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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
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
THE YORKSHIRE DALES. Upper Wharfedale. Three border collies in the back of a Kawasaki Mule 4010 utility vehicle on Main Street, Grassington.
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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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
The Bedford Mountain Truck Firefighting SAM Site 4x4 was a water tender built by Moutain Range of Crew and was introduced in 1985. Its primary use was for a water tender on Bloodhound Missile Sites and was fitted with a roof monitor. After the withdrawl of the Bloodhound Missile and their sites, some tenders were put into use as a standard domestic Fire appliances.
General characteristics:-
▪︎Chassis: Bedford MJ, All steel fabrication, constructed in ladder form with straight through channel side members.
▪︎Bodywork By: Moutain Range,
▪︎Powerplant: Bedford 8.2 Litre 6 cylinder direct injection.
▪︎Water Tank Capacity: 850 imperial gallons.
▪︎Monitor Output: 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Pump: Godiva UFPX Water Pump with an output of 502 imperial gallons per minute.
▪︎Height: 10ft 11in.
▪︎Length: 23ft 0.5in.
▪︎Width: 7ft 11in.
▪︎Wheelbase: 12ft 11in.
▪︎Ground Clearance: 11.4in.
▪︎Unladen Weight: 6.09 tons.
On my vistit here I was talking to the motel owner about there used to be a ''Duck'' (DUKW) at Searles of Hunstanton, and this turned out to be the one ! She's just a £35,000 refurbishment and will be making trips to the beaches of Normandy. Photos from Searles www.flickr.com/photos/139375961@N08/shares/142J4T572k
— Anglia Motel Veterans champion Harold Payne’s final 80th D-Day voyage pays respects to the fallen —
The organiser of a voyage to France to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day is on his final pilgrimage to pay tribute to the bravery of our armed forces. Harold Payne has taken a final coach party to Normandy to pay respects to allied forces killed in World War II. Sadly, any remaining veterans who would have accompanied him for Thursday’s anniversary have since died. The veterans' champion, who owns the Anglia Motel in Fleet Hargate, said: ''Over the past 30 years I have had the honour to take local veterans back to Normandy to pay respect to their fallen comrades''.
''Now for the 80th anniversary of D-Day, for the first and final time I will be returning without any veterans as they have now all passed away. For this, my final tribute to the bravery of all those who died for our freedom, I shall return taking with me my amphibious landing craft to the beaches where all those years ago so many lost their lives.”
To break the Nazis’ stranglehold on Europe, Allied forces launched ''Operation Overlord'' on June 6th, 1944, when thousands of British, American and Canadian troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to fight their way up – while being battered by enemy fire. The sea was reported to run red and nearly 4,000 deaths and 11,000 allied casualties were recorded by the end of that first fateful day.
The pilgrimages from Lincolnshire were launched after a former soldier had stopped at Harold’s Anglian Motel in Fleet Hargate and shared how he didn’t have the means to return to see the friends he had left behind in Arnhem and Normandy. Mr Payne plans to go into the sea in the early hours of today to lay red rose petals and poppies.
He said: ''They may be washed ashore as a reminder of the loss of so many lives''. The charity campaigner has raised funds in aid of veterans to make a pilgrimage to Normandy and visit cemeteries to lay flowers on the graves of friends. To help fund such trips there have been sponsors such as Fleet Parish Council, J Z Flowers and Turnbulls in Sleaford. He said: ''I am fortunate and immensely grateful to have received many sponsors. Many friends and colleagues have also helped to make this memorial tribute possible and I wish to truly thank them on behalf of myself and the past veterans''.
Information sourced from and for further details, please follow the link – www.lincsonline.co.uk/holbeach/the-80th-anniversary-d-day...