abn deuce Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 (edited) Photo from Life magazine site Marmon-Harrington armoured Cars and Jeep's in Greece 1948 . Caption : Marmon-Harrington armored cars in supply yard. Location:Ghondi, Greece Date taken:1948Photographer Dimitri Kessel Edited January 25, 2009 by abn deuce added caption Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Energumen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Here is an interesting link I found. As I knew nothing of these cars. http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equiparmourarmouredcars.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 Great Link Energumen , lots of good details on a number of other vehicles as well . Heres another shot of one taken by me at the 1989 D-Day rally in France Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Energumen Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Hi Colonel, you are very welcome, the link came from my desire to acquaint myself with those vehicles. Being a Nebraska man, may I offer you a great link?. This is an American Trucker who I have been following live on his cab link as he crosses the States. He is I think still off the Road at the moment at the Volvo Truck dealers in Omaha, but there are several videos and beautiful still pictures on his web site. http://bigrigtravels.smugmug.com/ Enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Some fantastic pics on that web site !!.............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runflat Posted January 26, 2009 Share Posted January 26, 2009 Heres another shot of one taken by me at the 1989 D-Day rally in France This one is a Humber. Very smart though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted January 27, 2009 Author Share Posted January 27, 2009 I shouldn't have thought they were the same vehicle , having looked longer I can see they are similar only . My mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted February 25, 2009 Share Posted February 25, 2009 Ad has come up on milweb, and looking more closely at the pic looks like another parked behind, wonder what else is in that yard, anyone going on hols to Greece? http://www.milweb.net/classifieds/large_image.php?ad=46376&cat=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted February 27, 2009 Share Posted February 27, 2009 When we arrived in UNFICYP as Force Reserve Squadron (September 1976) we got an IntSum (Intelligence Summary) of forces on the ground. Top of the list was a Turkish T34 and there was a standing crate of beer for the crew that was able to report a sighting. I am sure one side or the other was reported as having Marmon-Herrington armoured cars. I suspect the Greek Cypriots. As a driver tucked away in the bowels of a Ferret there was nothing for me ever to see: that said, I never heard my commander report a sighting of anything interesting at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 http://news.webshots.com/photo/2046920060039564579AZdngO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzkpfw-e Posted September 2, 2012 Share Posted September 2, 2012 I am sure one side or the other was reported as having Marmon-Herrington armoured cars. I suspect the Greek Cypriots. One of Bov's examples is ex- Cypriot. "Used by Greek Cypriot National Guard, Cyprus. Transported to U.K. by LSL Sir Tristram, from Akrotiri to Marchwood - June 1986. Thisis the South African armoured car based on the Canadian F60L 3-ton lorry chassis, still known as the Marmon-Herrington, although containing none of their components. They were used by the Free Greeks during the Second World War, who passed them on to the Greek Cypriot National Guard, who used the cars into the 1980's, re-engined with 6 cylinder diesels" There's 3 "Preserved" in the "Peace & Freedom Museum", near Kyrenia. http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/attachment.php?attachmentid=35460&d=1285836898 Another in Athens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 Colleagues; I would like to point you to the recently published book of a friend of mine: Marmone Herrington - A History of the South African Reconnaissance Car This massive hardbound volume gives an in-depth and detail review of one of the important vehicle types produced and used during W.W.II, a truly international icon, employed by South African, British, New Zealand, Polish, Free French and Greek forces in Greece, Africa and the Middle East as well as Dutch forces in the Far East. While it is of great interest to the historian and researcher, it also supplies a wealth of new information and drawings for the modeler. Includes: Development history, Prototype development, Technical development, Comprehensive operational history, Personal accounts, Details of vehicles used during different campaigns, War Diary information of units that used these vehicles, Post war use by various armed forces until retirement, Comprehensive camouflage & markings information.. Paperback: 176 pages Publisher: Not Avail (19 May 2013) Language: English ISBN-10: 8360672202 ISBN-13: 978-8360672204 Product Dimensions: 29.2 × 20.6 × 1.8 cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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