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Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Don't know the exact model of this tractor either:

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2016 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

After many years, we've got another open day last October.

I have some subjects that need better id, this is clearly a Berna bus, but I don't know the exact model:

Berna bus by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

zemsi · Posted: Mon May 18, 2015 6:53 pm Post subject: open day

... if anybody is planning a trip to Switzerland in the near future. On Saturday October 17, 2015, there will be the 2nd public day. You can see +300 Swiss MV's!!

There will also be the launch of a new book about Swiss MV's from 1900 - 2015, where I'm one of the co-authors.

zemsi · Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:50 am Post subject: Volkswagen

... a VW Käfer (Beetle) and Bulli (T2 ?) were outside for their regular movement.

zemsi · Posted: Sun May 19, 2013 8:41 am Post subject: Weasel M29

... the latest member in Burgdorf. A Weasel M29, only a handful served in the Swiss Army. The Renault 31R UE Chenillette Trailer has been there before.

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Heavy trucks by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Jeeps by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:42 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

I only had a few hours in Burgdorf. I managed to cover all the AFVs, but there was a large amount of softskins I didn't documented at all:

Trucks by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:52 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

I am sure you are going to love this Laughing

Mowag Panzerattrappe 4x4 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

A beautiful, large and heavy trucks with a centurion on its trailer. There is another one with the same configuration in Full. Another one is owned by the Verein Centurion association. This time in Burgdorf there was a little more space to get a decent shot. Still it's difficult to put the whole beast inside a single frame:

Rotinoff Super Atlantic by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

- Massimo_Foti

There is another one in Full:

The one in Full instead used to be in a barrack in Bière (canton Vaud), with engine removed and concrete poured inside the engine compartment. It went to Full in 1998, there it took many years to restore it and now it's in running conditions (info from the Museum).

Pictures of it are on Trevor's website:
www.preservedtanks.com...iqueID=809

And on my Flickr account:
www.flickr.com/photos/...4088553191

Massimo

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:03 am Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Another prototype. This is pretty well know, since the very same vehicles was in Thun's Panzermuseum for a long time. There is another one in Full:

Panzerartilleriekanone 68 M-0899 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2012 10:00 am Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

A prototype for a radical Pz 68 upgrade. In the end the Swiss Army acquired Leopard 2s instead:

Pz 68 Erprobungsträger M-0911 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 7:03 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Another italian vehicle evaluated by the Swiss Army.

OM Autocarretta 32 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

It's hard to understand the design of "autocarretta" unless you keep in mind that the Italian Army was obsessed with mountain warfare. All the major commander of the thirties and forties had experiences in WW I and mountain warfare was at the center of their vision. Then WW II came, and the Italian Army had to fight its major battles in the desert and in Russia...

Massimo