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Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:05 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf. Stiftung HAM

Entpannungspanzer 56 M-78613 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

The vehicle that arrived from Sweden in Full during last winter should be very similar to this one.

Massimo

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:06 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf. Stiftung HAM

Ford Canada F-60 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:49 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

There were 3 G-13 over there. I've already posted a few pictures of them inside the thread dedicated to G-13. You can see more here:
www.flickr.com/photos/...9694698257

Massimo

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 12:56 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Another softskin, a pretty cool one

GMC Flugplatzkrankwagen by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Leopard 2 M-77480 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:59 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

Leopard 2 Trainer M-77094 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 8:44 am Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

M109 M-76109 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 10:53 am Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

There were 4 different M109s, plus the driver training vehicle. I didn't attempt to identify the versions, it's too hard Smile

If you would like to see them all:
www.flickr.com/photos/...9694698257

Massimo

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

I've just posted 30 pictures of M113 covering 14 different vehicles and multiple versions:
www.flickr.com/photos/...9694698257

Massimo

Massimo_Foti · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 4:33 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

One amazing thing from this collection is that the Swiss Army managed to save even single pieces that were acquired for testing back 80 years ago and never adopted. That's the case of the 75mm Vickers anti-aircraft gun (see the Artillery forum here: www.com-central.net/in...;t=15053).

Another such case is the italian "Trattore Pavesi". This a unique, italian design. Variants of it served in both WW I and WW II. It was well suited to mountain warfare and the Swiss Army tried it at one point:

Trattore Pavesi by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 6:46 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

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M109 M-76109 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

"Check fire! Check fire!" Laughing

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

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: 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 2:46 pm Post subject: Re: Burgdorf (CH). Stiftung HAM

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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

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