North Sea flood of 1953

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

Probably due to its usefulness in deep water situations.

See the wooden/ cardboard dam behind the radiator grille

Originally Posted by Matthew P

Thank you for sharing. Interesting the M-38 in the one photo. I would have guessed that with so much equipment from the war still in Europe that a new Jeep like that wouldn't have been present so early on.

This was a US Army jeep, I gather they had they supplied the newest equipment to their units in Germany.

Here's another US Army vehicle which must have been quite new:
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...a-51540b934a56


Despite having thousand of MBs and GPWs, even the Netherlands Army used their new Jeep, a CJ-3A in this case:
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https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...0-da49e621acb8