The new Spring/Summer edition of Britain’s favourite tools and machinery catalogue is out now. The 476-page Machine Mart catalogue is the biggest yet and is packed with thousands of great value products. Whether you work in trade or industry, in a garage or local authority, as a builder, engineer or just enjoy DIY, there’s something for everyone at Machine Mart.

To find out more about Machine Mart, or to order the free catalogue, you can call in to any of the 62 superstores nationwide, go online to www.machinemart.co.uk, or call 0844 8801265.

You may have expected us to have been deluged with pics of MVs in the recent snow, but we weren’t. Nevertheless, what the incoming material lacked in quantity it made up for in quality… here is Tim Hewitt’s well-travelled 1943 VW Type 166 Schwimmwagen. It was captured in Italy by the Brazilian Expeditionary Force (the other BEF!) and subsequently taken back to Brazil along with two others for assessment (see what we mean about being ‘well-travelled’). As a matter of interest, Brazil was the only South American country to send troops to fight in WW2, and provided in excess of 25,000 personnel.

Here is an interesting variation on the Dodge WC54 theme, a vehicle in use post-war by the military police in Stuttgart, Germany. Unfortunately, we can tell you no more except that just visible in the background of the original photo are a couple of white-topped Jeeps, presumably also MP vehicles. Does anyone have any more information or photos of them?

As if to prove that there’s nothing new about tanks crushing cars, here’s a photo from the City of Toronto archives captioned ‘University Avenue, Armistice Day 1918’ and showing a Mk IV tank getting the best of a… well, we’re not sure what it was!