While not demilitarized in the purest sense (they where build for the civilian market post WW2) the NSU Kettenkrad was used in rather large (> 500 units) number by fire departments and forresters post WWII.

Though Charles' scratch building efforts put mine to shame I will include my "in progress" attempts at converting the Russian Scud missile TEL into the civilian AA60 Airport Fire Truck.

It takes something REALLY large to make an M26 (Dragon Wagon) tractor look small!

Something like a Saturn 5 Main Stage booster rocket!

Absolutely amazing stuff, guys! Thank you so much!

Some of the conversions might be even up (read: down) to my non-existent scratch building level

Two more French vehicles :

Fire truck based on a M34 truck chassis (single rear wheels) :



Emergency medical service ambulance :



and some US conversions :










(from http://www.gfxgold.com/logging.htm )


H.P.

Philippine jeepneys from converted Willys:







Cheers,

Tat

Ahh I remember them. Olongapo (Subic) - Late '70's

Cheers

To add a little LVT / AmTrac flavor to the thread. One was also used on the arctic expedition alongside the M29

Sometimes it's harder to identify the original truck, like these two M26's...





Mack NO used as a logging truck in New-Zealand :



H.P.

Wow Frenchy, nice!

I was sure you would like the Mack

H.P.

The current Russian heavy military hauler in peacetime garb:

Another style log/pipe truck:

(Photo for discussion purposes only.)

The new Smerch kit is perfect for building this peacetime truck.

Fuel tank train:

Absolutely!

More logging trucks :

M911 :



International M-5H-6's (still waiting for a 1/35th kit of this one )



M35 :



H.P.

Great thread.

Here's another - now civilian - fighting machine. Meet Spot-55:



http://www.feuerloeschpanzer.de/loeschpanzer-spot-55/bilder-feuerloeschpanzer-spot-55/

Older logging trucks :

Ford F60 :





I love Inters !






H.P.

Dang, this post sure got Ole Frenchy's attention. The master of finding the obscure Keep it up!

Cheers

Exactly my thought! Also the new Modelcollect one in 1/72 might be a less cost intensive alternative.

Frenchy is sure on fire! I always wonder where do you find all these obscure images!? Chapeau!

A crane mounted on Panther chassis.

I must admit this is indeed the kind of thread I enjoy






Another Mack for Mike



For a change, a few British circus trucks :

Albion WD-HD 23N 10Ton 6x4 Cargo truck :



AEC Matador :





and a French one (IHC, Kenworth or Marmon-Herrington M426) :



H.P.

Speaking of firefighters... BTR-60-based vehicle:

Allô Frenchy -- would you have pics of converted axis vehicles? Cheers, Tat

Hi Tat

Such pics probably exist, but I believe they're harder to find Production of trucks like the Opel Blitz started again after 1945, so one has to sort out wartime trucks from postwar ones...

For instance, here's a 1948 Mercedes-Benz L701 (licence-built Opel Blitz) :


Anyway here's a Bussing-NAG that looks like a demilitarized one...



and an ex-military Opel Blitz bus used by the Deutsche Post (1946) :



(from http://www.pietvanhees.nl/blitzbus/index.htm)

H.P.