NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 2009

Hello again and welcome to this week’s new items. A little late I’m afraid, as work is taking over my private time at the moment ! Straight down to some of the new photos, but remember by clicking on the ‘Latest Images’ tab at the top, it brings up all the new pictures that have been recently added to Miliblog.

I’ve picked out 6 of the new ones this week to highlight to you a selection of the range of military vehicles available on Miliblog, for you to pass away a sunday afternoon or the lunchbreak in the office. To start with we have a Vixen Armoured Car, which you can see if very similar to the Fox Armoured Car, but without a turret. I think they only got to prototype stage with only a few being made for assessment. The ‘SP’ number plate suggests this, as a Special. I think with the small lights and the high sides it looks a little like a turtle !

Next we have a Standard 10hp Light Utility, but something about it isn’t quite right, and that’s the radiator grill and bonnet, or hood ! The one’s I’ve seen in the past have a flat radiator grill, so whether this was a genuine one or a canibalised one I’m not sure, maybe someone out there can help ? The photo shows it was entrant number J285 on the 1978 National Benzole ( a petrol company, now long gone) Historic Commercial Vehicle Run, with a Canadian Chevvy parked behind it.

To follow is a nice old Fordson 6×4 Signals Truck used by the RAF, and looks like it’s seen better days. Then we have a Commer BF Van, again an example of often long-overlooked support vehicles that work hard behind the scenes in keeping the military machine working.

Finally we come to a pair of Chieftain tanks which need no introduction. Who would believe it all those years ago when like many others heading across Salisbury Plain in the 1970′s and seeing these beauties on exercise that one day we were all able – money permitting –  to buy one of these for about £25,000 !

So I wish you all a good week and I’m back to the albums and see what we can muster for next week’s additions for your entertainment !

Cheerio !

Simon   

Vixen Armoured Car (03 SP 83)

Standard 12hp Light Utility (Modified)(KPU 237)

Fordson ET6 Thames Sussex 3Ton 6x4 Signals (70 AV 20)

Commer BF Van (14 ET 87)

Chieftain Tank Mk6 (02 EB 21)

Chieftain Tank Mk2 (00 EB 59)