NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2010

Hi there and welome to what’s new on Miliblog this week.

For a change we’ve added a whole load of military vehicle photos and I’ve shown 10 samples below to tempt you look around Miliblog website. There’s so many different areas to military vehicle collecting from diggers to trucks and from American to Italian vehicles. If you don’t have the room or the budget for the full size vehicles, then there’s plenty of scale models of these vehicles also to collect.

So we start our samples with an unusual Fiat Allis tracked loader in British Army service. Following we have a nice preserved Magirus Deutz Uranus heavy prime mover, with a now popular crew cab. Next is a nice Volvo 6×6 especially for our Scandinavian readers. The famous Royal Signals ‘White Helmets’ motorcycle display team used this unusual Leyland T45 Tractor in the 1980′s to carry all the bikes around and provided a full repair and maintenance base while at the shows. 

Not all military vehicles are painted green or sand, and here we have an excellent photo of an UAZ 469 Field Car in United Nations Protection Force colours of all-white with massive UN letters on the side. An AEC Matador 2500 galls aircraft refueller of wartime manufacture is next, but in post-war service, complete with post-war registration numbers. Still looks in fantastic condition though !

Most of us know the Austin K9 1Ton 4×4 in either GS or Wireless body format, but here we have an unusual Austin FV16012 1Ton Cargo. It just looks an Austin though, doesn’t it ! It looks a cross between a K9 and a Loadster. Quite unusual, we now have three photos listed this week of preserved examples. Have a look ! Following on is another typically British post-war piece of kit, an AEC Militant Mk1 cargo. To extend the service-life of these trucks, a hiab crane was fitted to them and this example is a flat bed, with the body sides removed. Still, a nice photo with the driver’s window open as a form of early air-conditioning !

Now we have a classic WW2 Austin, a K3 4×2 3 Tonner. Now to begin with, I thought this may have been a K2 2Ton or even a K30 30cwt, but I’m pretty sure it’s a K3 due to the longer wheelbase and the twin rear-wheels. Anyone any thoughts on this ?   And finally, far from being a star or prima-donna, is a post-war Bedford OL 3Ton 4×2 Cargo, another example of vehicles used by the 1950′s National Servicemen. Nice preserved example though, at a show in the late 1980′s.

So I wish you all a good week and back to the scanning box to see what new items we can find for you !

Cheerio !

Simon

Fiat Allis FL5B Tracked Loader (99 KG 59)

Magirus Deutz 250AE-L Uranus 6x6 Heavy Prime Mover (USV 414)

Volvo TL22 1.5Ton 6x6 Cargo (SLF 569 W)

Leyland T45 Roadtrain 4x2 Tractor White Helmets Display Team (00 WH 05)

UAZ 469 4x4 Field Car (UNPF-3328)

AEC 0854 Matador 5Ton 6x6 2500galls Refueller (27 AD 59)

Austin FV16012 1Ton 4x4 Cargo (Q 754 GFX)

AEC 0860 Militant Mk1 10Ton Cargo (AHJ 112 C)

Austin K3 3Ton 4x2 GS (GSK 611)

Bedford OL 3Ton 4x2 Cargo (MDF 475 F)