Dutch army in Asia, KNIL (NEI)

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by tomdekruijff

He saw action on Java but it's not clear to me if it was in a Vickers or an AC.
The only story a can remember was one about a very large AC with a small machine gun ,that they where not allowed to use because it atrackted air raids.He told they did some hide and seek under the big trees to escape bombs droped by japanees plains.Mayby M.H AC?In his drivers license he had the rank of Eur. Brig.

Tom,

A very large AC with a small machine gun? Sounds like an Alvis-Straussler Armoured Car. See http://fletchers.esmartdesign.com/du...traussler.html for their operational history with the KNIL.

Thanks,
Hanno

[tomdekruijff]

Hi Hanno,

I had thought of that but wasn't sure.
I already have alot of photo's and some drawings of the Alvis Straussler.
It may become a scratch build project after i finish my Vickers build.
Thanks for the intrest and responce.

cheers, Tom

[Craig Tanner]

On the armour car photo, above, what are the 2 small doors for? They are the ones that are on the left and right side of the centrally mounted large light?

The photos are wonderful, thanks for sharing them with us.

Craig Tanner
Burton N.B.

[tomdekruijff]

Hi Craig,

Afaik the 2 doors are for cooling purposes,how exactly i don't know.
cheers, Tom

[Mike K]

More pics from a guy who was there: Many KNIL truck pics on this site.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/kn...ortBy=relevant

https://www.alamy.com/military-polic...342566196.html

https://www.alamy.com/two-soldiers-p...341620693.html

[Mike K]

Too many pics

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/du...ortBy=relevant

Looks like an Australian sunshine roof 15 cwt.

https://www.alamy.com/an-army-truck-...e&searchtype=0

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

More pics from a guy who was there: Many KNIL truck pics on this site.

Most if not all these photos come from Dutch (national) archives. A crying shame that public domain images are being use to make money this way: EUR 20 per photo

This image is a public domain image, which means either that copyright has expired in the image or the copyright holder has waived their copyright. Alamy charges you a fee for access to the high resolution copy of the image.
This image could have imperfections as it’s either historical or reportage.

If you search for this image with Google lens: https://www.alamy.com/assignment-tan...342411731.html
You will find the source: http://hdl.handle.net/10648/a1a00528...f-0b319f6764c5, in this case through https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...elnr_6-1-3.jpg

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