New Zealand LRDG Re-Enactment Trip to The Sahara

A group of enthusiasts from the UK and New Zealand are planning to take a trip to the Sahara Desert with some WW2 vehicles and retrace and relive the experiences of the LRDG (Long Range Desert Group) in the Western Desert in 1941-1943. Led by Major Gary Wallace, the group is split into three troops. B Troop and H (Heavy) Troop are based in the UK while K Troop is based in New Zealand. H Troop includes a Light Repair Section, with so far a Bedford QLD and an Austin K5. The expedition will also have a crew of modern vehicles as chase cars along with a complete camera crew to record the event. Please visit their website at www.wdrg.org for more insight details and if you have some spare cash, please help them in their fund raising. Below are four videos so far from the New Zealand K Troop contingent, prior to them departing. 

1. Promotional Video – Planning the Trip to The Sahara (31/05/09) (Click Here)  

Really interesting video of K Troop planning the event and why they are going.

2. Driving in Convoy with a 1943 Willys Jeep (11/01/09) (Click Here)  

Nice short video of a jeep driving at speed along an open gravel track in New Zealand

3. Exercise Erewhon, 1st Laager (11/01/09) (Click Here)  

This is the first camp as a shakedown to try everything out 

4. Getting the Chevy C8AX Going and Moving Around the Unit (16/06/09) (Click Here)  

Nice short video of a Chevy, nice movement and a nice sound too ! 

Random Images From Collection
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622)
Austin K5 3Ton GS (VSV 622)
Land Rover 110 Defender (64 KJ 74)
Land Rover 110 Defender (64 KJ 74)
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep
Willys MB/Ford GPW Jeep
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28)(Copyright ERF Mania)
Foden 6x6 Heavy Recovery (34 KE 28)
20 Scammell SV1T Breakdown
20 Scammell SV1T Breakdown
Land Rover S2 Lightweight (KBV 887 F)
Land Rover S2 Lightweight (KBV 887
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tractor (MSU 955) 2
Scammell Explorer 10Ton Recovery Tr
Eastern Front Collection 1460
Eastern Front Collection 1460
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (PSU 769) 2
GMC 352 CCKW 6x6 Cargo (PSU 769) 2
Eastern Front Collection 1136
Eastern Front Collection 1136
British 44 Infantry Division (2nd Pattern)(Embroid)
British 44 Infantry Division (2nd P
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford QLT 3Ton Trooper(LYS 984)
Wartime in the Vale 2010, Bedford Q
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (SPT 605)
Bedford OXD 30cwt GS (SPT 605)
Normandy 1944 Collection 662
Normandy 1944 Collection 662
Eastern Front Collection 118
Eastern Front Collection 118
Eastern Front Collection 729
Eastern Front Collection 729
Normandy 1944 Collection 74
Normandy 1944 Collection 74
Eastern Front Collection 593
Eastern Front Collection 593
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (PSU 832)
Thornycroft Antar 60Ton Tractor (PS
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H)
Bedford QL 3Ton (XBW 775 H)