MV longest in service

[robin craig]

Allied to my hread of longest parts usage, I am starting this thread on longest service of an MV in any force worldwide.

 

My entry, what you didnt think I would start the thread without an entry did you, is a delivered in 1953 M100 trailer that I bought at auction yesterday and was used for the last few years as a training aide at the Canadian Airborne Centre being chucked out of aircraft and underslung to helos from what we can tell.

 

So that makes it a 58 year service life from 1953 to 2011 by my calculation.

 

It has a few wrinkles, as anythng with that many "air miles" has got, goodness knows how many drops it has made.

 

Anyhow, it is sold and will be delivered to its new owner tonight.

 

Pictures to follow tonight.

 

R

[antarmike]

Dukw?

[robin craig]

Dear Mike,

 

you were fast off the draw, I was wondering who was going to nominate them, but lets get some dates, when did the DUKWs come into service, we know that at least two are still at Instow.

 

R

[antarmike]

The D in DUKW gives a date of 1942... so 1942 to 2011 , is that 69 years in service?

Edited March 20, 2011 by antarmike

[robin craig]

Mike,

D = 1942 but when did the Brits first get them? That make a years difference.

 

Anyhow, DUKW is clear leader and Gold medal place so far.

 

what are contenders for silver and bronze then?

 

R

[mike65]

There is Ajmac's Loyd carrier.

Built 1940's? and still serving as range targets till 2008.

So that is a good 60 years of service.

 

Mike

[robin craig]

Can we get a bit more detail on the carrier, date int service and date out of service with some pictures. Was it continuous usage or was there a "fallow" period?

 

 

R

[Sean N]

So, on the basis that a vehicle is any device for transporting goods or people, and per my comment in the other topic, I nominate HMS Victory, 1765 - 2011.

 

Or are we talking wheeled vehicles...?

[robin craig]

Sean,

 

your obviously waterlogged!

 

Yes, for the purposes of this exercise, my definition of VEHICLE is a machine or device self propelled or drawn that travels on land OR is water ie amphibious capable.

 

Ergo DUKW yes HMS Victory NO

 

Are you an ex bootneck or matlow by chance?

 

R

[robin craig]

From this part of the world we have a Sorel Industries 25 pounder that is still in the Canadian Forces and used as a funeral carriage in Shilo, Manitoba.

 

Am awaiting pictures and into service date.

 

R

[landyandy]

how about the 13 pounder gun in the kings troop circa 1915 ?

[robin craig]

Oh Andy,

 

I think we have been so blind to those havent we!

 

Well done

 

R

[tim gray]

Not wishing to split hairs but could the 13 Pdrs be classed as a vehicle??

 

How about the lucas hydraulic brake light switch in the back of the master cylinder? Used on my PU and still used today with no changes apart from the stock number. PU is 37 dated and hydraulic brakes were around before then.

 

tim

[tim gray]

Not wishing to split hairs but could the 13 Pdrs be classed as a vehicle??

 

How about the lucas hydraulic brake light switch in the back of the master cylinder? Used on my PU and still used today with no changes apart from the stock number. PU is 37 dated and hydraulic brakes were around before then.

 

tim

 

Tell you what fellas, i will wake up now and post this in the right thread :nut:

[Tony B]

how about the 13 pounder gun in the kings troop circa 1915 ?

 

They are the worlds oldest serving artillery pices.

[ford 369]

if the 13 pounders are not counted as a vehicle then how about the limbers?

[nz2]

Steam power again.

 

 

In 1769, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot designed and constructed the first working self-propelled vehicle for human travel. Perhaps best described as a power tricycle about the size of a small present-day bus, it had one wheel at the front under the boiler and two-cylinder steam engine, and two wheels at the back under the freight area. Called a fardier a vapeur (steam dray), it had a top speed that was slower than walking, about two miles per hour, even without factoring in that it needed to stop 4-6 times each hour to restock its water reservoir and allow the steam pressure to rebuild. A 1771 incident where the driver lost control and the cart ran into a wall is sometimes cited as the world's first automobile accident.

 

 

Cugnot's cart was intended to serve as a gun carriage for moving heavy artillery or up to four officers on the battlefield, but beyond a few prototypes it was never manufactured, due to a lack of interest by Louis XV's court. In 1801, Cugnot's steam-powered automobile was moved to France's Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, where it has been on permanent display ever since.

Inventors

 

 

Searc

 

This would be the first mechanised, non animal powered Military transport (aside from sailing ships).

Being still in existance must put it at the top of a list, but not that of currently still serving. (unless its still owned by the French military).

I have not found to date any information to say that it was ever tested towing guns of the time.

Doug

[landyandy]

Not wishing to split hairs but could the 13 Pdrs be classed as a vehicle??

 

How about the lucas hydraulic brake light switch in the back of the master cylinder? Used on my PU and still used today with no changes apart from the stock number. PU is 37 dated and hydraulic brakes were around before then.

 

tim

 

in them days it was haha

[Tony B]

I've seen some pretty ancient pedal bikes around various establishments. :-D

[ford 369]

I've seen some pretty ancient pedal bikes around various establishments. :-D

 

your garage doesnt count Tony