MRV in Wagga Wagga

[Mike Cecil]

There is an MRV sitting as a monument in a park on a street corner in Wagga Wagga NSW.

Can anyone tell me the street corner, please, and does anyone have some recent, high res images they would be willing to send me, please?

Thanks

Mike

[hrpearce]

Corner of Edward and Docker streets. Google that and if that is the vehicle you mean I can take photos on the 19th.

[Richard Farrant]

Hi Mike,
A quick look at Google Street reveals it is on the intersection of Docker Street and the Sturt Highway.

regards, Richard

Robert beat me to it !!

[Mike Cecil]

Thank you Robert and Richard - the MLU world-wide community comes to the fore yet again, with a question from the USA, and answers from Australia and the UK! Wonderful.

Yes that is the vehicle, and yes, your offer to take some images on the 19th is gratefully accepted, Robert. Please take some images from various angles.

Problem solved, thank you.

Mike

[Tony Smith]

This is the closest I could get for a picture.

I have somewhere some Photos (yes! Old fashioned photos, not digital) of a complete walkaround and climb over of this vehicle, but can't locate them at the moment. Obviously filed safely.

[Mike Cecil]

Thanks Tony.

It would be interesting to see any changes between your images (on photopaper) compared to the ones Robert will soon take (digitally).

Not exactly sure when it was presented to Wagga Wagga, but certainly while the MRV was still a serving type, which always seemed strange to me.

Thanks

Mike

[David Dunlop]

Looks like something else on display across the walkway, just behind it.

David

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Mike Cecil

Not exactly sure when it was presented to Wagga Wagga, but certainly while the MRV was still a serving type, which always seemed strange to me.

As far as I am aware, this is the only M113 FOV that is on display in a 24/7 accessible public location, which in itself makes this vehicle unique. The others that I can think of are all on bases or other secure sites. Everything on the MRV is welded/secured/removed due to it's public position.

http://www.primeportal.net/apc/brian...dex.php?Page=1

EDIT: Not detailed in those pics is the plaque on the flotation vane stating it was presented to the City of Wagga Wagga in 1991 in recognition of the long association of the City with the Australian Army (Kapooka Camp is nearby).