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Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:44 pm Post subject: Old Photos.

Here's 3 photos from Aberdeen in 1945.

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:51 pm Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

What the heck is the first one? That's a really odd layout for a wheeled vehicle, unless the Tyrell P34 F1 cars count.

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:05 pm Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Doug, It was an Armored car used for testing the V1 and V2 rockets out. I always liked the "oddball" vehicles, lol! I'm pretty sure it's based on the 8x8 Armored Cars of WW 2. Here's a few more old photos. Rick

Doug_Kibbey · Posted: Sun Jul 07, 2013 11:37 pm Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Thx. And great stuff, Rick. Thx for posting!

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 12:05 am Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Your welcome Doug, here's a few more. Rick

Walter · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 4:51 am Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Hi Rick

Fantastic pics ! especialy the Famo with 10 ton crane !

Walter

Rick_Eshleman · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 9:18 am Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Hi Walter,
These photos are old Aberdeen views of captured equipment prior to it being destroyed in the 1950s "scrap drive" or sent to Ft. Benning (like Tiger #712) or Ft. Sill, OK. I found them in the Col. Jarrett Collection in Carlisle, PA MHI in the 1980s. Glad You like the Famo with Crane! Rick

zemsi · Posted: Mon Jul 08, 2013 7:19 pm Post subject: Re: Old Photos.

Excellent pics, thanks for sharing!

Chris

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

It always grieves me to see the number of these artefacts that have been lost due to the lack of foresight and interest in those bodies who were supposed to have preserved them!

Kurt_Laughlin · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 577

- Pzkpfw-e

It always grieves me to see the number of these artefacts that have been lost due to the lack of foresight and interest in those bodies who were supposed to have preserved them!

To be fair, their mission wasn't to preserve anything. They only maintained a collection for the purpose of instructing Ordnance personnel on weapon designs. If there wasn't an immediate tie-in to that instruction program, it was superfluous. It was only in the 1960s I think that the idea of keeping a museum came about.

KL

Pzkpfw-e · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jul 21, 2010 Posts: 1202

My comments apply not solely to the Aberdeen collection. Many items of aeronautica, that were cited for preservation as museum pieces, were scrapped during the Korean War, many it seems as their storage areas were put back into use for manufacture.

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