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Old 02-08-08, 01:40
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Default CMP survivor in Switzerland

See http://www.mmgz.ch/Oldtimer/Fahrzeuge.htm

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Fz-Marke Ford
Fz-Typ Kanada
Mil Lastw gl 2t 4x4
Jahrgang 1944
Hubraum 3922
Zylinder V8
PS 96
V max km/h 55
Treibstoff Benzin

Besonderes:
Gaspedal zwischen Brems- und Kupplungspedal
Pluspol an Masse
Schraubtriebanlasser Bendix

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Old 02-08-08, 10:33
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Default AMP Burgdorf

... and here's another one. She is based at the Armeemotorfahrzeugpark Burgdorf (Army Motor Park). They store quite some old trucks etc. Unfortunately, it's not open to the public

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Old 02-08-08, 10:41
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... I took this pic in 2004 at Convoy to Remember in Birmenstorf, Switzerland. This one was based in the French part of Switzerland, but I haven't seen her since.
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Old 18-10-08, 10:10
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Default Swiss Military Show

... looks like the Blitz from the thread before is still around in Switzerland. There was a static military show in the middle of September in Switzerland. More pics at picasa: GMC DUKW, T16, Weasel, Praga Tank. Dodges, GMCs etc.
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Old 21-10-08, 23:34
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More pics at picasa: GMC DUKW, T16, Weasel, Praga Tank. Dodges, GMCs etc.
Thanks! Those pictures include one of the owner: "Alain Cuendet en démonstration sur son Ford Canada"
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Old 06-12-08, 10:39
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... I just found better pics of the Blitz in Hanno's start thread.

They were taken on June 16, 2006, in Cham, Switzerland. Bloody hell, I don't know why I missed this show

It's believed to be the last surviving Blitz in typical Swiss configuration.

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Old 06-12-08, 10:46
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... here's a post-war image

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Old 22-04-10, 18:28
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... and here's another one. She is based at the Armeemotorfahrzeugpark Burgdorf (Army Motor Park). They store quite some old trucks etc. Unfortunately, it's not open to the public
Here are 2 better pics of this truck from my posting #8. You can also clearly see the rear body. Sorry, in German only.

On www.militaerfahrzeuge.ch you will find a lot of technical data of tanks, trucks etc. in Swiss Army use.

Greetings
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Old 25-04-10, 10:44
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Default F15a

... well, the Swiss Army never used F15A's, but evidentially there's one in Switzerland. It was imported some 10 - 15 years ago from Austria, but I've never seen it on a public display. Yesterday, there was a chance to see it, as it's only 3km from my place away.

She looks like a 44 or 45 model, think she's running as the battery was connected. Looks in very good shape.

greetings
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>> F15 1942 Aust (Cab 13) ::: restored by Keefy
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Old 04-05-10, 20:05
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... here's another rare period picture of a F60S in Swiss Army use. It's most likely the original pic of the one in posting #17.. Source

According to militaerfahrzeuge.ch the Swiss Army only used 71 Fords.
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Old 04-05-10, 20:14
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Default Swiss modifications

... I just had a closer look and spotted some Swiss "finish" in the pic from posting #17:

- Swiss style retractable indicators
- the horn was moved between radiator and light
- a masked headlamp was placed where the horn was
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Old 03-07-10, 09:42
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... here's another pic from the book "Solothurner Artillerie"

Text says: 10,5cm howitzer gun attached to a cross-country truck modell Ford Canada.

PS: Is this a modified roof as it doesn't have a hatch?
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