Donkeys in Afghanistan. . . bicycles in use by the airborne. . .Pat Holscher wrote:And then there was the early alternative to mounted infantry:
Pat
http://www.montagueco.com/bikes/paratro ... -bike.html
Hmmm. . . . everything old is new again.
Donkeys in Afghanistan. . . bicycles in use by the airborne. . .Pat Holscher wrote:And then there was the early alternative to mounted infantry:
Pat
Rick Throckmorton wrote:Pat,
These are some of the best detail shots of a late build MM5 Stuart I have seen. Very good. The detail of the restoration is also quite good, down to the authentic issue pretzels under the gas pedal.
Rick
What level of saintly patience and monetary magnitude does it take to undertake a project like that? Some great stuff!Gordon_M wrote:That's nice Pat, but a bit modern, technically armoured cavalry though.
A somewhat earlier horse replacement can be seen here;
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.ph ... truck-find
The thread isn't for the faint-hearted, being 83 pages at the minute, so make the tea / coffee first. If that sort of thing interests you you can go upwards in the same forum and find the Pre-WW2 Vehicle section which has other similar threads, including some US content.
Gordon
( straight back to the garage to work on the telephone trailer )
Wow! Great stuff! Thanks for linking it in. It will take some time to study, but it's well worth it!Gordon_M wrote:That's nice Pat, but a bit modern, technically armoured cavalry though.
A somewhat earlier horse replacement can be seen here;
http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/showthread.ph ... truck-find
The thread isn't for the faint-hearted, being 83 pages at the minute, so make the tea / coffee first. If that sort of thing interests you you can go upwards in the same forum and find the Pre-WW2 Vehicle section which has other similar threads, including some US content.
Gordon
( straight back to the garage to work on the telephone trailer )
I wonder if any of the portee trailers even still exist. I doubt it, and if they do, they were probably surplused out to farmers, cattlemen, or livestock haulers, and probably aren't even recognized today as military trailers.Gordon_M wrote:I'm not aware of anyone with livestock transport vehicles that have been restored, but if there are any there are in the US.
Gordon
Couvi has sent some great examples of these in photographs which I'll be posting soon, courtesy of Director Scott Hamric, 3rd ACR Museum. So, there are indeed some surviving examples, thanks to the U.S. Army.Pat Holscher wrote:I wonder if any of the portee trailers even still exist. I doubt it, and if they do, they were probably surplused out to farmers, cattlemen, or livestock haulers, and probably aren't even recognized today as military trailers.Gordon_M wrote:I'm not aware of anyone with livestock transport vehicles that have been restored, but if there are any there are in the US.
Gordon
Just a tad early with that concept. I would imagine that steam-producing machineryPat Holscher wrote:Concept for an early replacement, which was either way ahead of its time, or completely nuts.