Re: [MV] Intro from Klaus

Colin Brookes (colb@xtra.co.nz)
Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:01:36 +1200

In message <01bd2c51$3ceb7940$e576e3a5@siegfried>, "Klaus R. Schambeck"
<krs@Micro-Craft.Com> writes
>Hi friends !!!
>
>I' the new kid on the Mil-Veh block. I drive somehow a Military Vehicle with a
>little less fame than all the jeeps and M35s, etc. It's a Unimog 404-S Radio-
>Truck. As you can probably tell by now, English is not my native language, I'm
>originally from Austria and came to this wonderful country in 1982. I'm an
>electrical engineer designing embedded controllers and also write the software
>for it.
>
>I'm very curious to find out a little more about the different kind of Mil-
>trucks ,etc...
>
>I remember back in 1955 or so in Austria, there were some Cab-over trucks with a
>whole battery of propane bottles or so between the closed Cab and the Cargo-bed.
>Since I was 7 years at the time much of the details have vanished since. However
>I liked this truck. It had kind of a square radiator up front and it stuck out
>about 4 to 6 inches. I don't know if it was 4 wheel drive or not. It only had 1
>rear axle I believe.
>
>I hope my intro was alright, as I said I'm new to it, but I can learn !!!
>
>Thanks from KLAUS

welcome Klaus,

could be the little old 'Haflinger', certainly sounds like one of the
Steyr range. My little old AMX tank came from your homeland.

regards

Colin Brookes
Invicta Military Vehicle Preservation Society (IMPS)
colb@xtra.co.nz

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