Souchez 2011
Some pictures of our new adventures in the north of France for the 25th edition of Pas-de-Calais Libéré in Souchez.
Locomotion en fête 2011
Some pictures of the 2011 event of “Locomotion en fête”, a bug gathering of a thousand of vintage vehicles of all sorts: trucks, cars, motorcycles, tractors, and of course military vehicles! The theme this year was the Red Ball Express, the famous express road put in place by the Allied forces during WW2 to supply troops.
D-Day 2011
Here are some pictures of this year trip in Normandy for the D-Day Anniversary.
The 1770 Cugnot artillery tractor on trials at UNIVEM
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French military engineer known as having built, between 1769 and 1771, the very first self moving vehicle in the world. It was an artillery tractor motorized by a two-piston steam engine. The original one is preserved in a Paris museum : the “Conservatoire National des Arts et Metiers” (http://www.arts-et-metiers.net/musee/visitor-information). On the…
Arlon 2011
In January 2011, UNIVEM participated with several members and a Half-Track to the event organised by Indian Head association in the Belgian Ardennes area: On the Track of General Patton.