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Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: brady on May 09, 2002, 10:12:39 PM
???
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: Blindman on May 10, 2002, 10:07:37 AM
obscure moment in someones life

donno otherwise
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: qts on May 10, 2002, 01:45:29 PM
The picture lacks definition. There's a man standing in front of a truck towing a field gun, but the details are not discernable.
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: Sikboy on May 10, 2002, 01:49:15 PM
It's the Beverly Hillbillies towing Jeds "varmit gun" to California. It was a very touching episode.

-Sikboy
Title: Well
Post by: BotaBing on May 10, 2002, 02:02:38 PM
It's a white soldier standing in front of a vehicle pulling a cannon.

He's wearing shorts, so it must be hot. I would place him in the Mediterranean, possibly Italian.

The vehicles are very old, which doesnt necessarily mean they were old at the time of the picture. They are circa 1920's vehicles, but could have still been in use in WWII.

The artillery piece look austrian or german to me.

If I had to guess I would say it was an italian soldier towing some german artillery circa 1940.
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: theNewB on May 10, 2002, 02:16:28 PM
the soldier is a british officer by the look of his uniform.not italian.the gun looks to be a 7.2in Howitzers dunno the mark but my guess is Mark 1 to 4.the truck seems to be american my guess made in the late 30's.
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: Dr Zhivago on May 10, 2002, 03:58:23 PM
Thats british artillerty tractor from ww1 era and was used again during early part of ww2. Finnish got same looking tractors at Äänislinna during 1941-43 as snowplows. Finnish tractors used solid ww1 "tires" as these things are running with normal tires. But i have no idea what is this mystery truck...
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: HFMudd on May 10, 2002, 04:25:18 PM
Italian 75mm Model 40 Mountain Gun behind a modified Fiat 15 ter 1.5 ton Light Truck?
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: cajun on May 10, 2002, 04:38:48 PM
Quote
Originally posted by Sikboy
It's the Beverly Hillbillies towing Jeds "varmit gun" to California. It was a very touching episode.

-Sikboy


lol
Title: Name This...(278)
Post by: brady on May 10, 2002, 07:04:46 PM
It is, Fiat-Spa Pavesi P4-110 and 75mm field cannon 237(i) aka 75/27 M.06