Postwar Hamburg Germany

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Some more photos of ex-British Army vehicles awaiting scrapping in Hamburg in 1957.

Reportedly, the scrap from the broken-up vehicles was shipped to blast furnaces in the UK.

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Source: expired eBay auction "1957 Dumps Of Army Equipment In Hamburg Shipped To Britain, Scrap..."


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Source: https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/lukas-...ert-ld.1521116


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Source: [internet]

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Some more photos of ex-British Army vehicles awaiting scrapping in Hamburg in 1957.

Reportedly, the scrap from the broken-up vehicles was shipped to blast furnaces in the UK.

Source: expired eBay auction "1957 Dumps Of Army Equipment In Hamburg Shipped To Britain, Scrap..."

These all appear to be Windsor Carriers. I don't remember seeing this picture before; thanks Hanno.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

These all appear to be Windsor Carriers. I don't remember seeing this picture before; thanks Hanno.

I agree on the Windsors. Taking into account that they were issued only shortly before the end of WW2 (but more were issued after, I reckon), some of these may have been as good as new when piled up for scrapping...