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An American TV programme, aimed at the non-enthusiast. But an interesting bit of background & there's the collection, of course!

Is there something in the genetic code of a Britton, that makes one feel that Scammel Explorers are the dog's danglies?:nut:

The Pennsylvannia Military Museum's got a couple.

Dodge Brother's 1918 Repair truck & GM K-16 Ambulance

http://www.vgbimages.com/AFV-Photos/PA-Military-Museum-Boalsburg/18285937_NH7GqV#1417752146_Mh666bk

Undoubtably, but they're not as "sexy" as an afv!

I don't know if this creation's in the book?

A few more.

SDF Ford truck abandoned in the middle of the desert in Al-Gilf Al-Kebir.

Ro37

This may have been recovered for restoration.

http://www.fondationberliet.org/la-collection/collection-camions-vehicules/

LATIL type TAR of 1915

No Mack mentioned, four other lorries dated from 1909 - 1913.

Radial Engine

Parts from the B24 "Lady be Good".

Savoia Marchetti SM79 trimotor bomber

Lorry chassis.

De Havilland DH104 Dove. Probably this one http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=47

Another Dove, another desert tragedy. http://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=27693

Bristol Blenheim

Panhard AML90

Ex-LRDG vehicle wreck?

Not 100% sure what this is.

Another lorry chassis. FIAT?

Looks more recent that some.

Another of the Jebel Sharriff LRDG wrecks. Is this the one that's been recovered & displayed in the IWM?

Another SM79 Wreck.

Some Crusaders gun tractors sold after the war to Argentina were converted to self-propelled guns, with French 75 mm or 105 mm gun installed in a large, boxy superstructure.

 

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That's a Valentine Archer.

17pdr tank destroyer. Ideal for a "shoot & scoot", having the gun facing to the rear.

The Crusader Gun Tractor were converted from the Crusader MKII cruiser tank and used as armoured tractor for 17-pounder AT-gun. 600 were produced from March 1944 to April 1945. They were converted by Ruston and Hornsby Ltd.

Only one survives, at Overloon in Holland.

I had a deprived childhood, parents wouldn't buy me one of these!

http://cgi.ebay.de/Konigstiger-Panzer-original-Schaltgetriebe-RAR-/170678608251?pt=Militaria&hash=item27bd3ce17b

120,000 Euros.

Something else for Mr W's collection?

Fritz gets his "P45"....

....and having a wife & kids to support, finds a new job!

http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=344

http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/WDY/wbme109hunt.html

It appears that the rights of the college to dispose of the aircraft is disputed.

I remember reading about it on a now defunct website, it was becoming more & more derelict, when it was first seen by English eyes, in the late 80s, IIRC, it was in one piece, subsequently, the wings & engine had been parted from the rest of the airframe.

I'd suggest that it's in better hands now, without Western interest, it's probably have been recycled as Coke cans by now.

Having seen how the Spitfire recovered from a riverbed was "restored" http://www.warbirdsofindia.com/haryana/ambala/63-supermarine-spitfire-mv459.html

I'd suggest it's in safer hands where it is.

• Why? Everyone know it was Lt. of the US Army that led the raid. The squadron used B17's, and the design for the bouncing bomb was based on a redneck skipping stones on his brother/ uncles ranch. That makes for a good story. Wasn't the leaders dog called Toto?

• You dozy get, they were B29s!
  

Update on the Bulgarian "buried" PzIV, JPIV & Stug III

http://www.wehrmacht-awards.com/forums/showthread.php?t=272293&page=15

A Matilda II weighs in at 25 tons (29.6 tonnes)

Length 15'11" (5.61m), width 8'6" (2.59m) Height 8'3" (2.52m)

The NSW Lancers' museum at Parramatta has one they're renovating, might be worth dropping them a line for specifics as to turret weight.

http://www.lancers.org.au/site/Matilda_Tank.asp

I'd guess that if the whole tank weighs in at 25tons, then the turret isn't going to be much under 3 tons!

This guy maybe worth contacting too.

http://www.livesteammodels.co.uk/dhmg/mahon1.html

My crystal ball says that the forthcoming remake of the Dambusters will be the worst warfilm ever!

Oz is chocker with Valentine hulls too!

Anyway, shouldn't you do something with that Churchill first? (Do I sound like your wife?)

http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Matildas.pdf

That's the list of known survivors, the vast majority are in Australia!

If it's been used as an agricultural tractor, then there'd be no point keep the turret on, just add weight. Lots of the Ozzy Matildas got converted to 'dozers.

Panther Ostwallturm

Near Szczecin, Poland.

Panzer III, near Smolensk.

Lorraine Schleppers.

If you look at how many planes went straight from their factory, to boneyards like Davis-Monthan and the numbers that were scrapped in Europe, with easy access to smelters, it's not so surprising.

Here's a lot of Jeeps in Okinawa & Korea.

http://www.tahiti-pacifique.com/hobbies/Jeeps-what-bloody-waste.html

What'd that lot be worth today?