Tank graveyard

[D.CESAR]

Source: http://www.hultonarchive.com/

sad end for these little nice vehicles

Location Germany date : may 1958

Daniel

[Mark W. Tonner]

[dougiebarder]

What a depressing sight-some of those look as good as new. I bet the carrier owner will be crying at the waste. I wonder if there's a modern equivalent anywhere.

[Keith Webb]

Is that a Morris in the middle of the Bedfords?

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[Mark W. Tonner]

Keith;

That picture is even more depressing

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Mark W. Tonner
That picture is even more depressing

Indeed; at least there are no CMPS in it though.

I wonder what the source of the scrapped CMP images Bart used in Wheels and Tracks - can't remember which issue, but it was one of the most fascinating issues for me.

The closest I've come to this sort of thing is the scrapping of all the weathered NOS CMP cabs I filmed for Year of the Blitz

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Keith Webb
Indeed; at least there are no CMPS in it though.

Hey Keith,
Have a bit of compassion for the British trucks, please. There are a number of Austin K5 "screamers" on the pile and the ambulance on full side view looks like it has a Bedford MW bonnet and sides on it, very odd. It is definitely not one of the rare Bedford ML ambulances from the position of the front wing to the cab.

In the earlier photos posted the trucks stacked with the carriers are either Fordson WOT6 or WOT8 .

The "Morris" is in fact a Humber 4x4, could be either an ambulance, heavy utility or personnel and wireless.

Richard

[Snowtractor]

...on top of the pile in .03jpg....sigh YOu would think all those ambulances would have made good delivery trucks etc. And the carriers would have been great little tractors to help boost post war agriculture production....
Hindsite

[Keith Webb]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
The "Morris" is in fact a Humber 4x4, could be either an ambulance, heavy utility or personnel and wireless.

Phew! Mike Kelly will be relieved!
I do of course have compassion for these pommy trucks too.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Richard Farrant
The "Morris" is in fact a Humber 4x4, could be either an ambulance, heavy utility or personnel and wireless.

I'd say it's a Heavy Utility - their sight is familiar to my eye now with three of them around our campsite at Normandy

Would these be ex-BAOR vehicles? By 1958 surely the "front line" troops were to be issued with modern kit, weren't they?

Originally posted by Snowtractor
YOu would think all those ambulances would have made good delivery trucks etc. And the carriers would have been great little tractors to help boost post war agriculture production....

Nah, by 1958 German vehicle production was in full swing again - now who would trade his brand-new VW Van for a tired Austin Ambulance?

H.