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Every year in Italy the "Gotica Toscana" association commemorates April 25th 1945 with "Colonna della Libertà" an event dedicated to historical vehicles and reenactments. Usually it's hold on a different location every year. In 2013 it was held in Verona and the weather wasn't cooperating.

It's an opportunity to see vehicles from Italian private collectors that you can't see elsewhere that easily. This year there were vehicles from Germany and Switzerland too, including a Dodge truck from Argau, that I've seen in Full's Militarmuseum

I was hoping to see some AFVs from Mr Temeroli's collection, unfortunately he didn't join this year. This, plus the bad weather and an amateurish organization, left me somewhat disappointed, still, Verona is beautiful and I really enjoyed it together with my wife.

If you would like to learn more about this event you can read here:
www.goticatoscana.eu/E...vents.html

Let's dig into the pictures, this is an ex-Yugoslavian tank:


M18 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Massimo

s/n for the M18 above is 982. I guess the picture and extra information can be handy for the PDF.

Massimo

M8 Greyhound by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

If you look carefully, on both pictures you can see the "Arena di Verona" in the background. It's a Roman amphitheatre

Massimo

Serial number for this is: 38763


M4A1 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

This tank is pretty well-know, it belongs to "Museo Memoriale della Libertà" in Bologna:


M4 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Sertum motorbyke by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

- Massimo_Foti

This tank is pretty well-know, it belongs to "Museo Memoriale della Libertà" in Bologna

this tank was built as an M4(105), it still has 105mm fittings on the hull. The turret is a 75mm "high bustle" one, usually found on M4A3(76)W tanks.
Two other Shermans in Italy are former 105mm tanks, one of them still has the 105mm turret with a 75mm gun and mount.

P-O

A Phanomen Granit, I am not sure about the exact model.


Phanomen Granit by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Need help with this Dodge. The curved radiator grille makes me think it's an early model.


Dodge WC-? by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

The Phänomen Granit is a 1500 S , or in the worst case a post war version made to look like a 1500 S
Do you have more pictures of this truck ?

By looking a bit better I think it is a post war Phänomen K27.

Walter

- Massimo_Foti

A Phanomen Granit, I am not sure about the exact model.


Phanomen Granit by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

- Walter

The Phänomen Granit is a 1500 S , or in the worst case a post war version made to look like a 1500 S
Do you have more pictures of this truck ?

By looking a bit better I think it is a post war Phänomen K27.

Thanks for the feedback. There is something that doesn't looks right to me...

Here I have 10 hi-res pictures of it:
www.massimocorner.com/...Granit.zip

Please note it's a big download (90 Mb). I know Walter has superfast broadband, but I want to alert the others

Massimo

What about this sidecar, is it a Dnepr M 72?


Soviet sidecar by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Need id for this BMW too:


BMW motorbyke by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

Another id missing:


Motorbyke by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

- Massimo_Foti

Serial number for this is: 38763
M4A1 by Massimo Foti, on Flickr

is this tank privately owned, or does it belong to the Italian Army??

P-O