Tag Archives: vehicles

Meet the Dragon Wagon

Posted on June 12, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Meet the Dragon Wagon,” advertisement for B.F. Goodrich truck and bus tires, 1944.

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OIS 157th Ordnance Photo Set

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Below is a small set of photographs from an unidentified unit in Europe. The bumper code markings on the truck are OIS-157-O which may represent Oise Intermediate Section (OIS), 157th Ordnance Battalion. (However, the unit identification is uncertain, since 157th … Continue reading →

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Dodge WC 3/4-Ton Truck of the 102nd Infantry Division

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

3/4-ton Dodge WC 4×4 Truck (G502) from the Medical Detachment of the 406th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division in Baesweiler, Germany.

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Dug-in Jeeps

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs taken in Italy during WWII show several U.S. Army jeeps dug-in to protect from shell fragments.

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Ambulances and Medical Vehicles

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A variety of Italian and German ambulances and medical vehicles are parked outside an Allied prisoner-of-war camp in Italy in 1945, from a photo collection of the U.S. 345th Engineers.

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Ferry Operations

Posted on August 22, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Taken from a photo album from an unidentified U.S. medical unit, this photograph shows a pair of military vehicles being transported across a river on a twin-pontoon ferry.

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Captured Cars

Posted on May 5, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs of German automobiles captured by the U.S. during WWII: the top photo is from an unknown U.S. unit and labelled “Howard Slova, 1st Cook, Germany, ’45 June”; the bottom photo is from an unknown unit of Ninth Air … Continue reading →

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V-2 rocket Support Vehicles

Posted on January 24, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The April 1946 issue of the U.S. Intelligence Bulletin contained a report on German V-2 rocket launching battery support vehicles and equipment, which included highly-specialized trucks, halftracks, and trailers including the Meillerwagen trailer and the Brennstand launch platform. Source: “Guided … Continue reading →

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GAZ Model 1938 Kit from MiniArt

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Another kit in process announcement from MiniArt covering a Russian bus from WWII in 1/35th-scale: No. 35149: GAZ-03-30 Mod. 1938. According to MiniArt, features of the kit include 396 plastic parts; 9 PE parts; 30 clear plastic parts; decals for … Continue reading →

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M26 Driver’s Controls

Posted on May 2, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagrams of the driver’s compartment on the M26 armored tractor from TM 9-767: 40-Ton Tank Transporter Truck-Trailer M25, War Department Technical Manual, U.S. War Department, February 1944.   A–WINDSHIELD THUMB SCREW B–SPEEDOMETER C–AMMETER D–INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHT E–TACHOMETER F–OIL TEMPERATURE GAGE … Continue reading →

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