WW1 Military Vehicles

OP thanks for posting. While we scoff at firearms regulations in the UK they do cool stuff like this, notice how even the drivers/passengers/crew members look the part as to not detract form the vehicles. I could never imagine in a million years the Canadian War Museum doing anything like this.
 
interesting to see those engines . i have a set of hard rubber tires and have no idea what they fit on . perhaps they are military . i also am neighbours with a fellow who collects old equipment . he started up a tractor built in 1913 for our work crew as we were putting up a shed for him. a huge two cylinder machine that burned fuel oil. to crank it over he placed his foot in a flywheel and gave it a push downwards and the old engine came to life. it ran around 250 to three hundred rpm. i am amazed at the machinery that was built years ago with what they had to work with .
 
Very cool!! Difficult to imagine how "high tech" those would have been in the day. Now try to imagine how the battlefield would look 100 years from today-----
 
farmer47 said:
interesting to see those engines . i have a set of hard rubber tires and have no idea what they fit on . perhaps they are military . i also am neighbours with a fellow who collects old equipment . he started up a tractor built in 1913 for our work crew as we were putting up a shed for him. a huge two cylinder machine that burned fuel oil. to crank it over he placed his foot in a flywheel and gave it a push downwards and the old engine came to life. it ran around 250 to three hundred rpm. i am amazed at the machinery that was built years ago with what they had to work with .
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that tractor was a oil pull tractor most likely they have basically a hit and miss engine on them high tech considering most farms were still using horses or if they had money steam traction engines that's what's in the OP video along with a steam truck(lorry) steam vehicles were common in the UK steam trucks were used right into the 1950's
 
PPCLIGullyPlatoon said:
Very cool!! Difficult to imagine how "high tech" those would have been in the day. Now try to imagine how the battlefield would look 100 years from today-----
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Exactly what I was thinking. Hundred years from now our grandchildren will look at the M1a1 Abrams tank in a parade and talk about how antique it is
 
That is awesome! I can't help but compare that video to the old flickering black and white footage back in the day. Kind of eerie, but very cool! Thanks for sharing!
 
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