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Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Trabant by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:55 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Tiger I replica by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Tgb m 42 VL by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:17 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Thanks again for another funny story! Smile

Massimo

Rikard_Hufschmied · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 10:48 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

- Massimo_Foti

Tgb 12 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Ok, anecdote time again. My second trusty steed was the Tgb13*. Our signals company was short on squad leaders so I sometimes had to double as such for one of our point/close defense squads and the Tgb13* was their ride. Lessons quickly learned, do not fall asleep under the defensive armament as the FN MAG (Ksp 58) ejects empty casings straight down ... hot brass down your collar is not a pleasant experience. There is no such thing as a "heated crew compartment" no matter what the specs say ... it's cold or less cold ... unfortunately one of the "warmest" spots is right underneath the defensive armament.

After a particularly taxing vehicle march and constant combat maneuvers ( recon, setting camp, fend off attack, breaking camp, recon) for 36 hours my disgruntled squad while finally standing down were told by a Lt. to "camouflage" the vehicle. The driver promptly engaged the all-wheel drive and dug into a huge pile of snow, hitting a large fir which dropped all snow from its branches onto the Tgb effectively burying it. He climbed out of the back hatch and walked up to the Lt. and said - Done!

End anecdote.

*) EDIT. The Tgb 12 Amphibious Prototype pictured is a totally different beast than the Tgb 13 troop/utility transport, it only looks about the same. The looks evoke memories of long noisy and cold rides though.

Good picture of a Tgb13 with gun mount:
Tgb 13

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Tgb 12 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:24 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Terrängbil m 42 KP by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Walter · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 4:59 pm Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Most of these are 4-seaters
But Bruce Crompton has a 6-seater That is quite rare

Walter

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 11:21 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Yes, I love that vehicle since I first meet one in Sinsheim.
In Sweden they were used as tractors for light anti-tank guns.
Gunnar Österlund's comments on this one:

Four wheel drive, four wheel steering and two 600 cc 2 cylinder 2-stroke 19 HP engines.
Sweden bought between 400 and 600 of these from the German company Vidal when WW 2 started.

Walter · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 10:43 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Fantastic vehicle !
Didn't know they had one in the museum

Walter

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sun Nov 09, 2014 8:27 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

Tempo Vidal by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:54 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

T-72 M1 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2014 7:53 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

T-55 cutaway by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Stefan_Karlsson · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Nov 23, 2011 Posts: 23

This T 37 was until a few years ago one of only two surviving tanks in the World, the other one in Kubinka.

During the last years parts have been dug up and then restored and now there are some running vehicles, unkown how much of them that is original/reproduction.

The tank at Arsenalen was originally a command tank with antenna, but somewhere (probably in Soviet before 1939 or early days of the invasion of Finland) the antenna was removed. You can see the protection for the antenna on the left side (should be Another one on the right side) and on the right side, under the turret there is a triangular plate - a home made cover for the hole where the antenna was connected.
The pipe in the center of the tank beside the drivers hatch is the pipe for the bilge pump connected to the gearbox.

The tank is in running condition, we made it running a few years ago in order to take part in a Finnish War film, but the film Project was cancelled.

Colour and star is not original, and the flotation devices have been replaced by replica - this was done at the former Tank Museum in the 1970's. When the tank arrived to Sweden in January 1940 it was all White.

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2014 8:19 am Post subject: Re: Arsenalen

T-37 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

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