It's the home of the Heartland Museum of Military Vehicles. Not a big museum but a nice collection of military vehicles, most from the U.S., but with a few here and there from WWII Germany and this one motorcycle from Great Britain:
BSA W-M20
Kawasaki Military KLR 250-D8
Military designation: M1030
German Army Schwimm-Wagen Type 166
Amphibious version of the Kuebelwagen
With a life expectancy of 4 weeks, very few survived WWII
Airborne Scooter
Cushman Model 53
M3 Bradley CFV
Cavalry Fighting Vehicle
The cramped interior of the CFV
The Mule
designed late in WWII but deployed in Vietnam
here carrying a 106mm Recoiless Rifle
M16 Halftrack with a quad .50 caliber gun assembly.
Designed as an anti-aircraft weapon, it was deadly against
ground troops as well.
There was a large assortment of Jeep models, belonging to all the services, but am showing just one here:
The M151A2 model which was the one I rode in as a
young Lieutenant back when there were still two Germanies.
DUKW
Amphibious Truck
I bet this would be a fun vehicle to have around.
M2 Bradley IFV
Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
M4A3 Sherman with a 90mm Cannon I believe
M110A2 8" Self-Propelled Howitzer.
I trained with one of these in the Artillery Basic Officer Course.
Took two of us to manhandle the shell next to the breech!
As I headed back to the URRV to resume work, I stopped at this marker:
Apparently the town of Cozad was established along the 100th Meridian. and they make sure you know it here in Cozad. More info here: LINK
The 100th Meridian has been considered the dividing line where east meets west. It has also been known as the dividing line between the moist portion of the eastern half of the United States and the dryer western half. Source
The original sign placed by the Union Pacific Railroad alerted passengers
that they were crossing the 100th Meridian
source: LINK
And, here's the sunset for the last evening of boondocking for this trip, I return home tomorrow.
4 comments:
No M1030M1? I’d be interested in seeing one those. Their website has a picture of the front corner of a M422A1. We used to have one of those that I helped my brother get on the road.
Only saw that one KLR, RichardM. As to the M422A1, no pics, sorry, the jeeps and variants didn’t really catch my eye.
Not much of a military person, Dom. I don't have a clue about related equipment. You boon docking site however is very beautiful.
Thanks SonjaM, it wasn't half bad.....
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