A story from Fredrik;
"I can gladly announce that during my military service 1991
at Ing1 in Södertälje (RIP), I was a driver and radio-operator
assigned a 9033, according to a note in the truck yearmodel
1957?. The other guys assigned to Tgb 11 cars were a little
condesending, but what could I do but to accept fact. It turned
out that our car was the best, I don't know how many times we had
to jumpstart them, when all we had to do was to press the start
button. One episode worth remembering occured during driving
practice, we were learning towing. Our truck was assigned
"towing object" and the order was "Drive into that
ditch over there, try to get out and then we'll come and tow You
out". Said and done, down we went, reverse and up we came.
The somewhat surprised officer ordered us down in an even worse
ditch with a smile on his face... Down we went and up again! This
was clearly enough for him, "Go down again and stay
down!", was the order. Then we of course had to check if the
officers were pulling our leg when they said "Don't brake to
hard on the asphalt, the truck can tip over forward". Had to
be checked, full throttle up to 30-40 km/h, full brake and when
we realised that the asphalt was getting closer to the windsheild
relase the brakes and let all four tires touch the gruond again.
They weren't lying...
A story from Björn;
"I did my military service in the early 80's as a
radio-operator. I was stationed in a Tgb 11 for the whole
duration of my service, but I also got "offroad"
training on the 903 and 9033 . At first I did not understand why,
I just enjoyed every minute. The officers that trained us in
offroad driving where true elite, but I can't remember any names
since so many years has passed. We sure had a lot of fun and the
training began with classroom theory and "if we where quick
learners we might just get a piece of offroad driving at the end
of the day". We spent about an hour in the classroom and
then went outside and mounted the vehicles. We followed the
instructors straight out in the forest and what a ride it
was...the instructors had set their minds on testing the limits
right away. That first day of offroad training was a true blast,
and every hour with the trucks "offroad" was something
to remember. Sometimes we took a "detour" offroad when
returning from some radio exercise despite the ordered paved
return route. It looked somewhat funny when we lined upp the
trucks at the barracks and only our truck was covered in mud. We
reccieved a thorough training and "blue licence" on Tgb
11, 13, Pltgb 903 and Raptgb 9033. At our last exercise I finally
understood why we had been trained on the "Puppy"! On
the island of Gotland were no Tgb 11, and my pal for eleven days
in the forest was a 9033."
Two pictures from Stefan that made his military service at T2 1974-75;
Some info from Grefven;
"Unfortunately I did not make my military service while the
Valp was still in use by the army. I left the service in June
2000 (A9 in Kristinehamn). The
9033 was not used there to any larger extent, but belive me when
I say that there were a lot of them just rusting away. I
"snooped around" the regiment and found about ten
untouched 9033's just rusting away. They were probably going to
be scrapped. The cars were complete with radios and military
markings. Not only 9033's were rusting; also C303's. There were
also about 60 C303's and 306's that had been "saved"
for future use by parking them on a large grawel field. They were
just rusting away. It's sad to see that the army doesn't realise
that they will never need these trucks. Sell them instead and
make some money!"
Some experiences from Fredrik;
"I made my military
service in 1999 at Lv3 in Norrtälje. We had two Raptgb 9033 (!)
on my platoon that we used for transportaion purposes. Actually
they were in quite good condition. We managed to get one of them
"passed the speedometer", i.e a little over 120 km/h. I
suppose the meter was not calibrated...I drove quite a lot with
it and since I'm interested in old cars it was an interesting
experience. I have many fun memories from "Valp"
driving, once we pulled into McDonalds drive-in in a Valp and the
girl at the counter had diffuculties caused by the height of the
Valp."
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