Fyll Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hello all, I came across the forum while looking for info on the quad Polsten AA mount. I've been interested in military vehicles for many years. My interest started from plastic modeling. I live in Athens in Greece and I am a technical translator. Over the years I've written articles for some magazines here in Greece and also for Tankette, the MAFVA journal. If anybody needs info on MVs from Greece or Cyprus I may be able to help as I've collected a lot of info and photos over the years. Also if anybody is thinking of holiday in this part of the world I can tell them where to find MV related places such as museums and scrap-yards... Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Hi From your experience are there any surving vehicles from WW1 in Greece? I have seen photos of WW1 trucks sitting in yards at the end for the war for disposal. it is possible that they were brought back to the UK though. All the best Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Welcome to the forum Fyll . We've not heard very much about your part of the world here before so anything you have to say will be of great interest to us and particularly any photographs of vehicles you may like to post up . I've been thinking about buying one of the ex Greek M170 jeeps so any pictures of those will keep me happy . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papav66 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Calimera, And welcome, look forward to seeing some of your photos. I keep meaning to visit some of my cousins in Athens but I usually end up on one of the islands. Efharisto Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoranWC51 Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 Welcome Fyll to the very friendly forum. I'm planning a trip to Greece sometime next year and some addresses to Military Vehicle dealers, sights to see, etc, would be extremely helpful. I saw some pictures from a MV dealers yard in Athens, with Ford M8's among other stuff. Do you know which one I'm talking about? I own a 1945 (Febr) Dodge WC51 that I bought from the Norwegian army in April 1994. I've been to Normandy twice, 1994 and this year, with it. It's marked as an ambulance (yes there were WC51's used as ambulances) of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force under Gen Clark's 5th Army in Ialy 1944-45. My e-mail: goran_noren (at) yahoo (dot) com Kindest regards Goran Noren Lidingo Sweden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted July 5, 2009 Author Share Posted July 5, 2009 Hello all Thanks for your kind welcome. I hope I can answer all your questions. Tim, as far as I've been able to find out there aren't any WWI vehicles surviving in Greece. What there was probably finished off in WWII I guess. My part of the world has seen many different MVs pass through here. Immediately post war our used British and commonwealth supplied vehicles, then the Us took over supporting us and we got tons of American stuff. After the '70s we started getting aid from W. Germany and through that channel got some ex-NVA stuff the cold war. We also use some locally manufactured vehicles and some Russian things. How's that for variety? I'll scan some pics of M170s and also some M8s. There used to be plenty in scrap yards, but I haven't had the time to go looking recently and in the many construction projects that preceded the 2004 Athens Olympics many scrap yards were closed or perhaps relocated to make way for other things. If anybody needs any specific info just drop me an email. Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
les freathy Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 G,day Fyll finally found your way here then, you will enjoy this nutty lot and all the usefull info to boot another parcel will be in the post soon cheers Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 (edited) Hi there Les, I was wondering when you'd get a wiff o' me on this forum:) I've also seen some other familiar names around here... Fyll Edited August 3, 2009 by Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted August 3, 2009 Author Share Posted August 3, 2009 Hello all, I haven't had time to scan anything yet but here are some vehicles I've photographed over the years: This Dodge ambulance was still in service in the 1980's. This brilliant Mack LMSW has long since disappeared form the scrap yard it was in. The Hellenic Air Force used a number of these Dodge Power Wagon based bomb handling trucks. The army used the M606 counterpart and added various designs of closed cabs to some. The M38 remained in service well into the 1980's. Our army also kept quite a few M3A1s well into the 1980's Hope these are of some interest to somebody Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 Welcome Fyll, you have a whole world (LIterally) of intresting photos there. Welcome your knowledge is a definite asset to the Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
private mw Posted August 3, 2009 Share Posted August 3, 2009 hi and welcome :coffee: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abn deuce Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 photo's and local knowledge are always welcomed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
climber Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 greetings from cyprus do you happen to know anybody here dealing with old vehicles or motorcycles? any info would be appreciated I am kind of new to this. Regards Demetris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharky Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 welcome to the forum. any pics of M8's in hellenic service as i'm building a model of one now and have very little reference for paint scheme . preferably the later ones with the stretched back end and steyr engine Iain Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Hello all and apologies for disappearing from this thread,:red: Sharky if they're still any use for you after all this time, you can find some pics of a streched M8 preserved at the Kalamata war museum here: http://www.modelclub.gr/forums/index.php/topic,12653.0/highlight,m8.html Just scroll through the thread, it's in Greek, and you'll see the clickable thumbnails. Also here are some pics I found on this thread: http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/showthread.php?t=53823 if I remeber correctly Also here are some pics of a M170 found in scrap yard near Athens Hope these help Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 :thumbsup: Thanks for posting those up Fyll , some nice photo's there . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 great pics. I heard that a number of M8's had returned to the Uk recently. Could these have come from Greece I wonder? I had heard than any ex Greek army armoured vehicle is usually severely demilled before release, usually involving it being cut into quarters. Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Fyll, those Power Wagon bomb trucks look to be a near identical re-work of the WW2 Chevrolet M6 layout. How fascinating!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rampant rivet Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Hello Fyll A friend has just bought this Jeep and would like to know if its in Greek camouflage paint scheme ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montie Posted May 11, 2013 Share Posted May 11, 2013 A warm welcome to the forum! You don't have any Saracen pics that you could post, please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fyll Posted May 13, 2013 Author Share Posted May 13, 2013 Hello all, Sorry for the delay in replying, I was away on a two-week holiday and I was offline for the whole time. It's hard to tell with absolute 100% certainty as now markings of any sort are visible but the cammo scheme could well be Greek. The shades look a bit dark but then again I have seen so many shades used that as I said it could be Greek :undecided:. For a couple of pictures of Greek Jeeps in cammo download this file http://www.lmdecals.gr/images/stories/pdf_files/LM35006%20Jeep%20Dodge%20EN.pdf As for Saracen pics, I'm sorry I don't have any.:-( Fyll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoseman Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Welcome to the asylum there friend. Lovely part of the world you are in, love the Greek islands, not been that way for mant years. Im into my Universal Carriers and T16`s if any are lying around doing nothing...! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodgewc51 Posted May 20, 2013 Share Posted May 20, 2013 Welcome my friend The HMVF seems to be a very friendly place, a great place for all us MAD people to chat and share problems and solutions. Hope to talk again in the future. Alan:saluting: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexus 6 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Hello from the UK. Can you help me.. I am looking for Oerlikon 20mm cannon mountings ( or Bofors 40mm mounts ) My main hunt is the 20mm Oerlikon mountings.. any idea if there are any in scrap yards in Greece? many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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