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Events listings, pages of classifieds and a comprehensive vehicle price guide
ISSUE 180
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MAY 2016
£4.40
1944 Bedford QL
44
4
brought back
to life
BEST OF BRITISH
incorporating
Red
Square Parade
Red
Square Parade
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a
Goliath
Type 31 profiled
WAR BOOTY
EARLY CARRIERS
G.H.A.N.1 2CV REPLICA
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OPENING SHOT!
And why shouldn’t the real heavyweights enjoy
the fun of flying around an arena?
REVIEW
The latest happenings from the classic military
vehicle world.
READER’S RIDES
The story of a reader’s Chevrolet C15
restoration.
Contents
May 2016
NUMBER 180
FRONT COVER
Page 24, Scott Smith
meets a Belgian
enthusiast with a
penchant for all things
British – including this
1944 Bedford.
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WAR BOOTY
Ian Young looks at the various war treasures
rescued from the first Gulf War.
COVER STORY
18
24
EARLY CARRIERS
COVER STORY
David Fletcher profiles the early versions and
points out their many weaknesses.
BEST OF BRITISH
Scott Smith talks to Belgian enthusiast Guy
Labbe about the resurrection of his 1944
Bedford QL.
COVER STORY
50
RED SQUARE PARADE
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COVER STORY
Jim Kinnear was in Moscow to see Russia’s
WW2 relics.
NORFOLK
55
John Norris
RAILWAY
to
SHOW
up the nostalgia.
was there soak
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FRENCH CONNECTION
COVER STORY
64
Find out what’s in store in next month’s issue.
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COMING NEXT
66
SHOWTIME
forthcoming events and
A round up of
military fairs.
MARKET
70
THE MILITARY VEHICLE
the ups and downs
Milweb’s Nigel Hay charts
of the military vehicle marketplace.
PRICES
72
MV
listing of current vehicle values.
Our
Inspired by the Royal Navy’s air portable
Citroën pickup, Mike John decided to recreate
the French version.
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TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
Borgward-owned Goliath put in a contender
for the Bundeswehr’s new light 4x4 in 1955
but, as James Taylor explains, it proved
little short of a disaster.
COVER STORY
OF
82
ECHOES
and
WAR
show military style.
The little
large
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EHICLE
3
OPE N I NG
LET’S PLAY!
It’s universally agreed that shows with plenty of action in an arena are always more
fun than static displays. But why should softskins and tracked armour have all the fun?
These Scammells have spent most of their working lives huffing and puffing, hauling
virtually immovable objects at snail like speeds – so why shouldn’t they be let off the
leash every so often and be given their head of steam…
SHOT
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