Souvenir from Israel (Kfar Giladi Kibutz)

Villiers de Vos
Thank you for sharing.

Robert Podkoński
You're welcome, Villiers 🙂 I hope this will be an inspiration for someone here.

Michael Kohl
Translation via Google translate:

Monster

In the middle of the War of Independence (1948), when the main road that led from a Gilead dig to Rosh Pina was blocked.

Bon because the kibbutz headed by Rav Karol in Mesgria in Kfar Giladi the leveler - the first breaker of the barriers.
on a horse his appearance. Stick the name "monster" in the likes! The wine is a British truck, which was received by Malka Shaham (wife of Nade Shohat) at the station, upon the completion of her service in the British army, the truck was covered with double panels with a filling of gravel between them, and on top of that were moon panels taken from the agricultural equipment - plates from the discus plow", in front of it was installed a triangular arm that could be used for visa With the help of a harpoon with a wheelbarrow. Her job was to clear every obstacle that was placed on the road, including stone warehouses. The "monster", in whose camp I live from Kfar Giladi, moved several times a day on the road from Kfar Giladi to Eilat HaShor and allowed for the entire period of the War of Independence to maintain the only lifeline. Between The settlements of Atza HaKli, the learning tool for the country

With the establishment of the state, the "monster" armor used by Malka Shucho was dismantled for the occasional cart for the removal of stones. Not with the Black Generation, it was used for transporting food and agricultural produce from the kibbutz to Tnuva.

In the 1980s, it was restored by Nachman Valad", who was a partner in the benefits of the truck to "Barrier Breaker. And in 2015 it was preserved with the assistance of the Council for the Preservation of Heritage Sites.

Thanks Robert for showing this.

Robert Podkoński
Thanks for taking trouble to translate the story behind this "monster", Michael 🙂

Michael Kohl
You are welcome.
What are you doing in Kfar Giladi - of all places? 🙂 (if I may ask)
There is some more war stuff standing around in this area - and the Golan on the other side of the Jordan valley, too.