The Military Vehicle Thread

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 7th

Oshkosh M1070(?) FOR SALE!

'Rocket Site'
Springs Road
Misson
Doncaster

When RAF Finningley, about a mile, or so, to the west (now Doncaster/Robin Hood Airport) was a 'Cold War nuclear bomber base', mainly Vulcans) this was the surface-air defence unit

https://ljacksonandco.com

https://ljacksonandco.com/product/oshkosh-m1070-tractor-units/

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This is coming up in August; https://www.yorkshirewartime.co.uk/

I'm told by a couple of attendees (one is a WW2 re-enactor) that it's possibly second only to 'War & Peace'!
Sadly, I'm always working, & not able to get a day off, I'll be trying again this year!!

For anyone interested, it's not that far (couple of miles, or so) from jct 26/M62 (the M606 interchange)

EDIT; Sunday 9th @ 10:59
I have the day booked off, in order to attend now

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

With regard to the post above

I’m taking an ex-colleague, who retired through ill-health

It should be a good day out!!

 

[Jameshow]

With regard to the post above

I’m taking an ex-colleague, who retired through ill-health

It should be a good day out!!

When you going?!

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

When you going?!

Sunday, hopefully arriving about 10:15 - 10:30

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxcoNhBDGFw

 

[Drago]

A fellow ex squaddie, albeit somewhat older than me, also speaks passable German as a result of his year on the BAOR.

At a recent re-enactment in Milton Keynes he was most dismayed to fund not one of the hun re-enactors spoke any German themselves!

Did anyone see that scwimmwagen on Combat Dealers recently. It had a fascinating history. It was abandoned in Italy and local monks took it and used is for running around well into the 1980s.

 

[Hicky]

A serious lack of marksmanship principals, movement without fire, C&C non evident.
Oh and no ear def....don't they know big bangs are bad for your hearing.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Just passed a Sherman Tank, on a low-loader, between jcts 30 & 31 (westbound) on the M62

It’s got to be going to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience’ that l referred a couple of posts above!!

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Just passed a Sherman Tank, on a low-loader, between jcts 30 & 31 (westbound) on the M62

It’s got to be going to the Yorkshire Wartime Experience’ that l referred a couple of posts above!!

Or it's been bought by a Ukrainian

 

[Drago]

It's a bit modern for the soviet Russian army to be interested.

 

[DRM]

It’s astounding the amount of vehicles that have been spotted on the A1(M) Various AFV’s including a lot of the Mastiff vehicles, no prizes for guessing where they were going

 

[Hicky]

It’s astounding the amount of vehicles that have been spotted on the A1(M) Various AFV’s including a lot of the Mastiff vehicles, no prizes for guessing where they were going

Offloading UOR purchases. We're becoming a shopfront window army massively.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

This is coming up in August; https://www.yorkshirewartime.co.uk/

I'm told by a couple of attendees (one is a WW2 re-enactor) that it's possibly second only to 'War & Peace'!
Sadly, I'm always working, & not able to get a day off, I'll be trying again this year!!

For anyone interested, it's not that far (couple of miles, or so) from jct 26/M62 (the M606 interchange)

EDIT; Sunday 9th @ 10:59
I have the day booked off, in order to attend now

Should I take photographs??
(even if I don't know what some of the machinery is called?)

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 13th
1.

Diamond T

‘Yorkshire Wartime Experience’

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Sunday 13th
2.

Scammell Pioneers

Yorkshire Wartime Experience’

Apparently, according to the commentary, this is the only 5th wheel transporter known to exist