Iraq ca. 1935 - motorized police with machine guns

Kuno · #1 08-01-23, 12:11

Colleagues - I have jst stumbled over these photos, captioned Iraq 1935 / police. Admit I have never seen such thing but it does not look improvised / done in a hurry. It would be interesting to learn more about this police unit / operations / vehicles & equipment.... else: Just enjoy the photos.

Andrew H. · #2 08-01-23, 20:23

Bottom pic is 1931 Model A Ford

Hanno Spoelstra · #3 08-01-23, 21:16

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Originally Posted by Andrew H.

Bottom pic is 1931 Model A Ford

And is fitted with a gun mount from a British aircraft

Bob Carriere · #4 08-01-23, 22:10

..... the same as today but using Toyota pickups....

lynx42 · #5 08-01-23, 23:42

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Originally Posted by Kuno

Colelagues - I have jst stumbled over these photos, captioned Iraq 1935 / police. Admit I have never seen such thing but it does not look improvised / done in a hurry. It would be interesting to learn more about this police unit / operations / vehicles & equipment.... else: Just enjoy the photos.

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The open cars are 1933 Chevrolet tourers.

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They are well armed with Lewis guns, even through the modified front windscreen.

Ed Storey · #6 09-01-23, 02:13

They look like something out of 'Indianna Jones'.

Igor Shadrin · #7 12-01-23, 16:25

Great pics, superb quality, thx Kuno!

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