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  • Birthday 08/29/1941

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  1. All prewar trucks. I think all my pics are from the desert war, except CS11/30F ambulance - common in BEF. Chris
  2. I would have called 64AE02 a Hippo Mk IV (exclusively used by the RAF, I think. Chris
  3. OK guys, Relax. Just found a pic (in Classic Military Vehicle No 196) of a Quad with an overslung axle. Its not a Mk 1 to judge by the windows, but it does have the right axle, and indeed the track rod does go between the spring and the chassis - and in front of the axle. Now, how to replicate that given the not entirely correct shape of the spring which was the best match I could find!! Thanks anyway. Chris
  4. Hi guys Help! I'm only a modeller, but I think you experts may have the answer to my problem. I am trying a make a model of a Morris Quad Mk 1 - the one with the front springs below the axle (I always forget whether this is underslung or overslung). I have quite a number of pics of Quads. but most are the later ones with the axle below the springs. My problem lies with the track rod which in my (later) pics appears to be on a level with and in front of the axle, but this does not seem possible with the springs the way they are on the Mk 1. Does the track rod go between the spring and the chassis? Or perhaps even behind the axle rather than in front? Written answer very welcome, but a pic would solve it! Chris
  5. Hullo 10FM68 Boots CWW (issued to me for - and the soles flattened during - a very hot month's exercise in summer Cyprus) were invariably known as Cobbly Wobblies, never Hobbly Cobblies.. Chris
  6. The UIN indicates a unit, but does not indicate where that unit is. RAF stations tend to stay put, so if you can identify the unit, you may find that it's title tells you the location. But with an Army unit, it simply takes its UIN with it, wherever it goes. Chris
  7. Hi Citroman I would guess that if there is now a US military depot at Schinnen, that was where, as (then) a NATO camp, the AFCENT vehicles were based. I cannot place your Citroen pic location as there were several vehicle entrances to the AFCENT HQ when I was there. Certainly I do not remember any mine terrain opposite the entrance I used, which opened onto (or close to) the main road that (further North) became the International Highway. I never came across the Maastricht barracks, though I had frequent occasion to visit the caves. If they were AFCENT or NORTHAG vehicles they would have had RC plates or NORTHAG ones (I cannot remember them though I think they involved Y like the Bundeswehr, though they were not the same as Bundeswehr plates). NORTHAG had a lot of DAF1600s like AFCENT. Chris
  8. Hi Citroman Thanks for the info about modern Citroen U23s. I only found 55s with that cab! The RC cars used to roam further than South Limburg. On several occasions on official NATO business, I used one to go well into Germany. While the RC trucks (DAF 1600 4x4s in my time) were olive green matt (possibly even gelboliv) , the RC cars were, I think, dark blue. I seem to remember that most of the vehicles were based a few miles west of Brunnsum - Schinnen perhaps - but over in that direction. The trucks were used if the HQ had to take to the field, but this very seldom happened! Chris
  9. Not entirely so. The civilian vehicles belonging to Afcent personnel (in the Netherlands) were issued with AFC numbers. The military vehicles of the HQ wore RC numbers (relic of Afcent's time in France - Region Centrale). The fact that it carries an RC plate indicates that it was a NATO owned vehicle, not a British Army one. And that pic, as far as I can make out, shows a Citroen 55; U23 was a much older and smaller vehicle Chris
  10. The aluminium model shown above is a model (to be honest, not a very good one), of the Mk 2 Terrapin which had a single cargo hold and the driver more or less at the front. Very very few of these were made and to the best of my knowledge, none were used in action. The Mk 1 Terrapin, which was indeed used in small numbers and can be seen in the pics above, had the driver more or less in the middle of the vehicle with two cargo holds, one ahead of, and one behind the driver. Chris
  11. One assumes that the Army is exempt from such regualtions, as the Bulldog must be even wider. Chris
  12. Personally I am just surprised that anyone is surprised that the press got it wrong. Chris
  13. Hi I knew I had some pics, so here are pics of front and rear (though it is probably an MK). I thought I had more. but I cannot find any! Chris
  14. Most of the Morris trucks shown in this thread are indeed 15 cwt CS8s. There are some larger trucks, probably 30 cwt, with longer bonnets. But the general speaking from the back of a truck with the tailboard down is using an 8cwt PU as his rostrum. Probably a Morris as well, but difficult to tell from the back as the bodies on these were much the same for all makes (I can think of at least four makes). Chris
  15. These cookers were the primary means of cooking in the field during my time in the army. On frequent occasions we had to transport them by air, using that well known airline Crab Air (RAF to be polite). They were not keen on transporting anything that smelt of petrol (vehicles excepted), but our cookers were so old that nothing would get rid of the smell. Solution? Any aerosol that had a stronger smell than petrol, to be utilised as late as possible before the loadie sniffed. But actually cleaning the tank? No idea. Chris
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