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Toyota Land Cruiser FJ45 wagon.
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Rogers Park, Chicago, Illinois.
Monday, November 24, 2025.
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Utility Vehicle,
heavy-duty grounds maintenance and transport vehicle,
Ardingley-Sprott, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
The Bedouin drivers of these 4 X 4's enjoyed the thrill of preparing a steep descent down this tall sand dune.
Pet Dairy cow display at the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair. Over the weekend my wife and I visited the event.
AUSTIN WN1 ''CHAMP'' 4X4 -
Firstly identified as Truck, ¼ ton, CT (Combat Truck) 4x4; later Truck, ¼ ton, GS (General Service) 4x4 Cargo and FFR / FFW (fitted for radio / wireless). This vehicle was known as the ''Champ'' the name originally given to the WN3 civilian version which was made in very limited numbers - some were converted to the ''Firefly'' Austin Champ Fire Appliance and Light Rescue vehicles. Only two examples of the earlier WN2 models were built. In 1947, prior to the limited production run of the Wolsley ''Mudlark'', the Nuffield Organisation had experimented with a replacement for the ''Jeep'' in the form of the ''Gutty'', but only went to three prototypes. The FVDE FV1800/FV1801 vehicles (known as the ''Mudlarks'' and the ''Champs'') were designed to be a combat Truck class with high specifications.
The Champ was manufactured from 1951 under contract No. 6 VEH 5531, but some modifications were made. In time 11,700 vehicles were issued to the Army (including the Parachute Brigade) Royal Marines and later the Territorial Army. It was full air-transportable and served in Africa, Germany, Cyprus, Libya and the Suez Campaign, early vehicles were sent for troop trials at the end of the Korean War.
Military needs changed during the 1948-1955 period and resulted in the downgrading of the FV1801 from Combat Truck (CT) to General Service (GS) in 1955. The Champ was quickly overtaken by the superior and far less expensive Land Rover - at around £1,300 each, they were double the price of a Land Rover. The last Champ entered service in 1956 when some were already being sold off. Some of the design features were being incorporated in the Austin ''Gipsy'', 21,208 were built between 1958 and 1967 as a civilian replacement for the Champ and rival for the Land Rover.
This example (Chassis No. 8529 / Body No. 8330) went into Army service 22nd November 1954 (Registration 85 BE 29) was struck off 15th March 1966 and became privately owned. In 1987 it was gifted to the Imperial War Museum, and then gifted to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by their trustees in September 2012 following many years being stored, totally dismantled, at Duxford.
▪︎Engine: Rolls-Royce B40 (No. 60250) 4-cylinder 2,838cc with 69bhp
▪︎Length: 12 ft
▪︎Width: 5 ft 1 in
▪︎Height: 5 ft 10 in.
Information from the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.
seen while hiking the Bison Pasture Trail located near Sulphur, Oklahoma.
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in Stuttgart, Germany.
The rally on the anniversary of the workers' movement is for me important tradition!
Important for democracy, freedom and social justice!
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AUSTIN WN1 ''CHAMP'' 4X4 -
Firstly identified as Truck, ¼ ton, CT (Combat Truck) 4x4; later Truck, ¼ ton, GS (General Service) 4x4 Cargo and FFR / FFW (fitted for radio / wireless). This vehicle was known as the ''Champ'' the name originally given to the WN3 civilian version which was made in very limited numbers - some were converted to the ''Firefly'' Austin Champ Fire Appliance and Light Rescue vehicles. Only two examples of the earlier WN2 models were built. In 1947, prior to the limited production run of the Wolsley ''Mudlark'', the Nuffield Organisation had experimented with a replacement for the ''Jeep'' in the form of the ''Gutty'', but only went to three prototypes. The FVDE FV1800/FV1801 vehicles (known as the ''Mudlarks'' and the ''Champs'') were designed to be a combat Truck class with high specifications.
The Champ was manufactured from 1951 under contract No. 6 VEH 5531, but some modifications were made. In time 11,700 vehicles were issued to the Army (including the Parachute Brigade) Royal Marines and later the Territorial Army. It was full air-transportable and served in Africa, Germany, Cyprus, Libya and the Suez Campaign, early vehicles were sent for troop trials at the end of the Korean War.
Military needs changed during the 1948-1955 period and resulted in the downgrading of the FV1801 from Combat Truck (CT) to General Service (GS) in 1955. The Champ was quickly overtaken by the superior and far less expensive Land Rover - at around £1,300 each, they were double the price of a Land Rover. The last Champ entered service in 1956 when some were already being sold off. Some of the design features were being incorporated in the Austin ''Gipsy'', 21,208 were built between 1958 and 1967 as a civilian replacement for the Champ and rival for the Land Rover.
This example (Chassis No. 8529 / Body No. 8330) went into Army service 22nd November 1954 (Registration 85 BE 29) was struck off 15th March 1966 and became privately owned. In 1987 it was gifted to the Imperial War Museum, and then gifted to the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum by their trustees in September 2012 following many years being stored, totally dismantled, at Duxford.
▪︎Engine: Rolls-Royce B40 (No. 60250) 4-cylinder 2,838cc with 69bhp
▪︎Length: 12 ft
▪︎Width: 5 ft 1 in
▪︎Height: 5 ft 10 in.
Information from the Norfolk & Suffolk Aviation Museum.
Military operations showed the U.S Army needed a vehicle to move over snow for Commando Operations in Norway. In 1943 the Studebaker M29 Cargo Carrier, better known, as a Weasel was introduced. This was a lightweight vehicle with 15 or 20 inch tracks that was good for travelling over soft snow but had limited carrying capacity.
The original design with the engine at the back was soon altered to the conventional layout with the engine at the front and the drive sprockets at the rear. This gave better distribution of weight and improved space so more cargo or passengers could be carried. Next came an amphibious version with buoyancy chambers, twin rudders coupled to the steering controls and propulsion in the water by the tracks. The standard Weasel could be quickly converted in the field if required and both versions could be dropped by parachute.
Weasel's remained in service with the U.S, British and other countries in to the late 1960's. Not only were they used in Artic Operations in the Second World War but later in Korea and Vietnam. The Museum's example M29 was acquired in 1987 from Norway.
Specifications -
▪︎Engine: Studebaker 6-cylinder petrol, 70bhp
▪︎Speed (land): 36mph
▪︎Range: 175 miles
▪︎Speed (water): 4mph
▪︎Weight: 2.6 tons
▪︎Crew: 2 - 4.
Information from The Muckleburgh Military Collection.
Wireless Set No.19 -
The designs for this transceiver were developed by RSRE and Pye in 1940 and after producing a number of Mk.I equipments it then continued in development, emerging as the Mk.II in 1941 and finally the Mk.III in 1942. The sets were used by the British Army up to the early 1950's and by Canadian Divisions during WWII. Besides being built in the UK, the sets were also produced by a number of different manufacturers in Canada and the USA. Once designs had been customised for ease of sourcing American components, by liaison between Pye and a four man Canadian team, the firms selected to manufacture the sets were Northern Electric, Canadian Marconi and RCA Victor in Canada, and Zenith, RCA and Philco in the US.
Many Mk.II versions were made for the ''Lend-lease'' program in which much military materiel including not only smaller items such as these but also aircraft such as the Spitfire were sent to Russia to combat Nazi aggression. As a result of this programme many of the No. 19 sets still around have dual English and Russian legends on their front panels. Physical dimensions are 17.5" x 8.5" x 12.5" and it weighs in at 40lb. A range of ancillary equipment was used with the set, including dynamotor based power supply, ATU and whip aerial, combined headphones/mic and sometimes a high power amplifier.
Performance wasn't wonderful, as the set used grid modulation which reduced the range, compared with the more beefy technique of plate modulation. However it should be remembered that the set had a limited design performance in keeping with its intended operational use. As the set covered three amateur radio bands (160, 80 and 40 metres) it was popular in the 1950's when the availability of commercial equipment was limited and expensive and of course the norm was amplitude modulation in those pre-SSB days.
Using the set on ''Top Band'' the high end of which was just achievable, the set provided HF inter-tank and tank-to-HQ R/T, CW and MCW comms, over the band 2-8MHz and had a range of 10 miles R/T or 15 miles CW. The VHF inter-tank set used the ''super-regenerative'' technique and had a range of 1000 yards using a small band centred on 235MHz.
There is also an intercom facility, using a pair of 6V6's, for the tank crews. The HF part, the ‘A’ set, has an integral mechanical feature enabling, by means of a ‘flick’ switch to rapidly change between two frequencies. Use of the VHF part, the ‘B’ set, was phased out in the 1950's as the Larkspur range of VHF FM equipment came into service. The Royal Armoured Corps replaced their latest modified No. 19 Sets with the very similar C12 in the mid-50's and this in turn later by the newer C13.
Information sourced from - www.radiomuseum.co.uk/ws19.html
Bandvagn 202 (Bv 202) is an amphibious oversnow tracked articulated, all-terrain vehicle developed by Bolinder-Munktell, a subsidiary of Volvo, for the Swedish Army in the early 1960's. The vehicle is formed by two rubber Kegresse track units with a multi-directional pivot in between. The front unit contains the engine and gearbox through which power is delivered to the front and, via a propshaft in the pivot mechanism, the rear tracks. A hydraulic ram on the pivot "bends" the vehicle in the middle to steer it - there is no braking of track units for steering as on conventional tracklaying vehicles.
The controls are a conventional steering wheel on the left hand front of the vehicle. It can reach a speed of 24 mph on land and 3.1 mph (4 kn) on water. The Bv 202 carries a driver and a commander in the front unit and up to 8 troops or 1,763 lb in the trailer unit. It can be adapted for other applications. Production started in Arvika in 1964 and ended in 1981. The Bv 202 has since been succeeded by the Hägglunds Bandvagn 206.
The Bv 202 was designed to transport troops and equipment through snow or boglands in the northern parts of Sweden. The last Swedish unit to use this vehicle was the Cavalry, who found that the manual gearbox Bv 202 was much quieter than the automatic transmission Bv 206. In the Norwegian army units that had both Bv 202 and Bv 206 ran the Bv 202 as the first vehicle if the snow conditions were challenging. The Bv 202 performed better in deep and/or difficult snow conditions.
The Mk. I Bv 202 is powered by an 82.5 bhp Volvo B18, the Mk. II by the 97 bhp B20. It has less ground pressure than a skier and is fully amphibious. The Bv 202 was used by NATO forces, and replaced the older Swedish Snow Trac ST4 Over-snow Vehicle, which was employed by the British Royal Marines under NATO.
Specifications -
▪︎Type: Tracked frame-steered vehicle
▪︎Place of Origin: Sweden
▪︎Designed: 1957 to 1961
▪︎Manufacturer: Bolinder-Munktell
▪︎Produced: 1964 to 1981
▪︎Number Built: 1 700
▪︎Variants: Mk. I / Mk. II
▪︎Mass: 6,400 lb / Length: 20 ft 3.1 in / Width: 5 ft 11 in / Height: 7 ft 3 in
▪︎Crew: Driver + 1 passenger (front car) / 8 passengers (rear car)
▪︎Secondary Armament: Ksp58 machine gun on pintle mount
▪︎Powerplant: Volvo B18B in Mk. I 82.5 hp / Mk. II B20B 97 hp
▪︎Payload Capacity: 1,763 lb (in terrain)
▪︎Steering System: Articulated frame-steering - Mk. I mechanical hydraulic / Mk.II orbitrol hydraulic
▪︎Drive: Tracked, with 0.22 lb / 0.78 in ground pressure
▪︎Transmission: Mk. I VOLVO M 42 / Mk. II ZF
▪︎Fuel Capacity: 17.15 imperial gallons
▪︎Operational Range: 124.27 miles
▪︎Maximum Speed: 24 mph - roads / 3.1 mph - water.
Information sourced from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandvagn_202
Shot in Kirwan, North Queensland during late-afternoon overcast.
Canon EOS R50 · Sigma 18–35mm · Natural light.
I was chasing reflections and working against flat skies.
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Pre-57th Presidential Inauguration 2013: Penn Quarter on Indiana Avenue at 6th Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 20 January 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
SETTING UP for 57th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 2013 PARADE
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THE YORKSHIRE DALES. Upper Wharfedale. Three border collies in the back of a Kawasaki Mule 4010 utility vehicle on Main Street, Grassington.
Pre-57th Presidential Inauguration 2013: Penn Quarter on Indiana Avenue at 6th Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 20 January 2013 by Elvert Barnes Photography
SETTING UP for 57th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 2013 PARADE
Visit Elvert Barnes 57th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION 2013 docu-project at elvertbarnes.com/2013Inauguration.html