Thanks. Yes, thats the L44. Nice and short.
The levers are to keep the skirts from flopping up, I believe. Probably more for when it's traveling on public roads than anything.
When I first looked at this picture, it didn't look that bad. Yeah, it's stuck, and the skirts on the loaders side are probably going to need a little work, but look closely at the track on the TC's side. It's a little off. Hopefully the track isn't thrown to the inside on the loaders side. This is why real tanks avoid water and mud when possible. But, when everyone's buttoned, and in the heat of the action, it happens to the best.