Kuno

...would be a quite cool truck to drive through the desert ;-)

K9. Many thanks, Richard!

I am not sure, if this is a K2 since I do not have much references to postwar British vehicles. Presume that they were either leftovers of the British army or that the British had supplied the new Libyan ary with such type of trucks. Would bee keen to learn the history about them...

I saw this truck only from far and always thought that it is some sort of a FIAT. But now it seems to me that the design is rather a British one - what type of truck is it?

...if you allow me to add my comments: The argument of better protection of the crew, if the engine is placed in front has already been solved in the design of the Israeli MERKAVA. Above drawing (if it is in scale) does not prove a remarkable lower appearance lathough the turret is avoided. What is the BIG PLUS, if a tank has no more 360-degree-turret? A fixed gun cannot be recognized as a benefit...

Checked out the i'net a little bit about that particular tank (it was said that it is an MBT and definitely not a tank-hunter). --- Just now - in another forum- I came accross this: Seems that someone in UK has taken up the design...

Being a German speaker from "nature" I have to appologize that I did not translate. "Hauptbehaelter" means actually -as said above- "main container". I presume that it talks about some fluids - and it indicates that there should be a "Nebenbehaelter" (Auxilliary- / spare-container). Would not say that it is the fuel tank - because this is called "tank" as well in the German language.

Some more pics of the Benghazi Cemetery:

Dear Forum; found once these vew relics of a German vehicle. Have no clue at all what it could have been. The conclusion that it was a German one comes from the word "Hauptbehaelter". Does anybody have an idea?

@ Snapper; ad the cemetery of Tripoli as well...

There's even a third one in the same region- although this one is retired. THe owner, a local farmer, told me, that his fahter had "found" the truck somewhen at the end of the Desert War and had the idea, that this vehicle would bring the family out of poverty. He used it to bring firewood etc. down to Benghazi and ensured the wealth of the family herewith. The son was told by the father when he was dying to never to sell the truck - else he would fall back to poverty. Although the son told me that he would not believe what his fathers last words said - he still thinks that it is better to keep the vehicle...

Ooops; then I was somehow misslead by the heaps of millet around it. A big sorry to the forum for this mistake & thanks to Rick for the correct caption to the pics!

Some impressions of the Commonwealth Cemetery at Benghazi:

If I recall correct - the original idea was to use the Landrover as an agriculturyl vehicle. Whilst we in Europe don't do this anymore, there are others modifying the old LR into a millet-mill:

Don't worry; it happened to me as well. Hey; how shall we know, how the Roman toilets worked?

@ Bodger; next time you use these toilets - pull down the trousers first ;-)

Agree with that - and now that the tourist season has not yet started, you won't find many people there. Good chance to shoot "vegetarian photos" :-)

...now back to Libya and the Commonwealth Cemetery at Knightsbridge / Acroma:

...and again at El Alamein: The Italian memorial...

...if you allow me to continue on the Axis side: The German memorial of El Alamein:

Next to TOBRUK and EL ALAMEIN, there is a third very impressive German Cemetery: BORDJ CEDRIA in Tunisia. In 1971, all dead soldiers spread over many small cemeteries have been collected and brought to this installation. The small boxes (coffins?) are placed behind the stone plates. Whilst the Tunisian campaign is not that known as what had happened in Libya and Egypt you may note that only during the six months in Tunisia another 8'500 German soldiers lost their life. This against about 11'000 killed in the previous two years!!!

@ Bodger; Tripoli area -as per my knowledge- is "empty" except for some dozens of Italian bunkers.

...undetected by the enemy ;-)

...would be quite a deviation for you...

...would be a vehicle for you - as the report says: They did not actually enter the Calansho Sandsea; this task is still open...