1932 Wijnman Armoured Car 'Koekblikje' on Morris-Commercial CS 15-cwt 6x4 chassis
1932 Wijnman Armoured Car 'Koekblikje' in A Decade to Remember: The 1930s, Documentary, 2007
Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2008-01-22 16:20 |
![[Image: decadetoremember1930s19uj8.6559.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is261/decadetoremember1930s19uj8.6559.jpg) ![[Image: decadetoremember1930s20pa9.th.jpg]](http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=decadetoremember1930s20pa9.jpg "http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/4535/decadetoremember1930s20pa9.th.jpg") ![[Image: decadetoremember1930s20ga3.th.jpg]](http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=decadetoremember1930s20ga3.jpg "http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6750/decadetoremember1930s20ga3.th.jpg") ![[Image: decadetoremember1930s20mw9.th.jpg]](http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=decadetoremember1930s20mw9.jpg "http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/7976/decadetoremember1930s20mw9.th.jpg") ![[Image: decadetoremember1930s20rv5.th.jpg]](http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=decadetoremember1930s20rv5.jpg "http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/6353/decadetoremember1930s20rv5.th.jpg") |
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◊ 2008-01-22 19:28 |
It is an armoured car (Pantserwagen) of the Dutch Army built 1932 in three examples on Morris-Commercial CS 15-cwt 6x4 chassis. They were named 'Bison', 'Buffel' and 'Wisent'.![[Image: foto1572ba075gj7.th.jpg]](http://img251.imageshack.us/my.php?image=foto1572ba075gj7.jpg "http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9374/foto1572ba075gj7.th.jpg") ![[Image: morris2c0549jy5.600.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is168/morris2c0549jy5.600.jpg) ![[Image: morris13a93aaci7.th.jpg]](http://img239.imageshack.us/my.php?image=morris13a93aaci7.jpg "http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/6246/morris13a93aaci7.th.jpg") The little information I found is that the armoured body was made at the Hemburg factory after a plan of J.Wijnman, an army captain, and were known as the Wijnman armoured cars. They got the nickname 'Koekblikjes' (biscuitboxes) and were used by the military police. |
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◊ 2008-01-22 20:09 |
I suppose 'Hemburg' should be 'Hembrug', a train bridge on the north-west of Amsterdam, crossing the Noordzeekanaal, the canal connecting Amsterdam with the Northsea. Nowadays there is a tunnel for the trains, and still a ferry for cars. Next to this bridge was the Dutch Ford factory as well. |
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◊ 2008-01-22 20:11 |
'Koekblikjes' is plural, I guess it would be just singular: 'Koekblikje'. |
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◊ 2008-01-22 21:12 |
Thanks, Mike, you are right, it should be 'Hembrug', even though both sources I used wrote it wrong. It is the old (founded 1679!) De Nederlandsche machinefabriek 'Artillerie-Inrichtingen' (A.I.) and after moving to new premises close to a swing bridge across the North-Sea Canal named Hembrug the factory was also known by that name. It still exists today: http://hembrug.nl/page.asp ... and yes, it is just one 'Koekblikje' ... .gif ";)") |
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◊ 2008-01-22 21:16 |
It does look like a biscuitbox, doesn't it? .gif ":)") Edit: and as you know: in Holland, biscuits are kept in a tin box, and we offer just ONE biscuit every time you visit us... -- Last edit: 2008-01-22 21:18:08 |
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◊ 2008-01-22 21:29 |
1679 was shortly after the third war with England (1672-1674) and in those days we had to fight in the Mediterranean, the East Sea and the Caribic... Enough reason to start a factory of war material... I do not know but I wouldn't be surprised if there is some relationship between A.I. and the trucks and buses built by Kromhout. I should ask a friend of mine who is related to the Goedkoop/Kromhout dynasty. |
