Post by @ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social

2026-08-29 08:31 UTC

🦆 Ay up, duck! These 1960s vehicles are Alvis Stalwart, left abandoned in the forest somewhere in Scotland. British soldiers nicknamed them the Stolly. These 6x6 high-mobility transports are amphibious; they run on land and float in water. Two vector-thrust jets propel them through rivers and lakes. Kind of like massive, angry metal ducks. #Military #Scotland #History #WeirdCarMastodon #Photography #Forest #Machine #Vehicle #Truck

Replies (8)

@chrisradonc@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-29 08:35

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social did something similar get adapted into a tourist vessel on the river Clyde in #Glasgow? Or was that some kind of fever dream I had?

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@lisra@kind.social 2026-08-29 09:47

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social fascinating that they were just left (after an exercise presumably) there. Such metal monsters surely weren't cheap.

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@grumpydad@infosec.exchange 2026-08-29 10:24

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social Let's see how long it takes for Mr Hewes to grab 'em

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@kolya@social.cologne 2026-08-29 10:46

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social and one has laid a glowing egg apparently :awesome:

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@Neil_Campbell@mastodon.world 2026-08-29 11:25

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social Cool. In the 80's I worked at a British army workshop in Dortmund as a labourer and we had to steam clean the stollies. Dirty work...

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@starluna@mastodon.social 2026-08-29 11:30

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social Any idea as to why they were abandoned? And why there?

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@WilliamNB@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-29 11:38

Why on earth were they simply abandoned? And why abandoned there, specifically? Aside from (I'm guessing) an astronomical fuel bill, those would make for a great vehicle to convert into a go-anywhere camper.

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@cynical13@social.vivaldi.net 2026-08-29 14:40

@ObsidianUrbex@mstdn.social Driven by a quack team of commanducks, no doubt.

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