipers, small mirrors on stalks; open cab side windows, half doors with hinges/handles; low steel troop bed with two rounded wheel arches per side, long canvas rear cover with rounded crown and sagging sides/rope ties through body rings; cab canvas visor/roof slightly lower, bench seating, rear canvas flap/tailgate and underbody spare only if supported. No police mesh, blue beacons, hard radio roof, luggage rack, or fire-service markings. Urs Heller catalogue gives4640×2000×2380mm,2600mm wheelbase/1650track,2500kg empty+1000payload=3500gross,75.75kW103PS at3600rpm,256Nm1200rpm,77.7km/h. Overhang numbers sum100mm short of length. Queue3500kg is gross rather than empty; preserve requested laden game mass and distinguish it. Published seating differs10 vs12; two cab seats and longitudinal benches without claiming individual seating count. No confident production year end;1953 introduction and755 troop carriers from supplied research. Switzerland manufacture/operator supported. Game tuning uses the requested laden3500kg mass,77.7km/h,75.75kW and256Nm catalogue figures; grip.81, drag3.2, steering1 and acceleration1 are gameplay coefficients. All eight fields are prefilled. Shared standard road-wheel geometry retains spinning and front steering. No weapon, armour, smoke or emergency lights; front winch is part of the model. Paint is an approximate photographic Swiss olive, not a verified factory colour code. The canvas fire conversion corroborates the body and rope ties; its service markings are excluded. A plain closed rear flap and tailgate are reconstructed because no exact rear view was established; no unconfirmed spare or rear markings were added.