John Norris

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The Champ was fitted with a removable canvas roof and side panels. The long pipe-like device above the wheel arch is the snorkel for use during deep water wading.
2. Quarter Ton Military Vehicles (Jeeps, etc.)

All bets on the Austin Champ

3/4 view along the left hand side of the Morris LRC MkII showing the large run-flat tyres ideal for cross-country work. The good ground clearance is also evident.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

Morris Light Recon Car

Greek Partisans on Crete 1941
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Greek War Medal and Greek Distinguished Conduct Medal of WWII

Designed by the neutral nation of Sweden, the M/40 was first tank in the world to be fitted with torsion bar suspension. The driver could operate the vehicle with his head out and armored vision blocks allowed him to drive with the hatch closed.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

Untested in battle—but certainly capable

The quartet can be displayed in any order and still looks eye-catching.
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A Lion’s Quartet

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3. Half to Three Quarter Ton Vehicles (Mules, WCs, M37s, etc.)

Military Vehicle Spotlight: 1942 Ford 21C Pickup

In December 1934, troops from Ethiopia and Italy engaged in a clash near Ualual. For almost a year, a period of tension existed between the two countries until finally, on October 3 1935, Italy invaded Ethiopia without any advance declaration of war.
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Italian 
Campaign for Ethiopia

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The Yser Medal and Cross

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Indian & Pakistan Independence Medals

The FV101 Scorpion was designed as a reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armored vehicles.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

The British Scorpion CVR(T) — a light tank with a sting!

This mud-spattered Humber Scout Car shows the owner enjoys driving it in the same way units operated their vehicles during WWII.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

British WWII Humber Scout Car

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4. 1 to 2-ton Vehicles (M715s,CUCVs, HMMWVs, GTBs, G-506s, etc.)

Ford GTB-622: A great “little workhorse”

The Saker mounting a heavy .50 inch calibre machine gun.
1. Military Vehicles Smaller than Quarter Ton (bikes, motorcycles, hand carts, etc.)

MV Spotlight: Saker Light Rapid Deployment Vehicle

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Military Vehicles in the News

Cobbaton Combat Collection

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Italian Cross for War Merit

A new exhibit at the Bovington Tank Museums offers a rare glimpse into the assembly process in a tank factory.
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“Tank Factory” Walk-Through

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7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

Ride along with Cobbaton Combat Collection

Ford WOA2 Heavy Utility Vehicle restored to its wartime colors and carrying the symbol of the 43rd (Wessex) Reconnaissance Division. It belongs to R.L. Davey, a member of the British Military Vehicle Trust.
4. 1 to 2-ton Vehicles (M715s,CUCVs, HMMWVs, GTBs, G-506s, etc.)

A British Ford: WOA2 Heavy Utility Car

The Supacat was a basic, but versatile, platform capable of mounting an anti-tank guided weapon systems such as Milan with its 2,100-yard capability. The trailer allowed it to carry additional missiles. The Supacat could have been fitted to carry other similar missiles such as the TOW or French HOT.
1. Military Vehicles Smaller than Quarter Ton (bikes, motorcycles, hand carts, etc.)

The Alvis Supacat 6x6: An all-terrain mobile platform

The Soviet-produced BRDM-2 was the standard wheeled reconnaissance vehicle of the Eastern Bloc during thelatter quarter of the 20th century.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

USSR Reconnaissance Vehicle: The BRDM-2

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6. Wheeled Military Vehicles Larger than 2-1/2-tons

MV spotlight: Marmon-Herrington

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The German Cross of Honor

RAF Morris LRC on an airfield in the Azores, January 1944.
7. Tanks, Armor, and Tracked Military Vehicles

The UK WWII Morris Light Recon Car

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