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Military 101: Military Trucks Exposed: The Unsung Heroes of World War II

HICOM Military Trucks Handalan DefTech Malaysia

The current truck with the Malaysian Armed Forces, the HICOM Handalan truck series was developed by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies (DefTech) in collaboration with Isuzu and comes in several variants. The first variant, Handalan I, was powered by an Isuzu 6HE1 diesel engine, delivering 180 horsepower through a 5-speed manual transmission and configured for a 4×4 drive.  The third generation, Handalan III, introduced in 2012, uses Tata diesel engines with an output of 230 horsepower. As for the number in service, the Malaysian Army currently operates 2,260 units with an additional 414 on order. Image source: Wikipedia/AstropythonRead More »Military 101: Military Trucks Exposed: The Unsung Heroes of World War II

History 101: Marshal Of France – Hubert Lyautey The French Empire Builder

French Foreign Legion Louis Hubert Gonzalve Lyautey Morocco

One of the best books that I bought in the last Big Bad Wolf Book Sales was called “Our Friends Beneath the Sands: The in France’s Colonial Conquests 1870-1935” which focuses on the Foreign Legion’s participation in , Vietnam (back then Indochina), Madagascar and . Image source: Amazon.

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Highway 101: Encountering Reckless Livina Drivers

livina highway

(All whites Livinas on the highway! At first, we thought it was a new way of delivering new to their customers – some beautifully modified told us it was not but putting themselves and other road users in great danger)

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