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    US vehicles Normandy pics.

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Hi Tony,

     

    Here's my shot at trying to improve the Tipper pic.

     

    It's very difficult to improve the pic as this picture was more compressed, and also underexposed, than the Chaplains Jeep one.

     

    I'd need the original picture to really make it good.

     

    As always.

     

    Goran N

    US vehicles Normandy pics.

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Hi Guys (and Gals for that matter :whistle:)

     

    I've just put a bid to buy the Chaplains Jeep picture on Ebay. Auction ends in 6 days.

     

    I'll be scanning the picture in high res and fix it in Photoshop and send out to whoever wants it.

     

    Enclosing a reworked copy of the small pic (25 Kb), enlarged 200% with Genuine Fractals v.5.0 (a plug-in for Photshop)

     

    As always,

     

    Goran N

    Nazi T34 recovered from swamp

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Who in his right, or even very twisted,mind would stage a hoax like this? Come on!-driving a perfectly good original WW2 tank, worth 100.000's of dollars, into a lake, immersing it completely in water and mud, just to pull it out again?

    I just saw a WW2 German recovery truck having been recovered from a Russian lake. The parts that had been embedded in mud were perfectly preserved, the front had been in the water and was far worse off with rust.

     

    Just my 2 cents.

     

    As always,

     

    Goran N

    Help PLS is this a WC-52

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    I hate to break up the male bonding, but should we try to help Perry out?

     

     

    Attached are pictures of a very special Swedish Army WC52-with a recoilless 105 mm gun! I doubt this WC55 "wannabe" ever was used beyond the prototype stage...

     

    The WC52 is one of around 750 Dodges bought from surplus depots in Europe, in 1946-47, for Swedish army use.

     

    BTW - HAPPY NEW YEAR! :nut:

     

    As always,

     

    Goran N

    Help PLS is this a WC-52

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    Hi Perry,

     

    What you have is a WC52, probably a 1944 or 1945 model, as Marty said.

     

    As for WC52 beign used as ambulances, I'd have to say NO. The WC54 was the principal ambulance vehicle, but Medical units also used WC51's (without the winch), WC62 (6x6 without winch), halftracks, M29 Weasel and off course the MB/GPW. In late 1944 and 1945 came the WC64 (pic no 5) which was a lengthened WC51 with a collapsible rear body for ease of transportation.

     

    The siren and the siren/red light combination were not used on Dodges at all. They have been attached by someone who thought they looked nice :bow:

    Swedish SKPF's in Cyprus

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Hi Snapper,

     

    Thanks for the kind words. The camouflage painting might have been applied by the Army museum where the KP's are kept. The Swedish camo is usually matte and not shiny.

     

    The camo KP was used by the armoured regiment on the island of Gotland until just a few years ago. There are supposedly 20, or so, KP chassies (no bodies, unfortunately) in a junkyard on the island.

     

    As always,

     

    Swedish SKPF's in Cyprus

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    The KP cars were called "Likkistor" or "Coffins". Vision was very limited from the drivers position.

     

    A KP car was involved in the only armoured battle Swedish troops had been involved in. It happened in the Congo where a KP car came up against a Ford M8 Greyhound. The M8 who shot at the KP car with it's 37mm gun. This angered the soldier in the turret of the KP car and he fired his twin M36 machineguns, killing both driver and gunner of the M8. Swedish UN forces actually used a number of captured M8's as well as White Scout Cars.

     

    As always,

    WWII M10 tank Destroyer

    in Tracked vehicles

    Posted

    Hi,

     

    Do you have an unlimited amount of pictures? :-) It would be a great service to fellow MV nuts if you could download the pictures (as large as possible) on one of the picture hosting sites?

     

    I can't be the only one searching the Internet for WW2 pictures...

     

    Have a very Merry Christmas :-D and a Happy New Year :nut:

     

    As always,

    Swedish SKPF's in Cyprus

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

     

    The vehicles were called KP bilar or “KP cars”. KP stands for Karosseri Pansar (i.e. armoured body) and Scania-Vabis manufactured KP cars by adding an armoured body to a Terrängbil M/1942 (4x4 army truck). The vehicles were made by Volvo, called VKP, and by Scania, called VKP. A total of aprox 350 KP cars were built. They were equipped with a double mount for the heavy Swedish MG m/1936 in 1956. The KP had its baptism of fire during the Swedish UN mission to Congo in 1961. The KP’s became so popular with other UN troops that they refused to serve unless they too were equipped with KP’s

     

    The KP’s were part of the Swedish army well into the 1980’s and 1990’s. A number of vehicles can be found at different museums and some have even found their way into private hands.

     

    As always,

     

    A question for our overseas members....

    in Other Chatter

    Posted

    Sweden has had a steady number of MV's of all types. Mostly soft skin MV of US origin. Dodge WC's were used by the Swedish Army and Air Force in the 50's, as were Willys MB/Ford GPW's. GMC trucks were used in fairly large numbers well into the 70's.

     

    Our MV club, MFHF (Militär Fordons Historiska Föreningen) started in 1981 and around 350 members.

     

    As always,

    'windy' at long last

    in Blogs of MV restorations

    Posted

    Hi Berni,

     

    "Windy" looks fantastic! I used to own a GMC CCKW 353 H1, i.e. the Tipper with open body and winch. It was ex Netherlands army. I called him "Brutus".

     

    I liked the shade of OD that you used on the first paintjob. What type was it? My present 1944 Dodge WC51 needs a new paintjob this winter in time for my Italian trip in April. Going to follow in the footstapes of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (1944-45) and join our Italian MV bretheren on April 25.

     

    As always,

     

    Goran Noren

    Hello there one and all

    in Introductions & Welcomes

    Posted

    Hi Stef,

     

    Quite a collection, congrats. I've been involved with the Swedish MV scene since the late 1970's. I was one among the founders of MFHF (Swedish MV club) that started in 1981.

     

    I own a 1944 Dodge WC51 that I'm setting up as an ambulance of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force, Italy 1944-45, (like this one in the picture)

     

    I will be going from Sweden to Italy in April 2008, together with a bunch of Brazilians bringing their vehicles by ship to Livorno. This is the same port where my Dodge WC51 will be shipped to. Driving all the way was not really an option :clap: I am confined to a wheelchair since 2002 and riding in the back of the WC for God knows how many kilometers - nah! I don't think so...

     

    The trip is planned for the two last weeks of April and will coincide with the celebrations in Italy on April 25th. Maybe we'll bump into each other?

     

    Kind regards

     

    Goran Norén

    Sweden

     

    Ps. My e-mail if you would like to get in touch is goran_noren@yahoo.com

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