Soft-skin vehicles in service with the Hungarian Army 30/45
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Hi all,
Ford M1939 hungarian truck but this seems a special variant....Does somebody knows the exact purpose of this truck ?
Sturm78
Ford M1939 hungarian truck but this seems a special variant....Does somebody knows the exact purpose of this truck ?
Sturm78
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And back to the mysterous vehicle of 1. War Correspondent (Propaganda) Company, which emblem visible on rear door.
Re: Soft-skin vehicles in service with the Hungarian Army 30/45
Hi all,
A Ford 39M Hungarian truck with 3-axles. Does somebody have any information about this conversion ?
Marmon-Herrington axles and 6x4 wheel drive ??
Was this conversion realized in Hungary with kits bought in US ??
Sturm78
A Ford 39M Hungarian truck with 3-axles. Does somebody have any information about this conversion ?
Marmon-Herrington axles and 6x4 wheel drive ??
Was this conversion realized in Hungary with kits bought in US ??
Sturm78
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It is a 6 x 6. There is a differential housing on the front axle.
The Marmon Herrington kits were licence built. According to Peter Mujzer in his book Huns on Wheels the Hungarians purchased a Marmon Herrington licence and converted 820 Ford trucks.
Carrying CV33 tankette and another on the trailer.
The Marmon Herrington kits were licence built. According to Peter Mujzer in his book Huns on Wheels the Hungarians purchased a Marmon Herrington licence and converted 820 Ford trucks.
Carrying CV33 tankette and another on the trailer.
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Re: Soft-skin vehicles in service with the Hungarian Army 30/45
Thank you very much for your information, Nimrod7.Nimrod7 wrote
It is a 6 x 6. There is a differential housing on the front axle.
The Marmon Herrington kits were licence built. According to Peter Mujzer in his book Huns on Wheels the Hungarians purchased a Marmon Herrington licence and converted 820 Ford trucks.
Carrying CV33 tankette and another on the trailer.
Do you know the total quatity of Ford M1939 trucks manufactured in Hungary ?
Regards
Sturm78
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According to the book I mentioned the Hungarians purchased 1000 Ford V8 2.5t trucks from America and 785 from Germany in 1938.
820 of these were rebuilt under the Marmon Herrington licence.
820 of these were rebuilt under the Marmon Herrington licence.
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Hello all,
I'm new to this thread. Was anything ever determined about the provenance of the 37-'38 Chevy "vans" Bill Murray asked about in post #16? They look rather like '38 Suburbans with European four door bodies:
I'm new to this thread. Was anything ever determined about the provenance of the 37-'38 Chevy "vans" Bill Murray asked about in post #16? They look rather like '38 Suburbans with European four door bodies:
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I can not say for sure but Chevrolets were licence built in Poland in the late 1930's so that would seem to be a likely source.
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Thank you, Nimrod7.
That make sense. They were most likely built by this firm:
That make sense. They were most likely built by this firm:
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Thanks, again, Nimrod7. So, no Ford trucks were manufactured under Ford licence in Hungary,..only reworked to convert them in 3 axles 6x6 trucks under MH licence....Nimrod7 wrote
According to the book I mentioned the Hungarians purchased 1000 Ford V8 2.5t trucks from America and 785 from Germany in 1938.
820 of these were rebuilt under the Marmon Herrington licence.
On the other hand, Any idea about this armoured car. It seem an ancestor of 39M Csaba....
Image from Korbuly archive
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Re: Soft-skin vehicles in service with the Hungarian Army 30/45
You are correct. They were all imported.
The majority were 4x4 conversions. The picture that you posted is the only one of a 6x6 that I have seen.
Let me do some research on the armoured car. It is definitely from the Casba family.
The majority were 4x4 conversions. The picture that you posted is the only one of a 6x6 that I have seen.
Let me do some research on the armoured car. It is definitely from the Casba family.
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Thanks Maxschnauzer & Nimrod7 for identification this destroying Chevy in Hungarian Propaganda unit.