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JUNE ISSUE

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HOLT TRACTORS
The First World War saw the birth of mechanized warfare and the Holt gun tractors were at the very forefront of that technological advance, Tim Gosling takes a look at the role of the Holt gun tractors during World War One.

  WARTIME BEDFORDS

Geoff Fletcher profiles the Bedford OX and OY trucks that saw service with the British Army during World War Two, providing a mixture of period archive photos and photos of preserved vehicles.


IRAQI WARRIORS

Having recently returned from Iraq himself, renowned photojournalist Carl Schulze provides us with a photo profile of the latest modifications to be found on British Warrior IFVs serving there.


SINGAPORE SPIDERS

Gordon Arthur describes the Spider Light Strike Vehicle, which has been developed by a variety of manufacturers over the past few years and is now in service with Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).



HUNGARIAN NIMROD
New contributor Andrew Telford profiles the World War Two Hungarian 40M Nimrod armoured anti-tank/anti-aircraft vehicle with photographs of a preserved example and archive images of the vehicles in-service.

AUSSIE ABRAMS

The Australian Army's most recently acquired main battle tank is the American-built M1 Abrams and we caught up with them whilst on exercise late last year in the Australian desert.




STRYKER PART 4

Ralph Zwilling concludes his in-depth feature on the different variants of the American Stryker IAV family with a look at the Block II remote weapon station upgrades.


GRAND TOUR

Day 2 of the Editor's European trip and in this issue he reports on a number of war memorials and museums that he discovered along the way.



EASTER GATHERING

The Easter Bank Holiday saw Military Machines dropping in on a local vintage show, which included a military vehicle section and we report on the vehicles we found there.


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PAKISTANI RELICS

Usman Unsari visited the Central Mechanical Transport and Storage Depot, Golra in Pakistan and discovered an amazing collection of vehicles retired from military service, including some real rarities.

FIGHTING FORCE

Whilst on exercise in Germany, Ralph Zwilling came across some very special Land Rovers currently used by the Czech Army Special Forces and Ralph provides us with a detailed look at them.

RAISING THE DEAD

Few said it could ever run again and yet this particular Chieftain Main Battle Tank has been meticulously restored to running condition. Steve Jacklin describes the restoration.

GRAND TOUR

Day 3 of the Editor's tour around Europe and in this instalment he braves the cold weather to visit the annual Houffelize Winter Rally, which is attended by a larger number of wartime vehicles.

MISSING LINK

During the course of tracing the history behind the Chieftain tank also featured in this issue, Steve Jacklin discovered a very rare early Chieftain languishing on an MoD training area.


RUSSIAN MILITARY

Military Machines visited Russian Military, a company dedicated to the importation, restoration and supply of military vehicles from the Eastern Bloc.


SECOND HAND STUARTS

Jim Grant looks at a number of preserved examples of the Stuart tank currently displayed as gate guardians at museums in Indonesia.


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