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LEYLAND HIPPO MILITARY

3D Modeling Historical posted on Jun 09, 2022
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Thank you, ladies and gentlemen, for your kind comments about my 3D models. The Leyland Hippo was a 6x4 heavy general service cargo truck manufactured by Leyland Motors. Introduced in 1929, it remained in production for 40 years. At the beginning of World War II the British Armed Forces took delivery of 330 militarised Leyland Hippos with an open military cabs and bodies, known in service as the Hippo Mk I or the WSW17. The Leyland Hippo Mk II was a new design by Leyland, developed as a result of the planning for D-Day, which concluded that trucks with 10 long tons (10 t) cargo capacity offered considerable logistic advantages over smaller vehicles. Design of the Hippo Mk II commenced in 1943 with production commencing in late 1944. The Hippo Mk II arrived too late to see service in the days immediately after D-Day, but roughly 1,000 were in service by VE Day and most of them remained in service with the British Army and the Royal Air Force into the 1950s. Some of them remained in British service into the 1970s. The Leyland Hippo Mk II was a wheeled 6x4 truck, powered by a 100 bhp (75 kW) Leyland six-cylinder inline diesel engine, through a five-speed gearbox and two-speed auxiliary gearbox. The Hippo Mk II had a new two man enclosed steel cab with pull-down windows, the top portion of the cab could be removed to reduce the overall height for shipping. The Mk II was fitted with single tyres at the rear, the Mk IIA was fitted with narrower dual wheels at the rear, this necessitating the need to carry two spare tyres for the front and rear. The standard general service Hippo Mk II body was a steel framed, timber well type incorporating the wheel arches which reduced the loading height, an important consideration given most of the loading and unloading was done by hand. Steel hoops and a canvas cover gave weather protection and prevented identification of the load by the enemy. Some Hippo Mk IIs were fitted with large van bodies and several with expanding bodies. The sides on the latter were split horizontally, the top half expanding up to give greater roof coverage, the bottom half down to give greater floor space, multiple vehicles could be linked together to form a consolidated workshop area. Post-war bodies included a 2,000 imp gal (9,100 l) refueler.

Comments (5)


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Saby55

7:11AM | Thu, 09 June 2022

Excellent work my friend 👍🙋‍♂️

PhthaloBlue

6:54PM | Thu, 09 June 2022

Outstanding model and very interesting history!

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gaius

6:17AM | Sun, 12 June 2022

Ce camion était suffisamment laid pour faire peur, en tant que véhicule militaire ! Beau travail, bravo.

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AliceFromLake

12:01PM | Sun, 12 June 2022

Very nice model.

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Richardphotos

10:31PM | Fri, 26 January 2024

Superb model and realism


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