zemsi

The Swiss Army also heavily used Ward La-France and Kenworth wreckers for tank recovey and on airfields. I published some pics of a 1960 manual in my blog...

... .the flag on the bumper is Austrian. According to the book "100 Jahre Panzerwaffe im österreichischen Heer" from R. Urrisk the Austrians had 6 to 8 Pacifics, in service from 1956 until ?? So my guess is that she made her way from Austria down to Serbja...

... thank you very much, I just had a look at my magazine copy and found all the information I wanted!

Greetings

Chris

Hi Mike

Thanks a lot for your information. This is very helpful to me!

I think I even got that W&T No 3 somewhere in my collection. I'll look it up. I didn't expect it to be so "easy" to tell the manufacturing year from the chassis no.

Many thanks again

Chris

After the war the Swiss Army acquired quite a bunch of Ward La-France and Diamond T Wreckers. These were used for tank recovery and on airfields.

Unfortunately, all these wreckers had the same manufacturing year stated on their "Swiss" building plate. Here are some wreckers I know of:

Ward LaFrance (2nd number is the chassis number)

1943, 535364, M1A1 Model 1000 Series 5

1943, 422090, M1 Model 1000 Series 2

1943, 545315, M1A1 Model 1000 Series 5

1943, 434370, M1 Model 1000 Series 4

Kenworth

1943, 52287, Model 570 (1941)

Diamond T969

1943, 969B0005

1943, 969A0988

Does anybody know how/where I can source these actual building dates (month/year)?

Thanks very much

Chris

... here are a few pics of the Uranus which is located in Burgdorf, Switzerland. That's the official Swiss Military Collection (Stiftung HAM).

... I had yesterday the opportunity to visit this huge collection. You can see nearly everything the Swiss Army ever had. From Horse Waggons to Haflingers to Jeeps, Pinzgauers, Wreckers, Tank Transporters, Wreckers, Tanks etc.

Enjoy my 500+ pics here:

http://www.zimmerliweb.ch/events/content/view/165/9/

... here are the official flyers of the first open day in a few days:

Source: http://www.armeemuseum.ch/index.php?id=88

Hopefully the Renault FT-17 will be driven!

Sorry mates, this isn't a public museum. So you can't just drive by and visit it. You'll have to be a group and visit by appointment only.

greetings from Switzerland

zemsi

Hi McMann

You can download the MB-C2 manual as a pdf here: http://www.canadianregister.co.uk/chevy_manual.html

There are currently some CMP Manuals on ebay Australia. Any pics of your Blitz?

If you need more help for your Chev, check out http://www.mapleleafup.org/forums/

Greetings from another Ford-Blitz owner