The DAF brothers, two old dutch military utility trucks from the 1950's

Lert: After seeing the smaller of the two brothers driving on the road today I figured I'd make a thread about these. They are dutch designed and manufactured trucks, a small one about the size of a HMMMV and a larger one about the size of a deuce-and-a-half.   First up is the DAF YA126 1-ton utility truck:   Also known in dutch as the 'wapendrager', or weapons carrier. Except it carried no weapons, it was unarmed. It was just a utility truck. Several variants exist:  An ambulance variant:   A radio / communications variant:   ... And things like a workshop truck, a firetruck, and another variant of radio truck.   Some technical data:   Weight: 3.4t Capacity: 1t Engine: 102hp, 6-inline, 4.6l sidevalve gasoline Drive: 4x4 Max speed on road: 80kph Year of introduction: 1953 Number built: 3496   They served in active military duty until they started getting phased out in 1980. In 1997 the last one left active service.   The chassis of the YA126 was designed specifically for ground clearance, with their drive trains in a 'H' layout, which split the drive off in a different layout from a traditional 4x4 truck. Also, the spare wheels, one on each side, were suspended freewheeling, and would help if the vehicle got bottomed out on something.     Or, using my magic MSPaint skills:       The YA126 also had a bigger brother, the YA328, nicknamed 'Fat DAF':     .... Which I think is one of the ugliest things ever built. But, hey, to each their own.   Weight: 6t Capacity: 3t Engine: 132hp, 6-inline, 5.55l sidevalve gasoline Drive: 6x6 Max speed on road: 82kph Year of introduction: 1953 Number built: 4510   The YA328 also had the H layout:     It was famed for unprecedented off-road mobility, to the point where you'll still encounter the YA328 in Truck Trial from time to time.   They were phased out in favor of the YA-4444, a military variant of a civilian cargo truck:  
YA126 going where a Unimog can't:     YA126 in sand:     YA328 in action:     I hope you enjoyed this small trip down memory lane by a dutchman reminiscing about long lost dutch military pride. We never had much to begin with. But at least we can look back and say 'yeah, we made those, and they were great'.