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From May 31 until June 2, the Vienna Military History Museum for the 12th time hosted the traditional military vehicle gathering „On Wheels and Tracks“, and more than 10000 visitors saw a huge display of „what kept the Army moving“. As our quite large team of US re-enactors this year was in Normady to participate in the 75th „D-day“ anniversary, the Traditionsverband had been asked to fill the gap – and boy did we rise to the occasion!

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, the Army Logistics Center Vienna transported the Lohner-Motormuli of ÖBB-Postbus Ltd from its Salzburg home to Vienna. This unique vehicle was manufactured in 1951, fitted with a body from the Lohner works and utilized in Tyrol until 1956, mainly for transporting tourists on the Arlberg. Today, it is still property of the Austrian Postal Service (now ÖBB-Postbus Ltd), in 2003 it was overhauled by the Army Workshops in the Vienna Arsenal, and it is normally kept in a garage in Salzburg.

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!