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    Classic Military Vehicle 184 Sept 16

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    And for interest there's another being built in Australia: http://g503.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=188540

     

    Page 8 'Military Historian Dies' a obituary for Lt Col (Rtd) George Forty, seems it has been lifted with a few words different from the Times. It has a photo of six men in Russian uniforms, I know which one his him but the obit borders on disrespectful.

     

    Sorry Bob, I missed you saying this. I don't know but I wonder if the obit was provided by the Tank Museum as a press release along with the photo. Either way, I agree with you. I was surprised how pithy it was - and I've no idea which of those in the picture is him or why it was more meaningful than a close up portrait of the man.

    Ford v8 gun tractor

    in I may be stupid, but......

    Posted · Edited by Runflat

    (Beaten by Neils...)

     

    Julian, it depends what you're after.

     

    If you're after a spotters guide to CMPs then I suggest you track down a copy of the new book "Drive to Victory" by Clive Law (Service Publications). I picked my copy up at W&PR from Paul Meekins.

     

    Alternatively, try and hunt down the Canadian Military Vehicle series from 1979/early 80s:

     

    Volume 1 "Europe WW2", or (revised edition) "Canada's Fighting Vehicles"

    Volume 2 "Canadian Military Vehicle Profile Series"

    Volume 3 "Blueprint for Victory" by William Greg - this one is a history of the design and production of CMPs

     

    A bit more niche is Australian Military Equipment Profiles Vol 1 (Field Artillery 1939-1945) - this has good coverage of the Australian pattern FATs, both those based on CMP running gear and the Marmon Herrington.

     

    India also created their own local pattern FATs on CMP chassis. Here it's more a case of hunting round for information.

     

    I think there are also 'walk around' booklets that are more aimed at the model making world.

     

    You'll find the rich variety of CMPs endlessly absorbing (and mystifying at times).

    Classic Military Vehicle 184 Sept 16

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    The answers to some of the above can be found in Wheels & Tracks #50:

     

    What is assumed to have been the prototype saw post-war use in Surrey (reg KPH911).

     

    Replica "Little Nel" (VAD275) appeared in the same article and issue #14. This seems to have started in the Worcestershire area and then moved to Jersey (becoming J832 and then J8797). The chassis wasn't shortened.

     

    Another (UYJ337), with a shortened chassis, was built by a Mr A Haworth of Lancashire.

    Classic Military Vehicle 184 Sept 16

    in MV Chatter

    Posted

    I try not to get too wound up by what I read - those of us that have been around a while can self-edit.

     

    That said, I am looking forward to future article on the "1943 Nuffield modified Jeep, thought to be the only one in the world with a shortened chassis amd lower body." Am I right in thinking the vehicle is one of at least two replicas?

     

    You'll note that I'm holding back on "Jeep" having a capital 'J'!

    dodge wc42 1/2 ton radio panel van

    in American Vehicles

    Posted

    i once spent a whole day looking through the all photos in the north africa/italy files of the imperial war museum to see if there were any pictures showing wc 42 radio panel vans. of the thousands of photos, i found only one ! but what a great way to spend a day....i would love to find more , but especially would like to know if this vehicle did serve in n.w. europe.

     

    Hi, I see you've re-asked about photos in a new thread. To keep things together I'm posting here.

     

    Anyway, the only IWM picture of a WC42 I'm aware of at the moment is at ref NA4873, in the North Africa/Italy series. This is probably the one you've already found!

    What book are you reading at the moment?

    in Other Chatter

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    I recently finished 'Sahara Challenge' by Richard St. Barbe Baker - an account of the well respected forester's exploration of the speed at which the desert is encroaching on fertile land. An interesting read for anyone interested in ecology but of most noted interest for us is that the trip was undertaken in a Humber FWD heavy utility.

     

    Like any good book there was film! Here at at about 8:45

     

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    in Pre WW2 vehicles

    Posted

    Well done Andy.

     

    Looking in a couple of books it would appear to be a 2 ton "2-type" available in either a 12' wheelbase on solids (type 201) or 13' 6" wheelbase on pnuematics (type 202). Curiously, all the period photos I've seen so far show the 201 to have seven spoked wheels but of a T section pattern.

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