Lorries ...

Discussion in 'World War 1' started by liverpool annie, Dec 28, 2008.

  1. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

  2. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    Very nice, Annie. Thank you. Some iconic trucks came out of WWI most notably the RAF type and Mack AC. I'm afraid I'm not terribly well-versed with trucks of the teens! Now, the 40s, 50s and 60s...
     
  3. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

  4. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Interesting ciggie card ........ !!
     
  5. Kyt

    Kyt Άρης

    Just for you Andy, a few RFC/RNAS vehicles - from Wheels of the RAF
     

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  6. Antipodean Andy

    Antipodean Andy New Member

    Thanks guys. Annie, that hose layer looks decidedly post-WW1!
     
  7. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

  8. scrimnet

    scrimnet New Member

    And that looks decidedly like a horse drawn one of the 1890s!

    And yes, the hose laying one is part of a "Home Front" issue from late 1930s early 1940s
     
  9. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    It might have been made in 1890 Scrim .... but it was used in WW1 !! :)
     
  10. scrimnet

    scrimnet New Member


    Just shows had hard up the Jerries were...:D


    Here's a British one of 1914...

    http://www.dennisfire.co.uk/P14.htm
     
  11. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    A neglected field of study...

    Note in Kyts post above the "Jeffrey Quad with four wheel drive and twin axle steering" - not a new idea then!

    And on the Daimler website above, the photo of the Daimler BE12 aeroplane "which became famous for shooting down zeppelins". In fact, it was a dreadful aircraft and had a part share in shooting down one Zeppelin, two at most!
     
  12. liverpool annie

    liverpool annie New Member

    Seems funny to think that this was the era of the solid - tire vehicle !! ... how far we've come !! :)

    The Great War of 1914/18 was the first war to utilise motor lorries in any number, following the use of a few steamers in the Boer War and provided the surplus vehicles and skills that were to provide the backbone of the modern road transport industry.

    http://www.historicroadways.co.uk/solid-tyre-page.htm
     
  13. Adrian Roberts

    Adrian Roberts Active Member

    Technology changed radically during the decade before WW1, and with the exception of the Dreadnought battleships it was not driven by the prospect of war.

    Aviation is the most obvious example; going from the Wright brothers 800 foot (max) hops in 1903 to being able to bomb Friedrichshafen from bases in the Vosges in 1914. As for motor vehicles: in 1905, all buses in London were horsedrawn. By 1911, none of them were.
     

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