Two weeks are left until the 12th big military vehicle gathering of the Vienna Museum of Military History „On Wheels and Tracks“, and we are starting our transports. The following days will see the arrival of the whole Steyr truck family from Type 380 via 480, 580, 680 to 12M18 together with some rare prototypes and the „small brothers" Haflinger and Pinzgauer. Some rare treats will complete this year’s special presentation.
Today our second Motormuli M80 has returned from its winter-overhaul and is now ready for Display at „On Wheels and Tracks“. Over the winter-months Johann Hetterle has given „his“ old Muli the necessary love, and on April 27 Jakob Pfeffer transported it back to our garages in Prottes. We are looking forward to presenting the „Muli-Population“ at the Vienna Museum for Military History in four weeks!
We wish all of our members, friends and supporters a very Merry Xmas and a good start into the New Year 2019!
As a special „goodie“ we have toiled over the last six months to make our homepage bi-lingual, from now on we will provide all of our content in English as well as German. We hope this will broaden the understanding of Austrian Army motorization across borders and create interest from people who so far might have had a difficult time finding references on „what kept the Austrian Army rolling“. As always – nobody is perfect, and anybody who finds mistakes in our content (or wants to contribute additional Information) is more than welcome to contact us!
For the first time this year’s Edition of „On Wheels and Tracks“ – the main gathering of historic Military Vehicles in Vienna – will commence on Friday already. Interested visitors will have the chance to see first-hand the arrival of the tanks as well as the heavy vehicle setup.
Saturday 9 am till 10 pm and Sunday 9 am till 5 pm we will again be running the already well established program with presentations of the tracked and wheeled vehicles and informal get-togethers.
Since November 7 2018 our Steyr Type 680 M TROLF is on temporary loan to the Stadtmuseum Traiskichen, located in a special sector of the museum dedicated to the history of Austrian firefighting.
The setup and organization of this special exhibition has been started in 1988 by Mr. Heinrich Gutmann, honorary fire chief of the city of Möllersdorf and father of our advisor Col. (ret) Günther Gutmann. Since then if has evolved into a huge collection of firefighting memorabilia and hardware, since September 9 2000 it has been located in a historic building of the old Möllersdorf textile works. The exhibition is continuously being expanded, and our TROLF (which stands for „Trockenlöschfahrzeug“, or dry-powder firefighting vehicle) will complement the army firefighting section. The vehicle had been in service with the support company of the Aigen airfield in Austria’s Styria province, part of the Army helicopter squadron stationed there.
The firefighters‘ mueseum is open to the public every Tuesday, Sunday and on holidays between 8:30 and 12:30, Special tours can be arranged outside normal visiting hours.
Contact: Mag. Karin Weber-Rektorik
Tel.: 0664 / 202 41 97
Wolfstraße 18, 2514 Möllersdorf
Stadtmuseum Traiskirchen
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