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Mechanized trip

Post by housil » Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:29 am

Yesterday we had the hottest day of the year with 38°C (100F), the same temperature as in the Sahara dessert that day. :shock:

A good opportunity to do a little trip and rations "cook out"

Our little convoy
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driving criss cross the county
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Having lunch with MREs
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hot out of the rations heater
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and they were *really* hot...
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the most important equipment these days
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US mermite container with 4lbs of ice cubes
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even after 8hrs at 100F outside, the beverages were still ice cold inside :mrgreen:

Keep on driving
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until the next break for "coffee & cake"
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a hikers resting cabbin
Boiling water for coffee
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MRE style
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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by sodjer » Mon Aug 20, 2012 6:14 pm

hey looks good, is that vogelsang in nord eiffel? those wee iltis look good(the best audi quattro ive ever seen :D :D )are they 24 volts?

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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by Name_not_found » Tue Aug 21, 2012 8:19 am

Great Photos thanks for sharing them Housil!

That mermite container looks like its in great shape, did you do any repairs?

I thought Germany drove on the left of the road?
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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by housil » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:11 pm

sodjer wrote:hey looks good, is that vogelsang in nord eiffel? those wee iltis look good(the best audi quattro ive ever seen :D :D )are they 24 volts?
No, it´s the place I grew up. It´s Germany´s biggest mixed forrest called "Spessart" , the river is the "Main" in Northern Bavaria. The most famous place is the City of Lohr next to it. Where do you know "Lohr"?
From that little Lady:
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Snow White was born in the city of Lohr

This is the castle in Lohr where the real story of Snow White took place:
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The Iltis are genuine military so they all have 24V.

NNF wrote:That mermite container looks like its in great shape, did you do any repairs?

I thought Germany drove on the left of the road?
I had luck to get such a great mermite, the three inner containers were never used yet.
Only the British drive on the left of the road in Europa.

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Post by German_EPA » Tue Aug 21, 2012 1:48 pm

the container with the icecubes is a simple but really great idea for cooling drinks in the car :!:
i use a 12 v car electro fridge :(
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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by dirtbag » Tue Aug 21, 2012 4:34 pm

Olli's 'Road Trip' reminded me about this site, a photo journal of before and after WW2.
Note- this may be interesting, or depressing...
Lohr is mentioned on this page.
http://www.thirdreichruins.com/misc_sites5.htm
And here.

http://www.thirdreichruins.com/mainspessart.htm
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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by housil » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:06 pm

Third Reich in ruins is a great site and collection of places from here. I like to see the pictures of the places I life now.

I was in metal school in Lohr for three years, so I know that street where the tank stucks into the house very well :mrgreen:

This is the place we life now

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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by dirtbag » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:26 pm

And part 2
http://www.thirdreichruins.com/wurzburg2.htm

Amazing !
I sure hope that big bomb has been deactivated...

The British had one on display for decades, until it was discovered to be 'live'...
A live Grand Slam bomb was accidentally displayed as a gate guardian at RAF Scampton for nearly fifteen years before the mistake was realised. It was gingerly removed (by crane and low-loader) to the test range at Shoeburyness, where it was detonated
OOPS! :oops:
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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by housil » Tue Aug 21, 2012 5:42 pm

That´s the place I was born

I was at the exhibition, it´s in the basement of the townhall of Würzburg and I think all bombs are defused :wink:

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Re: Mechanized trip

Post by rationtin440 » Tue Aug 21, 2012 11:27 pm

Way cool pics housil! One thing I'm curious about since I'm a cold war history addict, what former cold war bunkers or communication sites are in the areas you passed through and stopped in?

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