Reference Image Wreckers, Recovery & Transporters

[daz]

Since @smeg-head is covering all the Wreckers & Recovery vehicles out there in model form, I thought we could do with a thread for real life ones to complement his good work

A Scammell Pioneer recovery vehicle.

Churchill ARV Mk I

Leyland Retriever WLW3 6x4 Coles Crane 2

 

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M31 towing a M4

AEC Militant

 

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NW Europe date unknown

M19 Tank Transporter North Africa 1942

Scammell Pioneer TT Snow White France 1940

 

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Noah on a day out

A Diamond T tank transporter in Italy, 30 November 1943.

A Famo SdKzf 9 with it's A.h S.d 56 trailer towing a modified Panzer 4 chassis

 

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Dragon Wagon transporting a jagdtiger

Panzerbefehlswagen III loaded on a bogged SD.Ah 114 trailer.

Two REME Ward La France heavy 6x6 wreckers with Gar Wood jibs, in use by the British during a recovery operation in North Africa, with a Scammell Pioneer in the background.

 

[smeg-head]

Bedford RL Wrecker

 

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More RLs

 

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Foden 6x6 Recovery

 

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Ferret 2/3 Recovery.

 

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Ward La France Heavy Recovery

 

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Combat Engineer Tractor.

 

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AFV 432 REME Fitters Vehicle

 

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Alvis Stalwart 6x6 Recovery

 

[daz]

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Ferret 2/3 Recovery.

Is that real or a whiff??

 

[BossHogg]

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Foden 6x6 Recovery

One of our on call recovery agents has one of these (minus the weapons and screen grills) they use it to access RTC scenes across fields where HGVs have left the carriageway.

 

[smeg-head]

Is that real or a whiff??

From Accurate Armour website;
This model depicts the Ferret Mk 2/3 fitted with recovery equipment to produce an air-portable Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV). The conversion was carried out in 1962 on vehicle ‘00 DC 24’, by a REME LAD unit attached to the Royal Horse Guards, and was named ‘Audacious’. As the smallest ever British ARV, it is a very unusual and unique subject, which did see extensive service.

 

[daz]

From Accurate Armour website;
This model depicts the Ferret Mk 2/3 fitted with recovery equipment to produce an air-portable Armoured Recovery Vehicle (ARV). The conversion was carried out in 1962 on vehicle ‘00 DC 24’, by a REME LAD unit attached to the Royal Horse Guards, and was named ‘Audacious’. As the smallest ever British ARV, it is a very unusual and unique subject, which did see extensive service.

Ta for that

 

[smeg-head]

Ta for that

Actually looks like a nice little model, but not at the prices Accurate Armour are asking. Wouldn't be too hard to get a 1:35 Ferret and scratch build a hoist and rig on it. Hmm....

 

[smeg-head]

Ta for that

David J Parkins
Nice little Mark 2 for under £50:00! Cheaper than AA by £14:00.

 

[daz]

Middle pic.
Who came up with the idea of a sign to let everyone know that it was, in fact, a Tank Transporter?

That would be the OC Bright Ideas.... I think he said his name was Baldrick