Mechanised Warfare in Colour

MILITARY TRANSPORT
of World War II
including Post War Vehicles

by
, CHRIS ELLIS

illustrated by
DENIS BI SHOP

lONDON

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 PREFA CE
Thl~ volume III the 'Mech"mcd Warfuc III Colour' so.""" u a direct conllnu~lIon of
our prevIous book 'Military Transpon of World W~r 1'. Despite In conveniently
dcfllllflVC tide the cuher volume covcrro a gcncroul period ofhuIOC"y both bdo~
and afler World War I. nghl up 10 19J91n (1(1, t(llhll ,-U the major and Imponanl
ckvclopmcnlJ of the Imer-wa. penod could b.. cks.:ribtd. IknuM: dcvdopmrnt In
World Wu 11 WUlOlnICn$lVC-U wuanalmou whoUymcchamsed war-thegrcnc.
pan oflh,l pr~TlI book d~n~ vchlf;:les produced III the 19.o-,tj penod. Towards
,he a>d, howevn, we have puxntro some o f the "ch,cles producro In the lj YUU
una: the war ended. mamly to mow Iypu dc\'doped cuh(T U I ~uJI ohhc JOKlm of
W orld War IJ or as rcplaccmt'nlS for {amow warume IYpc1.
M o. ohhl- vchldes buill III Ihc ' 9l9-.H penod wen: produced cOtlcum:mly II(l
thaI it IS almott ImpotSlbk to prncnl my kmd of chronologlc;tl order. Sim ilarly many
ofl~ Iype oflhe I\lJOS which were ckicnbed Ul dw: pr~vioU$ book ronunued m
product}()!l andlor ~rvlce throughout World War II ~nd ~yond. A due nglYCIl wuh
each dl'tCnpllOD which ~rvtuu gUide toa vehlek 'ldevelopmCllt ormtrOOuctlOrl, bUI
gern:rally everythmg !hown here: was In JCrvla for the duration of the Wir and oftCll
weD mto the 1\1501 or even laler, [n faet dw: convention of conventendy compul-
II1cnuhsmg the subJCCt mto pt'rioosls nOl: u n etly valid for nuhury vehlclC'lllllCe,
with me u:apuon of very short 11,1111 Immcthatdy aftn' bmh world Wlrs. develop-
mCllI of new models has contlnucd Jun as rapidly as commerCl;d vehiCk development.
MOIl armed services thereforc: have, II any ()rIC' lIllie, vehicles III serVIa: which span a
development pc:noo of lO yeal1 or more:, In I\lSS, for muana-, the Bnll!h Arm)'
)flU h..d m service a few AEC Marshals of decuicdly VlIltlgeapf'C'lr;J.nce, a t)'pe whICh
had entered servlcc in 1\135 and IS dCiCnbed In lhe prevIOus volume. As thne words are
wnttt'll III Iml I know of a couple ofBcdford watn' lanke" sull Ul cbi[y ~rvi", at an
oveneas British Army base afln' 17 yean ~rvice, ~ven though the model rona-rned
has not been !hown on any Officl;d veh icle Inventory for many )'eul. Cases of Amen-
can-bud! vehIcles 11111 In co mmon servlCl' wuh VUIOUI armies after I q1,l.;lrtCl' of a
cCIltury are: almOSIleglOn -the DUKW, for elumple, dCiCnbcd Ulthl1 book bemg
)fIll a lIanda n! ~rvi", type WIth several armies mcludmg the Bnluh and WC'Il ~r man,
5ulllbrly lhe Kornn War of 19So-B and tM SUet Camp~lgn of 1956 were: fought
alm Oil entirely Wllh W orld Wu II penooequlpment,lO II would not beentlrcly Cl)f-
rCCltothmk of the 1\140-.45 vehlclC'ldc5cnbcd here as being ngldlyconfined. 10 World
Wu II servIce.
There: arc: a number of crou-rcfcrc:nces UI dill book referred 10 as plate num~n­
e.g. 'sa: pille 106', Thne correspond to the relevlnt numb«td draWings bUIII!hou ld
allO be UndenlOOO thai IhlS Includes re:fercna: to the appropnalC descnpllvc text u
weD. 511mbrly there uea fcwerou-referm,rs IO veh icles Ihown In the prevloU$ book
but Ihne arc: dndy .dennfied as luch In the text.
Ikxh Derus Bishop and myself would like 10 thank P(,ler Chamberlalll, the staff or
the Impcri~1 W~r MU5eum.London. Sc~mmellLorri~~. LId .• Nod Ayliffe-Jonesof
British Leybnd. and the Par.chule Regiment MU5eurn. Aldershm. all of whom
.nisted in nriow ways in th~ location of visual references for the drawings.
Finally I would like to th.nk Mu. F. Wuson for making such an excellemjob of
typing rhe manuscript.
CHRIS ELUS
LONDON. 1971
, already involved as a major supplier of equipment 10 Britain and het Allies. In '940
INTRODUCTION
The World War of t939-45 was the first almost wholly mechanisM conll;" in history.
II involved Ihe production of mOlor vehicles.l. rate ~nd on. scale not previously
thought possible. During the war ye.n there were four major producers of military
road vehicles. the United S~te5. Gre~1 Brilain, Canada and Germany. and theS<'
four countries. naturally. SCI the pacc in design and dcvdQpmcnl. TI>c French auto-
monve industry, like the Czech and orhers, was vinu.illy part of the German war
effort for lhe duratioll, while: the Italian. JapaneS<' and Russian industries. nOI parti_
cularly big in !,<,.cerime. virtually o.rried on with building existing designs during
Ihe w:ll" yean and introduced little th.1 W:l$ new. In this volume, therefore. Ihe vehicles
of the four major producers predominate.
The United Sures built over ),200.000 military vehicles during Ihe World War II
period. sufficient to equip not only the U .S. Army. but aho a large part of the various
Allied armies. By t94S. in the U.S. Army. there was one vehicle toevery four men-
in contrasl to 1918 when. after a massive mechanisation programme the r.tio was one
vehicle to every 40 men. BeCore AmeMo. entcud the war in December. 194' ~h~ W:l$
Ihu was on a direct .ules baris when Funce ~nd Britain in particular were the major
purchasers. Many vehicles ordered by France in 1919 wert' delivered to Britain in-
Itero after me f.ill of France. and after Dunkirk Bri~in made purchases to offS<'1 her
heavy losses of ~quipmel1l in the fighting in Francc and Randel"$. In March 1941 the
famous Lend-Lease Act became law which made equipment of all kinds, including
miliury vehicles available on. much bigger scale thn hitherto. Subsequendy many
thousands of vehicles were supplied to Britain and over 400.000 were sent to Soviet
Russia where American tYPe:! were in the majority on some fighting fronts.
Apart from the .Iheer size of the A merie:", truck indumy in 1940. il was also the most
advanced in terms of manufacturing methods and design. Also couditions in Amerio.,
longdisrana: haulage and a big commerci,j market made mo,t American truck types
fairly easily adaptable to military requirements. In fact. the m"jority of American
milituy vehicles weu of almO$I direct commercial origin and only. few typesactuaUy
originated from purely military requirements- of thesc p!'rh"ps the Jcep DUKW.
and the tracked LVTs and High Speed Tracton are the most obvious examples.
In pre-war days the procurement of military vehicle types w;u in the hands of the
Quartermaster CorfH and in peacetime rel.tively few vehicles were bought. and then
m.inly on com!,<,titive bidding for contracts from the mOlOr industry. While stan_
dardisation of military types was alwa~ talked about. this was never achieved. for it
was decided that to provide vehicles quickly in emergency il would be necessary to
buy whatever were Ihe most suitable designs from commercial builders. The only
'standardisM' requirement W:l$ in the load c1as5CS laid down .
Thu policy meant that in t940-41 when re-armament began on a massive scale.
dozens of different makes were procured, albeil in sttndard load o.tegories. This
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Delignacions
provided the num~rs required fairly quickly but at the price of a storekeeper's night-
mare, for an inventory oflite.. lly millions of Ipa", parts waS needed for ",aintenanee. Where pouible the original offtcial designation or description has been used in this
By 194'. negoti.,,,,, cont ..cu had replaced competitive bidding and in 1941 the book. However. this was frequemly eithCTcom plicalI'd or incom ple!e (often omilling
original complications were greatly reduced by choosing the d~ign of One m.nu- the manufacturer's name for in~ta"cc) and in such cases this has been added to the
i.eturer in each cbss and stambrdi.ing on the one chassis. In Augustt94Z. the responS!- titles.. Oflen there w21 nO really fixed designation and in such cases a suitably de~rip­
bili!)' for vehick procuremem was tunsierred to the Ordnance Departnl<'llt who lub- live one hOI b«n provid"" by the author. foHowillg ,he conventional style. The now
sequenrly took a much firmer conlTol over production programm~ and ,he supply universal chassU description is al«) used (whether u$Cd in connection with the original
of parts. Even 50 this did nO! prevent a few crises, noubly the severe shortage of'heavy- vehicle Or nor) which shows the !oral wheds and the driven wheels in the form (for
heavy' c1assrruckl in the late W1T period. largely due 10 inadequate forward pbnning example) 6 x 4-';X wheels in all, of which four arc driven_ Thus 4 x 4 indicates iour
~forc the United Stat"S had any actual campaign experience. wheels in all, all driven.
Closely allied 10 the Unit"" S13tes ina ptoduction sen..., WaS Canado who produced
the tmprc.sive toral of81S,719 motor vehicles in the years 1939-45. [n this coumry
subsidiaries of major United States automotive firms were well establi!hed and a
finc range of truck, was produced combining American manufacturing expertise
with Briti!h milituy requirements and specir.(::Itlons. More details of Canadian
production a", given with the individual vehicle histories.
In Brilain the War Office had cstabli\;hed design requirements in the 19105 and
19305 tht were very precise md weI<' originally still tied to a subsidy ~heme. By the
late (9)0$ the old requirement for 5ix-whccl-ch~§Si$ had ~en dropped and most of
the neW (i.c. late t930$) designs weI<' four-whedeu. Unlike the United State" there
waSllO gI<'~t com mercial mnket in Britain forfour-wheel-drive vehicles and develop-
ment ofthis type was initiated entirel y for military purpo,,", in 19l9. For mO$t manU-
faCTurers thil wasa neW classof vehicle. Other than that British designs we", esscntial! y
refmemen!s of pre-war types and had a good reputation fot reliability and rugged-
ness. 13ecaulO' of the exacting War Department requirements for body sizes elC. and
bcau$C there were fewer m~nufaC!uren. Britain did nO! get involved in any great
batde fur nandardisation.
G<:rmany Inrned the les50n abOut standardis:uion from the Americans well bdore
the War. [n the early 19305 the lIewly est~blislu:<i German Army (Reichswehr) ordered
vas! numbers of specialised types uf pur~-built vehicle, many of them expensive
and tOO complicated for commeTcial usc. In an effort to prevem the maimenance
problems that were already looming, the 'Schell Programme' of 1938 made a dean
sweep of the old production and design programmes (though vehicles of !he pre-
19)8 era remained in ICrvice) and introduced a complete new series of standordi$Cd
chassis designs for the different classes oi vehicle. These wcre so 'mndardised' that little
mOre than the bonnets and badges remained todininguish thedilferent vehicle manu-
facturers. Like the Americans, too. the Germans produced a series of simple small
vehicles of the 'fidd car' type which is. incidenta]] y. one of the few new classes ofevery-
doy vehicle which came into being as a result of World War II designs.
In thi\; book a mare detailed aceoum of development is given with the individual
vehicle hinories. What must be emphasised. however. is that the iIlustratiom and
entries givell here represent only a fraction oflhe di ffeTen! makes and models produced
in the period covered. OUtpUt was truly enormous and what we try to do is give a
representative picture of what went on.
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Field Anillery Tractor, 4 ><4, Moms C8, U.K.

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Field An.1l1ttY Tractor, 4 ><4, Ford (Can,chan MIlitary Panern),
Canada / U K
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Medium Artillery Tractor. 4~4. AEC Matador, U.K.

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MedIum Aniliery Tractor, . " 4, AEC Matador With 55 ioeh
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Flight Rlfueller, 2,500 gallon, 6 . 6, AEC 0854, U It.
gun· howitt.r, U.K.
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Truck. 3 ton, GS. 6 >< 4, Austin KJ, U K.

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TnJck. 30 CWI. GS, 4 " 2. Chevrolet. convened for Long Range
7 Desert Group, U.K.
Truck. 3 lon, GS, 6-4, AfC Marlhal convened to Mobile
Church, U.K.
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Truck. 1l-3 ton, Ordnioci Repair, GMC, USA

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Tllctor, 3><2, SClmmell Mechanical Horse, U.K.

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TrectOt', 3"2, SClmmell Mech.nlal Horse, U.1t. '3
Truck, 21 tM. 6"6, Cargo, GMC, converted to Ri ll Switcher.
U.S.A.
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Ambul,nce, 3 ton, 4 .. 2, Bedford Ml. U K.
MotOf· cycle, solo, Ariel 350 CC, U.K.

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Tank lran'porIer. 18 lon, 6" ( . Whil. 920, U.SA/ U K./Fflnc. "
Car, Ugh! UtIlity, Austin 10, U,K.
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Kh: 1 Kubetwagen, Volkswagen 82 (leichta Personenkrah-
wagen), Getmany • 2.Radio Truck.. 4 . 4, Crosslev a. U K.

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Kfz 1/ 20 Schwlmmwagen, Volkswagen 166, Gltrmlny
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lorry, 4 " 2, 30 cwt Anti-link Bedford ('rmoored), U K
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Truck, 4 " 2, 4 ton, FOfdson Th.lMa, U K.
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Car, Ught Utility. Standard 12 h _p., U.K.

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Bus, AEC Re;ent, U K. Truck, 8 cwt. FFW, 4"2. Humbef, U .K.
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Lelch" Zugkr.hwagen Sd Kfz 11 (H.nomag) converted to
MOIOf+cycle Combln.tion, BMW R75, GBfmany Ambul'l'ICe, GBfm.ny

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Sfl (Sd Kh: 7/ 1) with 2 cm FI.kviBfhng, GBfmany 511 (Sd Kh: 7/ 2) with 3· 7 cm FI.k 36, G... many
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lorry, 3 lon, 6 . 4, FOfd, with Balloon Winch. U.K.

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Ambulance, 1i lon, 4 " 2, CheVlotel. U.S.A.{U.K.

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LOfry, Ambulance, Indlln Afmy Type, AU5tfalia/ lndl.JU.K. lorry, 30 cwt. GS. 4 " 2. Dennil, U K.
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34 Car, Heavy Utility, 4 . 4, Humber, U K
light Artillery Tractor, 6-6, Dennis Octolal, U.K.

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Car, Heavy Ulliity. Ford, U K.
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Truck. 15 ewt GS, 4" 2. Bedford. U.K. 39
Lorry, 15 cwt. 4><2, Bedford (Mobile Tel Car), U.K.

Truck. 15 cwt. Bedford, litled expenmentallv With 20 mm Lorry, 3 lon, 4 "2. Bedford (StorM Va n), UK.
Pollten Cannon
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Tractor. 6 ton 4 "2, Bedford
With Torpedo Transponer
Semi· II.IIef. U.K.
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Lorry, 3 lon, GS, 4"2. Bedford, U.K.

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lorry. 3 lon, 4"2. Bedford (Bread Van), U.1t Tractor, 6 Ion 4"2, Bedford With 3-lon AIrcraft Transponef
Semi -tfeller
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Tractor, 6 ton 4 " 2, Bedford wuh 3 -10n Cargo Seml-Iraller. U.K .
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lony, 3 ton, 4 )< 2, 350 gallon Waler Carriet'o Beclford, U.K.

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3 Ion Cargo Tllil4l1
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LOlry, 310n, 4 x 4, Fire TerKIer, Bedford. U K.
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lOJry, 3 Ion. 4 . 4, Mobile laboratory, Bedford, U.K. •
Lorry, 3 lon, 4 - 4, Command Vehicle, Bedford, U.K.

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lorry, 3 lon, 4 " 4, Mobile Canteen, Bedford, U.K. "
lorry. 3 ton, 4 " 4, Mobile Oenta' Surgery. Bedford, U.K.
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"Fi.1d Artillery Tractor. Bedford Tracl.!. U.K.

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lQffY, 3 ton, 4" 4, Bedford, .xperiment.1 (Bedford GIr.ffe), U.K.

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54 e.r. He.vy Utility, Ford. e.nld./ U.1l
lorry. 3 ton. GS, (Bedford n.1f treck ), U K.
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Minl,rer G.landag8ngiger lallkrshweg." (Opel Blitz, A Type),
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Mittler" P.raon.nkrahwagan (Opel Blilz), Germany
Germany

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GI'I$ken.n- L.kw, 2t. Maultl" (Opel Bhu), Germany Schwer., GelandegaogJger L.utlt,.ttwagen (BGwng·NAG).
Germany
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Schwerlr l lSlkrahwltgen (0) (Tatra 6500/ 111), Czecho·
,IOlilkil/ Gennan\,
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Truck. GS, 30 cwt. 4_4, CheYTolet C30, Canada/ U.1t.

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Lorry GS. 15 cwt. 4 x 2, ~odge, Canada/ U.K. Truck. 15 cwt, 4 - 2, Water Tanker, Chevrolet C15, Clnada/ U,K.
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Truck. 8 cwt, 4 " 2. Wi"'I.... Ford FB. canada/ U.K.

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Truck. Heavy Utility, 4 " 4, Chevrolet e8A, Canada/ U.K.

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Truck. 15 ewt. 4 " 4, Cl'Ievroiel elSA. Canada/ U,K.
Truck, 3 lon, 4 . 4, Ambulance, Chevrolet COOL Canada/ U.K.
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Clr, Light Sed,n, FOI'd 21A, U,S,A./Canad,/ U,K.
••lorry. 15 cwt Water Conl.min'lion, Mom' eS8, U.K.

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Cat, Heavy Utility, 4 " 2. Ford, Canada/ U.K. elll, He.vy Utility. 4 "2. FOld, U,S.A./ Canad./ U,K.
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Kleine KellBnkraftrad. Sd Kfz 2 (used a' gun tractor), Germany

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Kleine Kettenkraftr.d, Sd Kfl. 2, Germany

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KI"ne KettenkraftrMl. ScI KI1. 2/ 1 (Une Layer) , Germeny
7'Huvy Artillery Tractor, 6"4, Albion C)(22. U.K.
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Tank Trlnsponer and RecoVilf'(. 30 lon, Tractor and Semi-
tratler. Sc.mmetl, U.K.

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7'Tractor, Heavy Breakdown, 6 >< 4, Scammell SV/2S, U K. 7'

W.O. Piller" rubber overall trackalor Scammell RUf 8ogll,
U.K.
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TUtClor, Heavy Breakdown. 6 " 4, Scammell SVi IT. U_K.

Heavy Artillery Tractor. 6 " 4. Scammell. R.l00. U.K. ,

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Scammell P8Irol Bowser, for Bedford 6 -ton Prime Mover, U.K.
Field Artillery Tractor. 4 " 4,
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Truck. 2, ton, 6 x4, Cargo, Studebaker. U.S.A. Truck. 21 lon, 6 1< 4, Cargo. GMC, U.S.A.
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Truck, 21 lon, 6 " 4, Cargo. GMC, U SA Truck. 21 lon, 6 " 6, Cargo, Dump, GMC. U.S.A.
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Truck, 2l ton, 6 " 6, GllOlin. rink, SlUdebiker, U.S.A.
Truck. i ton, 4 ,, 4, Ambu lance, ~odge, U.S.A.
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Truck. 21 ton, 6 " 6, Cargo, GMC, USA. "
Truck, 6 lon, . " 4, Cargo, FWD, U.S.A
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Truck. 21 ton, 6 - 6, GMC, COE Type. U.S.A. BUI, 2i ton, 4 " 2. International K7. U.S.A.

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Truck. 4- 5 ton, 4 >< 4, Federal with 10· ton Refrigerated M2 Hig h-speed Traclor, 7 ton. Cletr&e M2, U.SA.
Triller, U.S.A.
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M20 Pume Mover, Truck, 12 lon, 6.4, Dllmond T. U.S.A. / U.K.

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Truck. " ton, . >< 4, Bomb Servici Vehicle, U.S.A.

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97 M9 Treiler, 40 toni. British MlriI. I. UK.
80mb Handling Trolley, USA
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AUtOC8f10 UnifiealO Medio, 5 ton, 4 "2, Fiat 665, lIaly ,.2
M2 Truck -mounted Crane (Thew Shol/el! Me 6"6) and
M16 3-lon Trailer, U.S.A.

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Trattore Medio, 4 " 4, Fiat TM40. hely/ Germany
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M26 Truck -TractOl', 12 ton, 6 " 6, with M15 Tank Transporter
Semi-tla ilel, U.S.A.
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Lorry. 3 ton, 6" 4, Signall Office, Austin K6, U.K.
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lorry. 3 ton, GS, 4 >< 4, Austin 1<5, U.K.

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lorry, 4 " 4, Anti-Tank Pon" (6 pdf.), Austin 1<5, U Ie
LOlry. 310n. 6"4, Breakdown Gantry, Austin K6, U.K.
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Truck. i ton, 4 _4, CGmmllnd RKonn.ilNnce, Ford GPW in
British SeMee ., Roy.1 Slgn,ls Un. ~.,..... U.S.A./U.K.

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Truck. i lon, 4 " 4, Command Reconnaissance, Willyl MA, Truck, i lon, .. " " , Utility, Willys MB, with 3-huer Ambulance
U.S.A. Kit U.SA./U.K.
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LOlry. 3 ton , ."4. B,eakdown Gantry, F()(d WOT6, U.K.

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Tluck. i ton. 4 >< 4, Utility, Ford GPW, con ....rted fOf 'J"P
RallwlY', U.S.A./ U. K.

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Truck, -l ton, 4-4, Amphibian, Ford GPA, U,S.A. Millery Tractor. $ ·80, US 5 R
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lorry. 3 ton, 4 "2. Petrol arTier, Denni., U.1l
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M5, 13 ton. High -speed Tractor, U.S.A.

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lorry, 3 ton, 4 " 2. TIpPIng. Oennis, U K.
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M4, 18 lon, High-speed Tractor, U.S.A. ".
M6, 38 Ion. High -speed Tr.ctor. U.S.A.
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landing Vahlcle Tricked, Armoured, Mk 4 - LVT4, US.A .fU It

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Truck, J lon, 4 _4, Comm.nd Cal, Dodge, U.S.A.

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T,uck, J lon, 4 1e 4, Command Reconnaissance Car, Dodge,
U.S.A.

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Ktz 31 Kr.nkenkreftw.gen (4 " 4, Phano men Grlnit 1500A).
Gllfmany

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M29 C.~ Carrier, WeIsel, U.S.A./U.K.

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M29C Cargo Camet, AmphibiOOI, Weasel, U.S.A./U.K.
'2' Persone nkrlftwagen (4 114, Phinomen Granit 1500A),
Schwer"
Germany
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Truck. Amphibious, 2; lon, 6 - e, OUKW with Expeflmental
Mat-IaYIno Equipment U.S.A.

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Truck. Amphibious. 2; ton, 6 . 6, OUKW, U.S.A./U.K.

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Schwel" Gelal'ldeganglger
Merclld., Benz l4500A,. A
lntkrlhwagen
Type), Getman.,
offen (4_4
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GAl·67S Field Car, U.S.S.R.
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Rlupenschlepper -Olt (S leyr RSOtOl). Gennany

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Ostr8dschleooer (4-4, Skoda 175), Gefmliny RlupenlCh"PIlI"Ost (Sleyr RSOt03). Gemwmy
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Tractor, 20 lon, 6"6. Scammell Constructor, U.K. Dozer on 20-lon low-loading Machinery TreUet'. U.K.

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Truck. 4 >< 4, 10 ton Scammell Mountaineer. U K. TrKtor, 10 lon, 6><6, GS Recovery. &.mmell, U K.
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Truck. 71 lon, 6x6, Prime Mover. Mack NO, U.SA •
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Truck. 4 lon, 6"6, Van. Diamond T, U.S.A.

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Truck, 4 ton, 6"6, Dumper. Diamond T, U.S.A.
Truck, J lon, 4"4, Weaponl C.rri.... Dodge, U.S.A.
 I
'43
lKW, 10 lon, 6 " 6, Faun 908/ 54VA, Federal German,!,

'42
Amphibious Personnel Carrier K-61 , U.S.S.R.

.
,«
lKW, 10 lon, 6"6, Faun L912/ 21 HOH , Federal Germany
,..
lKW, 12 lon, 6x6, Faun L912/ 64A, Feder.1 Germanv '.7
light Wheeled Loader, Michig.n, USA/ U.K.

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••
• •
,..
Truck, 10 Ion. 6 " 6, Bridging Crane. AEC Militant, U.K.
,..
Aniculated Wheel l oader, Alhl-Chalmeq 645, U.K.
,..
Tractor. Wheeled, 10 ton, GS. 8" 6, Medium Artillery, Leyl.nd.
UK

'51
Truck. GS, lIon, 4 >< 4, Rover 8 (Land Rover) with M40Al
106 mm Recoile" Rifle, U.K.

152
'50 Truck. GS, J lon, 4 ,, 4 Rover 9 (und Ro_) with Wombat
Tr.ctor, 10 ton, leVllnd with Bofon Ught AA gun, U K
Anti-link Gun, U.K.
 ,.,
Truck. Fir. Fighting. f ton, 4 . 4, lind Rover, U,K.
,.3
Truck. GS, Utility i IGn. 4 .4, lend Rover. U.K.

'54
,..
Truck. Cab Forward, Fir. Fighting, 1 ton, 4-4, Forward
Ambulance, 2-4 ""tener, t ton, ..... (Rover 9). U.K.
conlrol, lind Rover, U.K.
157
Truck. GS, I ton. w ith Rapier Ground -to-atr Missile uunching
Fire and Power Unit U.K.

16.
Truck, 4 >< 4, i ton, GS. lightweight Ai, Ponable. Land Rover,
U.K.

'58
Rapulf Mlntt., fire, Power, and Trackmg Unlis. U.K.
160 162
Truck c.rgo, 1 IOn. .><4, LInd ROYtIl', Forward Control, U.K. Car. Medium, ."2, Austin 1800, U.1t

181 183
Car, Ught, ."2 Morrisl()()() Traveller, U.K. ell', Medium, ."2, Ford Zlphyr. U.1t
 ,..
Tractor, Wh..led, 6 " 6, 20 ton, Scammell Super Constructor
wllh 50-60 Ion Semi ·traller Tank T'.nl9Ol1.... Crlne-
Fruehauf, U K.

,..
Tractor. Wheeled, 6"8. 20 ton, Scammell Contractor With
SO- 50 ton Semi-trailer rank Transporter, Crane-Fruehauf, U K.
 ,..
TrIClOl', Wheeled, 6><6, 20 Ion. Scammell Super Constructor
with sIn.., Body, U K.

'88
Tractor, WhHled, 6><6, 20 ton, Scammell Contractor with
balla.t body

;.-;- -
) •
107 I '8'
Airfield Fire Tender, 6><6, Thornycroh Nubian Mk VII, U.K.
Tractor.
U.K
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172
Truck. Cargo, 4 " 4, Air Panable, D,opslde Bedford AL. with
3 ' lon Transportable Contamer, U.K.
17.
Truck. Cargo, 4 "4, 3 lon, BedlOl'd RL. U.K.
I

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171 173
Thunderbird, Hlgh· level All Oelenee MISSIIIt, U.K. Tluck. mounted Repair Shop, 4 " 4, 3 ton, Bedford Rl U.K.
 176
Rough Terrain Fork Lih Tractor, Eager 8eavet'. U,K.

174
CIIN 30 Tr.ckwlt'l' (ponable roadway) mounted on Truck.
Cargo, DrOPIlde, 4_4, 3 lon, BedfOfd RL, U.K.

178
Tracked Carrier, Volvo BV 200, Sweden/ UX
 DESCRIPTIVE NOTES
I Fi~JdArtillery Tnclor, • " ".
Morri. ca, 1\140-44, U.K
Enloe« ol d~ Brll.5h Army'. nnge of
rull~ntkKd field anillery Inaon
W.l$ the Guy Qu;ad Ani, wturll JP~u...i
in I\lJlau lowlngvdllcle {orlbe II-pd.
field gun. (ThIs parlleubr vehICle IS
.Juc"bed In the prevIoUS volume In
thIS kOel), l1Kw CII('Ioia:! ~hKIct WC1"C'
I major adVln« on prO'IOUI Iypa of
amllery IrKtOf. having fiulngs and b,'.
QUI 'f'CC',lIy dnlgMd for Ihnr a"tllery
rok- Comforublo: .... nthcT·prOlWN
Xlllni ",-,s provided (Of die loIlI:-11un
crrw ollhc I\UI denchlTlffll (dnvCf, gun
ronlmandt., and (ow gUrl numbrnl
and thn'e wa, ilOUK<' for ammwullon
and bluery $lora 111 ,he rur c()mpan-
menl. J'hc,rc wu an opt'mng roof h,;uch
above 11K f.onl pllKfllCT Kit, and I
!mockCI on die .Iop'", ~u body pine
10 ukc C1lho:r I IPI~ wheel or !he gun
177
Ir.lVCnlflll plllform The vehlde IOWro
Tractor, Wheeled, GS, 20 to n, 6"6, Scammell, U K.
I hmbtt (ronum'lII ammunltl(lnjand
thr field 1l1l'i .. h.ch """11 mnully an
II-pdf. a w ..~pon npbc.-d by tho- .... dl-
known 1 j-pdr lun-hownur (rom 1940·
By 1919 fidd ~11.lkry Inc.oo ~·n ..
bnng produced by MOfTIIII ....·..11 "II Guy
~nd the Morm v.. I1I011 (deslglU.ltd CI
by MOtT.s-Comm .. rclaI Can L.d) b.--
a.m.. on.- of.he: bel-known ~nd mOSt
(lnuhu of III llol.lb nl.hury 'ypa.
ThIS vehode hid • fouf_whe.-l-dnvc
choU," wh.ch (u.urtd a 4-1011 w.nch
driven (rom lhe InnSkT gurbox and
~bk 10 be led for .... ud or 10 the rcar In lhc
OI'lguul model III.- vd"de could only be
doven Ihrough aD fow wbttb. LJ,ltt
model .. ho .... cvn, Iud provHKIO for du-
178
Truck, 5 ton, Cargo, High Mobility Load Carner. 6"6, Alv.,
51alwan Mk 2. U K
engag'I1I'o ,,,,~,,'hffi dove 10 all gun
nttpt fine n... cncmc wu tho- Slancbrd
four-qhnder pclToi WIll abo wed In
ocher conlemporary Morm.)"pl"I.
Ikspnc Ihl! veh.c! ..', fqlb«men. In
prociu.n:'011 fTom 151« by .n '01 proved
(Mk V) ,"cn'OIl, lhe OI'lg.na1 '),pc- of
IrlClor nmalntd 10 Bmllh "rm y UK
unlli II kut '914 and (Ven In 197011 WOU
powhk 10 KC vetuc:ks o( 1M I)'PC In
commercul or public KTVi« (oU IIlO""-
ploughs or light r«O~(fy lruck,).
The MOf'OI CI r...1d ano.lkry maor
Wll'4 Ii j m.Iong, -,J: f, ..,de, and 7 fl
1 'n. hlah. The ntlPlY ..·.... ghl w;as J Ions
7CWL nns ~ehock Will popularly known
IS the 'Qwd' Ca,ud ..... Ford. and Chcv-
rokl veh.da .... cre al.:) lumtd OUIII fidd
uulkry Ifacton with umllar bodywork,
I Field Arlillery Tnoctor. 4 x 4.
Ford (CalLldlan Mililuy Panern),
194'-4'. Carucb/U, K
'" IUltd lbo~, the foo:,ld nlliltty ..;te-
.on. buill In IrLlcb (rom 1941 onwud!
(or Dru"" and Commonwahh UK
Ud:an (nd<*<l body bued on !be Boush
WD pallan. fine Inlroduced 10 lhe Guy
'Qu~ An" (pla.e 1)6, prev.ou. volume
m dill tcnft,) and .he Morm ell (PbIC I,
abo,"e). 1be earudlln-budl \"chKln
were tNlC'd on ford and Chc\"ToIC1
d ... SII$. Over Ihc ynnKvcnl producuon
changn look platt III hne wllh .h<*
mlfoduaci 011 the Brmsh ~ducla. The
F AT-I had a fully eO(IOKti roof wllh
only a h)lch 0"'" the fro.n paJKngtt KU
U ",0"'TI DO lhe Monlt el IllUSlrlOOO
(p1a.e I). "pIn from !he bonnrI slupc"
WI! cxlenu.lIy u mdu 10!he Morns. 1be
'"
•
FAT-J h;o<h I~TJC ~n KCtlomn thuoof
wuh a canyu covn plus ' .... 0 ~n1,U rCI,
Vln.' windoW$, 'I,m nuIu IIrlc to
IfI ...
the bin' prodlKtlOO Morns CI. Tht
FAT_) h~ tilt nltJn' rcar $lopma roof
oprn wun , an~"I1 COVtt. and Inlr~
duced IIv: new tundud No_ I) ab With
dlltmcttw sloped forwnd. WIt\dKT«n
(for mprt' dn~" _ undtt Plul'66). Thr
FAT-4 Iud I tpl", whm on ,he rnt roof
In plaa of die rnvn-1l"l pili form for-
nxrty earned hen' _ Tht UtI'IT roo(
tcCUOn \QI opm and provtdoed ....'l'h a
cany. COyeT. 1lIc FAT-S \Ut mrulu
but fuDy ..... n'lmtnl for 'Ub-rcro ttm-
~muru. Tho: FAT~. bK t}'pC pro-
dU«d, h~ an OJ!C'n body wnh anVil
covn Ami"', 10 tht b~ producuon
MorrIS CI FAT (Plue '. ).
AU I~ "'chicks wen' Wlnch-fillnl,
wen '4 ft 1 In or \I m. lon8. and 7! fI
wllk They h~ a Mercury VI cOlliie' In
tnc elK of' ,he Ford model Of I IUI-
cyhnckr GMC mgme In ,he ca.le of the
externally umdu Chevrolet modd$.
J Medium "nUl..,y Tl'llclor. .. IoC
AEC Mal.do,
.. MedlumArtilieryTnocllM'• • )( 4.
AEC Matador wilh S sin. ,un_
bowl!,>:u, '9J9-.U, U K
The Mnador ""'" tilt loop-llyed of'
me, 1\111 ,,,,non produad by 8nt11n U1
World Will" lIandKOraoffhcx (amou.
vdudcs wcre Mill fO be ICm UI 1970~rv­
U1g U1 I CIvilian apxlfy II nwdH)(_
aU-work (or CIvil mgln«f1na: (Gnfn( -
Ion and ~1"Vl« lUllom. Somt OlMn
suO remllncd 1ft ICfVloe uw III 1970.
hnll8 fhen up 10 JO yun old and IS good
u new n,c Maudor ""nor fin!
Ippcaml culy In 19J9 and Inn a Wu
Offia sp«ll1anon (or mtdlum gun
'"
Iraeton whlf:h proVlckd KIting (or lhe
gun crew and n:ady-ux ammumllon
IIO .... '~ In lhe InKk-type body, Th$
veludes hauird {he6 In. 4 ' j In. , or j ' j U1.
hOWIlUT (Ph~ 4) md latn- (poII_Wlr
Imlrill') "'Cf'C uxd 10 puU lhe J7 In. All.
glln and lIS UlOC"\ated gUKrllor and
nlllr traalcn. Early vclucks ~ a II~I
ClIb roo(, lun- repiattd by a ClInVlS roof.
...Ith uthn- a cutv» <X'Ivcn:d balch or a
areubr mull-fnmed h.uehw.r.y. n.c
body had IIdc doors., lU"ps. and a canYIS
nil With roU-up licks. SheD ClIltIC" "'·cre
aluched 10 rllnno:rl on the body I\oor to
fxuII.lIte $I,,;irng the rounda up to lhe
uilglu when lhe gUll wu nnpla«<i (or
aetJOll. Onculy yducks {Purr J) I ~mlll
plat(o rm 111 front of the Wlrwhcr~ ClIr-
ned , gil-detector ~teh but !Ius wl.l
luCO'dlSCllrded.
The Matador hd a ",,-cylinder 7-,8
1I1n' AECmg'1lC of9j b.h.p. Th'JgIYC a
top I~ of about J6 m,p.h. A 7-1011
.... meh wnh 1JO It of WIn' rope was
mounted mll~ tht ehHiu members
with puU 10 lhe from or relr, The
vehICle could lOW up 10 611011', PI~lc 4
4,
show1 a Mmodor In luly 1ft 194J d,s-
plapng d~ lhom CUrrml 8nluh liT
rccogmlJon marklllg ofa red-wlulc--b11lC'
roundd IImllar 10 lhe RAF IITeraft
maritlng TOlal prodUCtion ofMalMior1
(or the BnOlh army rexbed 1,61.1. n.c
oc.htt map Matador UKT wl.l the Roy.al
Au Fora ..'hate 400 vchlCks were In
uthtt Iwd ClImeT (licel dropllde body),
Batbed. or mobile mficld control (ornu.
n,c utteo" Iud a box-<ypc otfitt body ,
Some Mandan renwnedm RAF servia
U llie u 1910- Further vanallons on till:
c/taSNJ mcluded armoured command.
mdarrnouccd ~mobuon vclucks, whde
tMre wu alto an ex~nmmlal vervon
With half-<nclu. n,c Ml~Oi" WU 1IO Ii
9 In. I""" 10 Ii J In. hogh, and 7 It 104 Ill.
Wide.
} and 6 Fll,hl Rlrfuclln, l,!OO
lons, 6 III 6, AEC oII~ 1941. U.K
,al-
ThIS vchICk .. u pnnclp~lIy uied by till:
Ro)'ll AU" FQr« u a high ClIpICIly fuel
bowser Though lupeT6cu.Jly I[ no-
~mbled the Mn.dor. I[ wu., III fKl.
bated on the eh;wa oflhe AEC Marshal
(pbrr I J4. prevlQUI volume UI !Ius
~nn) whtdi was mlroduad In till:
'9101. ub. !TUl$nuUK)rl and wheels
wcre. howcvn, all ukcn f.om the Mau-
dar. The vch,cle h1(( a SIJI-cyhndcr dtcxl
CDlme lIVing 9j b.h.p It wu the IUgaI
(\KI!ona: yehlck In RAF XTVI« and was
mamly used on bomber IlaliOns. The
drawlnl' show the opemng rcar doors
govlng ICCft$ 10 the pump eonlTob and a
folding rear laddcr.
AllOIh\"l" widdy uxd vehlCk bUllion
dlls rhn\.l$ wn the Coles VI1 Moblk
Cmlr which was ailo uxd by the RAF
for alfenft recovery and lu.ndhng, Thu
hlod a J60' sk... lng }-<on CoIn cnlY
mounted on a fUmubk lowardl tnc
rear of the challu (ramc , In thIS a.x a
xpantc Ford VI mgme wu a.rned
wltlun lhe erane houllng 10 provide a
po"'cr souroe for operaIJnl,
7 Truck. liOn, GS, 6 )( 4,AEC
Marsha.! mnvand 10 Mobillr
Ch"rch, 1941. U .K
Sho..,. ~ u a most unlllua! 10cal
mOlt.f.Cluon which WIIClIrned OUI by a
Roy.al Army Ordnance Corps wo..kshop
In the Nonh Afncandcicrfm the 194'-41
pmod. TIus wu the ·Motor ChltTCh of
Sf G«wgc· ,nd IIlned hfe I! an AEC
Manlul 8ndglna: VehlCk.1iluIiTaled In
ou oogllu! (orn, on PUte IH oflhe pre--
VIGIlS volume, Thu WI! • mlunlllni
vdude ",him hlod IU bnd~ endles
rcmoved 10 kavc ,he I»re chuu" A
woodm caTlYUI Iypc IIrUCture was
bwl! 011 and itllubly decorated n,c
doon II the rcar opmed 10 n'vcal an
~l!.ar. and church ~rVICCI were Ulually
lKld utlhe opm IIr 'The me of d~ IInK-
Iurr fonned an oIfiu and quancn (or the
~dre .... ho dro~ lumklf around (rom
WUIIO WUI
• TflOClr., J IOn, GS, 6 III 4, AlUlln
Kl, 19J9. U.K
Devclo pment of lhe ubtqulloUi Dnmh
6 )I 4 J-<OII moluary Iruell WIS dncnbed
\II detli1 on 1M preYlous volume. By 19J9
plans wen: m hand to rrplace the 6 III 4
J-(on Iype by a IKW 4 III 4 J-<OII Iype.
HoweYer. production of four-wl>td
dnve typcs did not "an unul cull' 1941.
10 Inc 6 )( 4 type rrlTlllned In Wide ute
dunng the urly w:ar ~UI MOIl of the
t YPCSIfI producnon pnOi" 10 the outbruk
cl waT rcmllncd In XI"Vl« throughoul
lhe .. hok 1919-4} penod, and many of
thcm luyed \II productlOli IS wcll.
Veludcs 111 thu ClIlClory wcre made by
AEC, Albion. TNwnycrofl. CrOlUcY,
Karntt, Ford, and Ltybnd. A 1)·Plca!
19J9 prod\lCllOll vdude wu the AUMm
KJ{YF wluch followed the MantUrd GS
uyouc With wdkype body. WD ~tml
In!Cuilled rear ~. and (01d1l11 ClI .....
Y» lOp and..de !CltCIIf,. n,c bonnet was
the contcmponry Iype uled VI AUMIn
commcrcuJ Yducks oflbe ",me: penod
A companIOn "'1th early 6 III 4 J-IOII
I)·pcs IlICh II tbe KatnC'T and Crouky
(Plates 10j and 106. f'n'V10UI volumc)
'"

sho""" how Ionk 1M baSK byouc dunged
be,1 .... fIO:fI 1916 and 19J9
Evm aftn • II • Iypa sutud 10 be,
ptodU«d btn on, 1M 6 II • I ype
tenlo1uw In WIck KtVlCe, m panICwu
fot ,wcdlo1ry roar. for .... hICh Jpccu.1
bodlCS we~ 100 long 10 fillhe: new 4 II •
eh,",,- Aunm 6 II 4 vehlCks rem~lIw
In production thmughou{ {hr .... ar. The
KJ WH repbttd In production by Ihe
K6 from 1944, a vehlde whim ""I
bUlcilly Jlmllir 10 lhe: KJ bur which h~
a nlodlficd VCOlon oflhe: Awltn com-
mneul ClIb and i IOmphfttd bonlloCl. The
KJ n'll(k .... all! ft II UL kmg, 7iflWllk,
and 10 Ii 41 'II- high. II hua Jlx-cyhndn,
71 bhp. engille.
9 Truc:k, )0 cwl, GS, • II 1,
C hevrolet , converted for Lonl
Ranle Often Group, 1941, U,K
In June 1940 {hr War I~ad 10 North
AfnCll when luly dedarrd wn OIl
Bnum and evcncually mack Ihrulenmg
mo\'emenu from Llby' agamJl Ihr
Egypmn bordn .... hlch was p"mllcd by
Bnll>h {OfCft. ~ nluc rrf mocot Inm.-
pon (Of pobnllfl and JUuolhnl ViJl
InCb 01' dncil Iud bcft:o Imply o.,rnon-.
Knled b)' 1M Lighl CM Palrok 01' thor
feUI World Wit, .... lud!1ud opcl.led III
the Wftlcm l~n, Mnopounllo1 and
Panme. Their UplolU arc duellbed m
the prcVIOUl book ttl thll 5(11($. In lilt
19JOt Kvenl French and 8nmh pnYalC
UpedllKlm had crmte<l thor North
A{ncan deKn, one led byR. A. UlglI Old,
• keen uplorff w~ lubscq\lC'1lt work
mcluckd I Rudy of the pbY*'eaI d,nK-
ICnitta of dntn lopognphy. He alto
pcrfeet«! I melnt of dcKll .... Vlg.IKIIl
bDcd on JlU Ind ,... IOghu, Ilmlbr In
lCyk 10 ma~ .... ' .. g,lilOlL WMn lhor
'"
Juloa"", decbrcd Wit m 1'}40 Ind IC<'med
bkely 10 In\'ack Eg)-pI, Unll'" (orca
werc Ibmly dumbuled 10 IlIo1td lhe
CO\Inlry ,nd WCTC greatly oulnumbe,rcd
by 1M Itlballi. 8agn.old, who hftd In
EglPI. lud}Otned 1M army ,,"'lose no
I1InC' UI "'ggrmng 10 ~ncnI Wayell,
lhe Smuh commlndc-t- 1ft Egypl, Ihl
lTmro m<Monsed rcc:onlWSAtIa p.trols
would be • so mpk me.", o{ purolhng
and prOlKung Ihr ttlbnd IUnu of the
(ronller With mlmmum manpowtT,
The luhaN we~ well meehimsed Ind
therc WlJ. poUIblblY Ih.1 they would
make m<MonKd fon)'ll mto Egyp'.
Cc roClaI WiveD _ mOlt rcccpove 10
Signol.d·s Ickn; he Iud Ilrc~)' em-
ployed mOionw Illdllll panla on
pcaccl1mc minocuVfn IOIIlC )'C'ln p~
v>owy .nd he now pul B.gnold 1ft
du.8I' o{ lhor drien pauol proJ«1 'Tho:
pacrol foror WillS org,lmK<! .1 top ipftd
and Uallnold rccfluledcrews{rom {nends
wnh desert dnytnll cxpcnenor, .nd
volunteen from both New Zciblld.nd
Bnu'" WlIU, 11Ic vehICles uw h.d 10 be,
rugged and capKlOUS enough 10 carry
J!orn{or lonllJourncys. U'lIno1.d sclCClCd
lhe Chevrolet }o-cwt ITUck ...·hld! wu
chm hctng dd,,'crcd 10 lhe Egypuan
Army Some Ij-<"'1 Chcvroki Irucu
...'tte alto acquired lhough the drawl"l
deplCCI 1M ]D-<WI VC'fJIon. 80th IhcK
Iypel of lrud. ..... CTC based on lilt 1939
Cu~dWl Chntolcc chuJIJ.nd bonnc1
bUI lhey had mlhury GS bodIes. The
JCH:WI WiS budl on Can.da and uported
Wlolle the Ij-CWI models .....c-re.ucmblcd
ttl loci ... from Can~l~n parIS,
To lUll tilt vehICles to the nlloun of
driet1 palmi work, ~gn.old Iud them
ulmJlvely modclicd. mcorpoull"l
chlni<" IUggnied by hH pcacetlme
UPCIKtIa on Jcsc" CXpedilKlll'- Cab
10f" and Sick door-. "'ne removrd,
conckllKn were: filled to the nduton 10
conKI'Ve 00011"1 ..... In. Nnd dunnds
.nd can"," unci nun we~ cnovd,
p,n{kI werc filled 10 ukc mKhlnc lUlU,
ka{ spn"p WCTC KrmglhelKd. and
'b.Il00n· I)'TU rcpb«d lhe nornul
lyres. Two ION of lItorn, ammurul10n
and demohuon equIpment ....ere: earned
on the: back and vchlck$ usu.lly hd •
crew of four men. Dy Inc AUllulI 1940
the fir. patrol mack III fine. IOnIC to
rreonnoilrc the lOuthe:m flank of {he
Egypt-Libya hordn. Subtequcncly. lhe
Lonll fU ... Dnt-n Group (LRDG) n II
willSeallcd m~ ISCI 1<."1 01' now k~ry
pattols onto lhe Watcm Dtxll......ell
hchmd lilt {ronl hne ..... tcIun&......111"1
and re:porl1nl onmcm y movn. OnRlmc
OCQiIom the patrols alto"'- ubougc
and riKh"l mlwor. bue thew 'CllVltlC1
.... CTC lKondary to the: mam one whld!
willS g"henng and scndtng UI{ormalloo
on enemy troop moyemenu. A patrol
could bioi {or m.ny wttk, under thc
duen lunlnd lhe~ ..... ere many d«<k of
Ireat herOism by IndiVIduals .mong the
ere....... Purok uswUy conuRed of four
nuck,- 11Ic n.liYlptor', >'ChKk earned a
,un-compa. on III da ... bolfd. LRDG
opcrallom conllnued on a his scak ( ..,th
UKrasutg nunpown and morc JUtrols)
wml bte I~ when 1M uruquc IIml ....s
dlibandcd wllh lilt CUSlllon of lhe: dcscl t
fighting ~ ptnk colour IClltmc shown
WH chosen 10 blend InlO lhe: pcnklsh
duenund.
TM bUK Chevrolet truck had. 8$ h.p
w:o<-cyhndn ells,ne:.nd a I H tn. wheel-
baw: Awck from lhe: baSIC !Tuck. the: ]n-
C"'1 Clltvrokl was alto produced III
ambuJM\Cl' Ind w.tn unkn (orms and
...
lhe Iypc was w!dely used ttl lhe: MIddle
10 and II Tractor, 3 x :a, Scammell
MKhankal Ho rllC, 19'0. U.K
The Scimmc:U MH6 Mcclwucal Hone
...·iIIS buocally I commercul I)'pc o{
yehlck. much llsed by Bnmh nil .... y
campania ror parcell ckhv~ work.
The onilioul dall" appc'rcd III abolll
19JO. and 11 willS mlcnded, as lIS name
Imphn, illS I rcpbttment (or 1M horsc on
commer"il urtage ICfYlce, The euly
models had an allachmenl whereby th~
front IUTlluble of a holW-du"'n duy
could be IIIKhcd ror lowlnll Subtc-
qucntly rubbcr""rred ICm>-luUcn .... e~
provlCkd. Mcch.nKal Hones we~ pur-
chased on lOme numbcn b)' the 8nmh
lCfVica UI 19]9-40 and WCTC mlInly
uK<! UllCon: Ind IIIpply yards.dock)'1rds,
Ind.1t balCl, {or lencrll Cilrgo ,nd SIOU
hmdhnl. Mosc ICrVlcc "ehKlcs had •
InUalC body .nd lowed IrlitrIS of bghl
{our·wh«llll,kn (towu pcCIU~) whKh
could he left IS mjucred alongwck r,,1
_gonl or heavy uucb (Of tralUhlp-
menl. Therc .... erc 5(\'eraJ vinanon, on
thr baSK dalsn. 11Ic lop drawing shows
I Royal Navy vduck wilh 10ft can ....s
cab lOp and fronl lOW b>-r. wluk the:
lo ...·n dUWlng shows • Royal Army
SerVIce Corps vehlde wllh lilt more
uswl hndtop cab. Intemonglyenough
IhlS Jmk-known SCrvlce Iype wu alto
one of the lonlle.! bved. ~y WCTC tnlI
In IUCby lbe 8nluh Army illSlne: illS 1967-
68lonll ,{ItT Ihry had dlJ,lppcarcd rrom
commernal U!oe:ln (avouronaletckstlns.
The Meell-1nlCal Hone had • cab-
mounled J6 h p. engIne and Iuwheelbasc
wII9 ft1 Jm
u Truck, I ~l lon, Ordnance Re-
peir. GMC, 19'0, U.S.A.
The U.S Army Qu,U1crnwtn Corpt
" J
W~ ""fl'OI1l1ble for m,luny Inn_port
lQ!he AmttlaJ> ArmypNWloJl1Iy 19~
[n the 19m! and 19J'" lhey mOlde nNn.
able ~"'oru-wllhlll !he: KYn'r hmu ....
110m ollhe ddrnn. budgffl of die' n~
-10 p~re' for funha upa,",on and
10 "~nd.ncbK mll'luy Inmport Iyllft
and reqUlrcmml:$ WIer the: 'Iandnd
l1'U(k programnw oflht 19'7-19 pl'Tlod
- Ihe ' l l}x,rlY' trucks-had proved
wm~lhlllg ofa fiakO(nr«ounttd III ,he
Pre'VlOUS volume). [n flCt, I' provtd
Impowbk for bolh po]mc:al and rUl.llrlClal
re'IJOn' 10 evolve sundnd mlhlary
IInlgn" but w~ lpI'ri6c: rrqUlrClIlmll
for IhI' fUNre' W~ formulaltd In
xptcmber '9J9, ",hmlN:WlrlQ Europe
Marini II w~ dtadtd 10 sptord up pro-
rorrrncnc 0( Ihc vutly tl1CUlstd num-
ber oflrucks r.ceded by mndulilllng
on five dl~ of ctws.J-~on, Ii-Ion,
l~-Ion, 4'lon Ind 7~-lon. The- Iruck,
Ihcnudvn.. Ihough, W~re' 10 be ordllluy
rommercul Iyllft wllh ,U(h m'nlma[
alu:nllom II were' n«<kd 10 'Ull Ihem
for mdlllT)' U1C. A lyplCal nuhury
re'qulre'mml w" foc four.wbrd-dnve
for velucla m ccrum roki, 0.., of whICh
wos ordnann. rrp.alr or nu,"I~TIn.
wbc-l'C' lrucks fnqumtly ha.d 10 Opc-nl~ m
or..,u frone hnrcoodmon$. FWD rour-
wbn.I-dTlve v~hlCln ha.d btcn "'m,brly
UIC"d ror IhlS rok III 191 1-19 "'lIh Irul
,uccna. In lhe I ~on cli. no MI.lIablt
rour-wh~d-drtve ct\;auu w.u available
w norm.u 4 K .l GMC (Gt-mnJ MOlon
Corporallon) 4 x 1 lrucks werc uscd
IIIIICld. Jp«lally convenc-d 10 • X 4
confilllllUon by IheaddlllOll ofa power
Inmfer Inrbox and ]m~ fronl aa.
11M' ChlWllnd nb re'mamtd lbe- normll
rommc:nuJ !ype but mlhlu)' addmonJ
Included umy plllHn lOWing pmllt.
'"
mculll~ gWln! lI!hefront, and heavy
dUly I)"TU- The ChaSSIS "';as kno"'"tI u,
COE IYpl' (cab-ovtt rngInr) a loyou!
know'n iH ·fo....."";Ird control' m 8nlllll
Thu I~on 4 X 4 Ilpe nmc IlIIO ""1Ok
1C1V1OC m 1940 wllb dlC' m~UI>'C' ~xp_
~ orlhe U.S. Army.
The ordll.1.nce rrpa" truck sho""n
carrinl work bench and look and lhe
lo .... er llde p'nch dropped 10 form ,
working pLalform. The upper "de
p,ncll were nlstd 10 form an awnillg.
The body I-InKlUre' featured plywood
and bght met.u shcrong Odltt IYf" 011
thB UIIlC' eha_ incIl>dcd III all" oom-
preuot" unll, carlO body and ordna..,c
m'llItclW1n' vdurln .... th mlcosral VIII-
l}'pI' bM.., The ordrunn. fmlrllmann.
lrucks w~ Jllpphc-d .... th dlK=1 1001
I'qulpmmt and 1II1rnW loyoutt for a
vanny 0( cbfl'c-rml 'pl'CUlh" lub III-
dumnl .mall arms repair. lrIiUllmml
rep"r. aUlomouve repaIr. lank mam_
I~nall(t .....ddmg. machmmg. and to on.
Som~ of Ih~ IYIIft were iuhKqucndy
provldc-d to the: Unruh and odltt Alhc-d
umln. From urly 19o1l- onwud" thne
COE ~Iude! wcre' rep1acc-d by "'mtlar
Iyllft on the: l~oa GMC normal con-
lrol chaSSK. Afler !Ius the: ordll.1.nn.
repaIT truch of the: Iype lhown Wtre'
nnpped of ibnr mlrnW fi'"n" and
w~ llied I I arlO allKI$.
In addllKIII to thr • II 4 oonvenKXI
dncnbcd Ind shown here. lbe- GMC.
COE 1~_lon Iype w:at .Ito ustd In
,It onguLlI 4 II • form, ma'nly wllh
an IIl1rgr.u pand van Iypl' body filled
u a lIgnal truck wllh wmdowi and
od<d~
'Illu GMC "chlCle Iud I loo-hp. ilj-
cyhnder mgllK. a IJ m... bn.lbasc, and
In o.-.:-raIJ kngth oil I m
13 Truck, ai l o n, ' x " Car lO ,
GM C, eon verl ..s 10 R .II SWilCMr,
1943. U.S A
TIw 1~0II 6 x 6 COE Iypc WII VIT-
lually a Iblee-uk ven;lOll 0( Ihc I ~OII
modcl shown In Pille 11 Alam" wn
bncd on the comlTl(1'cuI GMC ab and
clu.UlI6 x • model, and wu eonvcrlc-d
by lhe manufaclurcn 10 6 x 6 Iype by
d~ add'lIon or a Inmfer box and hve
front ule Unhke tbe 1~-ton model.
however. llus l}-tonntt remall10Cci m
prodUCIIOll and 1CrVICC unltl the ",.. r
mded. II ....n IXIIII by the: Ycllow Truck
UId COKh Mfg. Co .• I iubsMl~ry of
Gt-mnl MOIQI1.. 11M' carlO ltuck model
had ailed body and thll ",;as produced III
both Ihon and Ions body form$. TIw
short ( I' ft) body hxl folcbnl thnc-d
bench SCII:! for sceotWry UK as a noup
carncr l k Ionl (17 1'1) body WiH aflO
only. IUwtr.led here Ii. local modlfin-
non 0( !h~ short·bodled vernon "'.. Ih liS
wheel! repbcc-d by ll.anled rll]way
.... httb and KTap "011 balloll wClghu III
lhe body IC"Clion. A number of vcrucks
",.~ 10 COr\Vttlc-d 10 1(1 ;as 1""lIchen
(shunlen) II U.S. Ordnance CorJB rall-
heads If! Europe ., 19.4-4'. 11M' Ord-
tLllIOC Corp badwe can be IeCfl on !he
nb doon.. Duffinl pble and iIIppon
gmkn wcre added. ph. an ICCnlloddtt
10 lbe nb.
Dunng 194.l lhere' wu a producnon
change whm lhe prnstd lied cab "'"";Ii
~hmllulc-d and repbccd by I canvu roof
and lick shceu. The .ppc'ltaocc WIS !hen
' Im,l" 10 lhe COE Iype shown III Platc
91. nns GMC COE IYPC w'"' Wlckly
ustd IhroughoUilhe wu Some vdudn
were refillc-d ",.. th short """I npPUII
dumpn- bodlCl for EnalllC'C" Corps usc.
Thllvduele bada 104-b.h p .• $l.x-cyhndc-r
mg"''' and a 164 m ... hn:J~K. [I "-If
U fl I~'n.IonI "",ib 17I'1c1rJ0body."The
dump Irudt ~nKMIi h~ !hen '" hee[baK
reduced by lboul .a m
U Ambul.ncc. J l o n , 4 x 2, B ~·
fo r d M L, 1940-.,. UK
"The iundard Bnush helvy mUilary
ambubnCl: ustd Ihroughoul World
War II and ""dlll1to the 19}0I (and even
lbe- 1960t In a frw cun) fCllurtd a lorgc.
box_like wood and fabne body budl by
Marm Egn"IOIl. lhe wdl-kno"'"tI roach-
bulldu,& firm Shulttt and mushroom
t)'pe "mublon w~ IIlCCM'pOI"IItd and
It!c-n ... ~ !Will rear- doon. though wmr
,~h.dn ba.d only a nnViH te~ The
m:ap chaW! ustd for thu ambulancc
WiH lbe- AWoIIn K2 of",hleh o,·tt 13,000
..-cre bwll Thll h~, pmtl" from cnd !O
tbe- AUKIlI J·tonl1oCf lho ... n III Plot~
The nexl mOIl w,dely ustd ChaWl WIS
lbe- Bedford ML. mown be-.e. ""hlCh
...as ,upc'rflClally very pmlbr 10 the
AUllln exn.JK for lbe- Bedford com·
mcrCUH)"]!C bonnet ... hleh ha.d extn
$Ide \"CTIIS for ,mprovc-d coolIng The
ehHSas "''"' baled 011 lhe nomnJ Ikdford
JO ""1 commcrcul ~haWl :and.. m faet.
lbe Bnmh Army also ustd lbe ordInary
Btdford lorry on lhe .... ~ chus., "The
.... ~ ambubTln. body ",,;as a]wustd on"
Morn1-CommCl'~ dLl1Sl$. The Bcd-
ford "'.is 19 fi long. 9 ft l Ill. h'Ih and 7 fi
J Ill. wide It had a 7l b.h p. eng"'c ThIS
Iype of ambulaner could Clrry 4 Kfr!'
chr." .wo nch lick. or 10 Klled woun·
drd. It ...al a ..... Ickly.ustd !ypc ",·hleh
uw SCl'VIOC 011 aU fronu and "'"iH alw
iupphn! 10 mOIl 0( lbe- Allin! 1II110ru.
mcludml AtllttlCi. So~ vducks of
thn I )'pe ""Cre' ustd by lhe Civil Dd"mn.
organl .... oon III Gre'll Bnllm n ","cU.
'"
I,T.nk T""upo,ler. II ton.' II • •
Whll.9'" 1940. U.SA /U K fFnncc
In Fnnce d~ uka had e ..ol ..«1 dunn,
World War I of earr)'t"l unit! OIl !ruck,
10 d~ Nllie 1000e. !hereby cOIIKrvlnl
11K !neb and mOlon 10 dlt Ia. mlnu!e
before ,01111 InIO KnOll Thu w;al
munly d~ !O tlK milam! mec~runl
unrthabtlllY of ,IK early LInk,. The
Amn1nm. ",110 IHed ffmeh tankt In
1911. follo .....«1 11K IoIme practKe After
1918 bod! tlK new French and new
Amn1can anlr.-bulld"'l prOJummn
nil«! fot tanb wnh hmm b lon,-
b,tll; I} ton.-medlum) whICh a1Io....-rd
Ihem 10 be nrned 00 !Tuch. Thc Whlle
910 wu 0I'IIl' of Kvelll Amencan hravy
comrmm.ll Iypes of trll<:k ,ulubk for
carrylnl unh oiup 10 aboUl I' 10m In
.....aghl. and vehlcln of thtl type were
orderrd by Frana In 19)9. By tlK ume
Ikbva'Y Wil due III 1940. howeva',
Fnna had bttn overrun and the Bnmh
Army 100II: them over. With mlXhfica-
UON to the bodlt'S and IImj>l they werc
put mlO Krv,a In Untau, and In the
Watem Dacrl. TheK vehlda could
carry tnc hcavlnI CI'\I,ICI' tanlt! lhen m
Bnmh Krvla. Inch It lhe AI) (CrUlIlCr
TllIk Mk I) _ ..hown In tnc dnwlllg.
W,lh mLidl b188" unkJ Com lne: inlo
krVicc. ho....-ever. ~ vehlCln ..... mt
QUI of Ute U unk lumpontn. Thc fold-
In(! ramp$ wen: wound up and down by
hand Wlll(hn. Thc Whllc 9X! Wit 19 fI
10 Ul. lona ahd lot ft wuk. Empey
.... e'ght was I I 10m 4 ('WI_
16 MOlor lCycle. 1010. Ariel HO IX.
l\lo4o-4l. U.K.
Tht mOior cycle was wllkly wed by all
forca In World WIT II TyplCl! oi many
".
",,10 Iypesof' machllX used by Inc Bnmh
"'~I!nc HO cCAnd, a convcnnonal I ypo:
"';lIh O_H V eng.,.., and gmtlC1" forh. II
_ Nsed 00 lhe ordllury comllKrClal
ArKI lypiC with no lpenal c~nga for
mdllary 1e1'Vlu, The draw'"g ,,"0""-' a
dnpatch ncia oi !he I. A nnoured
0, .....00 '" earl)' 1941 .....lCanng a pro-
I«I.W anll·"I_ WlI, and anD-Ju rnpo-
IlItor Nott how !he nupbo.lord opml,
altO lhe pl)'1U00 of I~ flmOUl lSI
Armoured DlVlIKIn bomrd rhll'lO«rOllJ
emblem on I~ fud unk..
Thtl vducIc - 1 ft long and 111 HO CC
'mglc-<ybndtt engule gavc u§ b hp.
t1 ea,.Li,h, UtililY. Au"ln 10.
1940-.5. UK.
Thll bghl vehick wlm ..... halll now caUed
I 'plck.up' lruck body w» used cxtt'n-
Slvcly by Unush and Alli«l fOlea from
1940 onwards, numly in Europe In IhI:'
euly <b)'1 oflhc war IhlC)' were ,1110 used
by fighung unl", but lalo:r Ihey wt're
more ralnCl«l 10 bome. ba~. or dtPOI
IerVitt lJ.ncc lhe ArmnClln J«p (Pble
101) 100II: OV .... lnc funclloo oflhe bghl
unlily CIT In flCk! urnll. The vehldlC
Jbown wu Nsed on lbe 19J9 AUlun 10
cv and had a bonnICt (cxa", for Ihrrc lode
Iouvm) md cab odc-nneallo IIv: car. The
Ipare wheel Wit mounted In a Itt... 00
tbe cab roof and lben: WIS a removabk
anvlS till 0'·1C1" the ~ JP ..... ROOIIn
(Hdlnun). Moms, and Sundard all
milk illrubr vduda based on Ihcu-
~,vc 10 Of 11 h,p car cqwvaknll.
The Nlvy and RAF ..1110 wed thc:to:
vdllcla.. ThcwhedNKoilheAusun 10
Llghl Uubty WIS 7 ft loj In .. and "wu
I} ft long:. Typ!eal rmploymml WlIIIfI
Slgnall, uul"ary polta, or divlSlonaJ HQ
WUII.
I'8.1
Kfl.l Kubelw.,en. Volk ...... 'en
(Leicht. Pe'lOnenkraftwI,en).
1940-45. Germany
Tht Volklw'&m Tyl'C' Sa w:lIla mllll"Y
doenvallon oflhe VolklwlIgcn 'People's
Co,' .... h"h <bled back on C'OrICICpIlOI"I 10
19l1 ",'hen Hilln liked lhe nOI«I lulo-
mob,le m,IIKU Dr FCl'dllUnd Ponehe
10 da.gn a $Imrie and ,nexpmSlvc nr
",hICh would pul 1II00onng ..,thon 1M
filUncuI n:a.:h of In. Early," 19J4
PoncM Compleled tkwl«! Ip«Ifia-
IK)<II fot approval and "'It g ...m!he go-
ahead 10 make prolOCypes and 1...,,0 pre--
production Ntcha of JO nn ncb for
Intlng and dcmonSlnnon. The vdllck
"'11 10 ~v~ a 996-« rUI-mounlcd 'If·
cool«! mBlne and WII 10 be told u
DM 1,000. A nlCw faCiory WIilIO be budt
al WoIfsbur,lo produa lhe IIC'W car til
quanuty. The Volbwlgen wu I sm.ul
strumlln«l ted,n and foW' <kcadn bier
tlK Ikvelopcd VerlJ,OrI of IhlJ ume blilC
dalgn rcmaml fanuhar ,U ovt'r Inc
world as IIx VolkJwagen ·lkede·. one
of lhe hal_limB an of aU Itm~. The
VolkJwagrn car did nOI, In fa(!, t'nll:'I"
prodllCuon unld aflCr 1945, ho .....evo:r.
fOf ttl 19J9 Germany muched InlO
Cl«hodovakll and WIT became ,...,,,,t_
able. P()f1o(Ix WII aik«l lodn!gn Imm/:'-
diliely a mlhunsed VCfVOIl of !he
Volk,wagm for lhe Gr-rman Anny
",htch wu 5IIlI, II Ihl'l IIIne. Ins dun
adtq~!dy eqwpped wllh mOlor tnnt-
port daplllC the dfilCH,ncyoilts armoura.i
d,vKlons, The md.11r}' VolkJwagcn ....
based dOldy 011 !he car. uttltsln(! !he
.... me re. engine, chn,. p'n.. whcclsand
IU'pmSlOll. The 5cdIn type body 'NIl,
howr ..er, compktdy ~pbud ''''''It a
IImpltf1c.d box-h~ opm 1tnICI\1~ re-
duced rnmely 10 IUt panels for Ule of
prodll<:l100 and mcmbly. The drll,n
w:a ~,dy for approval '" lkamba"
19J9 and ""1llIC prolOlypa wen: Iml 10
Poland for 'f",1d ma.IJ' by Plnzer d,,,,,,,
liOUL Here the vdllda wen: f, ..ouubly
~I"cd bema easy 10 ~ndle and hlvl",
an ucellml (.( I COunlry I'C'rfoxmana:.
SoIlllC ordlUnor oKta-n hid n,heT
f~lred !lw the ""all n:IT_mounted
m"ne and lack of four·wheel--dnvlC
",-oukI n:nda lhe vdtlCle WI",,~bk for
mlhll,y ow. Thcy wen: proved ...... rona:.
bo..·tvl:'l", and the: Voll",o.aJC1l Kubel-
w;aJC1l bccallllC lhe mOIl ... ukly IHed and
bat·kno .....n German vchlCle of lhe war
po:nod. 8y M,y 194' no It:w Ib;on }I,o ll
VolkJwlgms had hem built and lhey
were used by.U arll'tl oithe Weh,machl
Including IhI:' NI"y and Luflwalf"e_
Producnon IctuaUy lurtcd in March
1940 and a few vchlCln wen: m KrVla III
Itme for the mVUI0l1 of France and
Ran<krL Gcm.a1 Rommd wn. II Ihlt
Itme. a dlvluonal gelllCral but ..... hert he
.....em 10 lau command of lhe Afnka
Korp$ In 194' he n:ahKd !hlt VoJkJ-
.....Igens would be ukal ror ute In the
de5(11 Hen: whok r«Onnll ..... na: bu·
111""ns Weft equ,pped WIth Kubd·
wagmsand lhe velucle mo~ IbanJulI!-
fied Its CX'"m«. Thc m~or demand for
Kubelwagmll WII 011 lhe EalllCm Frool,
howtVa', afta' GlCrmany had mvaded
RIHW In mkll~I Hc~ lito: utrema of
dlmalC proved u b" an t'flCmy as the
Red Army II Itma, and mud and IUGW
prov«l nuJot oCsucln 10 troop mov/:,-
mCflU.,!he wmtlC1" monl,". The Kubel-
.....agm ....-;u one oilhe fo:w mOiot WhiM
wluch p'ov«l 10 be 'iI h()(flC" '" IbcK
rondil>ODJ; IU .. cry hghl Welghl (i Ion)
pn:-vml«l boa'"g do"'"" and II could be
manlundkd by 1.... 0 1llICn. The KubeI-
w;agcn (offiaally It'Ichtr Penonmknft-
'"
.. qen_bgbt prnon.aI amn-) .... u ustd
byaUbnnchnof'tbtAtmyandWafl'"tn-
SS Roltt Included M~ff at. hghtlmbu-
bna. ammunlU(W'I arno:r. and asuuh
etIgllteel' amer The bttel" Involved Int
addluoo of ~ exl~ $lOrft locket In d\C
tight hand'rt:u lelt The Kubclwagetl
was ul ft long. ,iii: WlIk. ,j fi hIgh
(wHh tbt nJlYl.1 nit ulIed) and Iud a7 fi
II In. ,,·hcdbllC. II weighed ' •• 70 IbI
and Iud I 9I'~ rear-mounlo:d lit_
cooled eng",e, ~Icr vehlCltt (from
I~J) had I 1.1 J I~ tngme :meIsmallrr
ntadbghtJ.
19 K(t. Schwlmmwigen.
I llO
Volklwllen 1641, 19.1-... Germany
Popularly nUcd lhe Sch"'lmmwalen
but officu.lly known u a Schwlmmfah...
1". th. was :an ampl'nbtous YCnIOII or
the sundard Volbwagm Type h. Thn
vehlCk was mechanlCllly $11mb. to the
Type h but had I ~IWlpcd ptaKd
Mal body wllh alhrcc-budcd propeller
OIl '''fllIIl rt:arum. Dr. Ponchedalgncd
lhe Schwlmm""alm ~ClfiCllly (or tI\C
..'n condmom cn(O\I.ntcrcd on the
£l,Mcm Front, bue thnr vduda ..~
abo utcd uter on the Wncem Front. On
land the ~'dllde _ dnvm normally. but
once II entered the ~ter the gun wert"
In III TlCutuL lhe propeller arm WI!
lowered. a ' procket enllgc-d the: crank-
Iobaft end :meIlh" dtO~ a cham wtudl m
tum drove the propeller Steenll8 W3J
effected by lUmlnJ the (ront .. hrd!. A
total of ' •• 16"7 SchwlmmwlgCltl "'crt"
bwlt :mel prodllCtlOn ccastd In mid-
t9-4. The SCh ..... mm .. alms aD Iud the
blgl" I.'JI~ mlllX and weighed
1.991 Ibs.. The length w" 11 A 11 m.,
wIdth. A I~ III. and heIght WIth hood
erecled wu J A 11 In Top lpeed ofboth
,hnc Volhwa~ftI w.as '0 mp.h
,"
XI JUdlo Truc:k, • x •• OOMlIY
Q. 194~4l. U . K
Wlnle the Bnlllh Anny WtTC bter than
lhe Germaftllnd AmrnarIJ In gemng
all-wheel drt~ vch lcles IIIto terVlee (_
Pbtes.3lnd 106). the, Roy.al Alt Foree
Iud ,he Crossley Q 4 x 4 In terVIa III
mld-l9-4Q M)OIIC r Ihan:my type ordcTcd
(or the Army. Pnor 10 1941 lhr RAF
look~ after the pfOCW"Cmmt o( 1IJ own
tnn_port through the Air M,nutry and
dKI nne elepcnd 00 !Ix War Offitt !tIany
way. ThUltho: RAF had 5evnallype or
vthl~k nne u~ by the Army. or .. hlch
lhe Crossley Q ~I oroe examrle The
CfOIllcy " U surplled In argo. fire-
tenckr. Iht-bed. or balbJl body form ..
and allO Wllh, boJ: body (mobile offitt)
n.r
as Iobo ...n _ ~rnnWr "ducle d~wn
wu eqUIPped ... a mobile fighler conn<ll
UlUt (or ute on desert.t... ,mplill 1941-41:
The Cf(mky Q w;al 10 fI 1 111. 1000g.
11 Ii: "'leIe, and II Ii: hIgh
I I Lony • • x 1,)0 O;:WI. Anti-lank
Bedfo rd (..mouled). '1140. V_K
On May loch 1941). Gft-many Inv.tdcci
Fn.ntt.tnd Fbndc., I$IIJ the . Billumi'
tacucs 0/" .tnnoumi ...ufne whICh _
",Ited If\ Franee's apllulauon In Jwt
overa month The Bnmb ExpcdllKM1UY
Foree whIch ptOlrcted the Fbndrn
!bnk wu forced back to lhe lea It Dun-
kirk and" the end 0/" May lhe BEF WII
IfIItChed (rom the DunkIrk bc.t~hhe.td
or
by Iht: (amow arnPd.a ·linloillps'. In
the speed olthe ..... lhd~ ....-aJ ai_ail the
BEFs Iuru. unks. Il1Kh and umo\ll"o:d
an were of nccaJIly kfi behind and
WtTC fllher ckstroy~ or aptllred by the
Germani. Btllltn W.II now left 11mOll
dll.lrmed.tnd wasfaccd luth Il«mlllgly
Imnllncnt InI'.tWlll by German rorca.
There wrrc IaI thm 100 unb leA til thr
coumry. mOIl ollhcm obtoIctc fnmllll
vchJdcs. As llC'bp-sap while the (.tetoncs
built mOft c:mb and umoured can all
_tI of road vehlcltt "crt" acqu,mi and
glVnl ruchmentary .trmour rtotecnon
tc:ady to race dlC exp«led Geroun unkJ.
SollY vehld... were produad.as hght
armoumi can by fimng new putly
mclOlCd bodlCllO sufi'" elr ,haUl\.
A much cntdcr Iype. however. _
lhe Armadillo . .t ~ncnc nllm for .t
" 'boIit group of IUOtled Iypes ... hKh
wcre prcxKl~ urgely by wood pncc
lleellnd armour rlale wen: In rxcl'pnon-
ally shon lupply. The Armadillo wa,
dnlgnc-d by the London., Midland ;u,d
Sc:otillb R.ttJway (... hOK plam. like 10
many other commercul concerns ~I
I'v,,", ovn 10 ..", ..ork)_ 8111C1Uy lhr
Atnudtllo ..~ a JUndard tnKIr; or lorry
WIth a prOlected fighl1ng compartll\Cnr
added. The ArmadIllo Mk 1_ the: name
IIvm 10 an UlOtll1\Cnl of rellwsU!oned
commercul tr\Ku of vanoUl makes and
a 100aI of1 u Were cOIIverled Illlhe ",rn-
mcroflll4D- Many oflhC'tr "'ert: utcd by
the RAF (or atr(~1d defmer, The II«t
batch of vducks 10 he umllarly co-
vrrt~ "'Crt" about Joo Bedford 10<'V0'1
and 1-100 Ifmy Iornes.. The prOIKCo:d
box ~s madeoft"'ola)'enofIIIOUI wood
wllh a 6 In. gap between lhe laye..
which ""11 packo:d WIth fJl'bbles. Thll
lalff I crnlln amOWlI or protecttOn
(rom machlDt gun fire, Loopholes werr
provided for ofl'"rrutlff fi~ by the (few.
andlt,hlpeel pbtes wrrc filt~ round the
cab and engU\C, Somt of the I-lOll
vehICles wen: armed ..... Ih I lighl gun
and ... en: called the ArmKbl10 Mk III
The thm! model produced was the
Iype .lIwtnted. the Ikd(ord JO-C'"
'lorry Armour~. Anll-unk' Thn ..";IS
pmll~r 10 the Armadillo II but Iud lleel
pbtes m!lead of wood.. 1lIr cab and
bonnet wen: abo more utmPvely
armou'~ aDd funhcr ptOlccnon ... u
gIven 10 rhe whee" and (uel tlnk The:
umal1lCtll wu a Ooys anll-unIc nAc Ind
I Orrll gun (tho:- rormer be'"llobown)_ In
lhe d~ .."\"1 the cut-down remalnl of
lhe OIllinaI ab Ind ""ndKf«n can be
seen. ThcIlC PUtlCul.tr vduckt wmt 10
lhe dlvtUOOI III south calli Enal..and where
the I I I V I _ WIlId he upectcd, but
rortunucly lhe InVlliOl\ mver clme Ind
thnc CTIldc 1m proVlsauont wert: nOl pUI
ro II\C rest
Another type of ulemporl5ed
armourc-d lorry at thtl penod ....as the
Buon .. h,da COtlItsro:d of:m old mjWII-
1100~d Mavy InlCk etu.. " 'Ith I cem-
actc luperuructurt".
11 Truc:k • • )( 1. 4 lon, FordlOn
Thames, 1940-#, U K
Thil vehtCk wu an ordmlrY commeraal
1yPl' whiCh I.IW wlt\c:spread mlhury
tetVtct. It " 'ilS I COIIvenuonaJ (or.. ard
conlrol vehICle "1th :m alklcciuPPIIll
body, It ...., mOM exlcrutvcly utcd by
lhe Roy.al Alf Foroe for ;ltrfic,1d con-
IIIrtKtton work and pmtlar task!. In
addulOtllO the cnd-uppct" veRlon Iobown
IMrt: was I lon8 whcclbate arlO trud;
and a pnmc mover ror km"It1l1lcn.
One of Grncnl MOnlgoli\Cry·. map
aUl'alll In 19«-45 ..~ haukd by the
pnmr--movCt v~ the lCmI-tr.U!cr
bCII" of the p.ar11n:hrucon r)"~ ThIS
~mcu1.tr "duck IS tnlI presrrv~ by lhe
Ford MOIor Co_ In View of IIUIIO(i.tUon
..... th Bnllln'l mOM famOUlumy com-
mandl'T of World War II YClanocher
venKM1 of the Fordson Thames wed by
the RAF ... u the Truaor. I ~'chlcle WIth
n,
I woodm dropsock bod)' and lobonoeMd
du~". It hid to""Il'Il gear and could lII'
uta! fOl' fOWl"l a....~nfi iH wdl IS for
alT)'I"Ialr SI<>ra.
1) B .... Me R " I ""f. 19,.0. U,K
AI rile oUIb«lk of wu m Scp'~mbcT
19}\lIM Bnllsll Army (ound H~I( very
lobon of all kmds of motor Irampon
Aft.". lhe UEf', wuhdnwll from
fnna tM shornge became ~"en mort
acut~. Until producuon of new mdnuy
,,~hw:la bll1lt up the lobomge IUS
1I1('\'llled by dloC Kqwsmon of large
numbn1 of commcrcuJ "duda.. In
1940 busa ....·~rt a fa"oun~ ufJCl $Ina
lhex COI.IId lII' wed U U~nI uoop or
~nonnd tumportm of a lund.. Tbe
dl"ISlOIH drawn up liang the South
Cwst of Enlland 10 ck(md the «LIS!
agllM theupn:ted German inVaSion In
the summer o( 1\140 WCrt IYued With
luge numbe-n of busa 110 thai troops
could be ru,hn:I qUickly to any landing
zone. Tbe t)'plal "chlCk ulustutedll I
former Crttn Lmc couh wluch In Ihn
allC' It In \IX ;u an ImbulaDel'. Other
butcs "'''~~ uK'Ii u offices. command
VC'h..cld. and ;as molnk dnuoomJ for
IU'Ill"l cou~ The Ropl Navy ....tft
.,. Ultn of n'qWJIuonnI buies for d_
rooms or tnlOlIII duplays. for lrutln«
they bd a mobde cxh.blllon co"enng
anu-Ilr~r.dt dnn>« of snlpt, and tlul
Vtllled dock)'ll'ds all round Bntaln for
the bend;t of m~rchanl slup crewi.
14 Car. Licht Utilit y , Standard
II h .p .• 1\l4t- H. U.K,
Another of the hghl unlllY I)'pa III the
UIM da. II the AUIlln sho""'Il III Plale
17. the Sundan! """" I $I,ghtly largn
,»
v~hlck bo.l"iI baKd on the Snndud
Flymi Twclv~. I VC'I) MlCa'Sliul f,nuIy
(U of lhe 19}8-}9 penod Only tnc
bonnet and (ront "''''1 p~ngt of liloC
eu Wtft utlbKd In mls VC'hlCk, however I
tiloC me of dw: bod)'work bema com-
plcldy new The ab wil open wlih a
ClnVIl top and removabk pcnpe" SIck
JCT«ns II In lhe luger CS lrucks. The
~a.ly producllon vehid.... oflhe 1\1)9- 40
penod had liloC radlatOt gnlle of Ih~
flylllg T ..... ~lve or. but lubloCq~OI
v~h,,1a.. as shown here. had a Slmphflnl
Wlrt mm gnlk and slotted bonnci
gda for cooling Tht Stand.ud Lighl
Unilly "'II one o(m~ IIlO$t IUCc.mfui of
the vanous makC5 VI us dill .nd Ihf Iype
umalned III ute long ~fter World War
II. some IInng In Tnntonal Army IoCr-
lI"1a w~U InIO Ihf 19SQl. Thu "chide Iud
a four-cyhn.ckt« b.h.p ntllne and ""
I J it 10 In loog It \\'11 wed by the RAf
and Ro)~ Navy II ..... dl:as the umy.
Truck, 8 ( wt.
.I} FFW, 4 If 1,
Humber. 19,.0. U.K.
Tbe nUt cia. of "dude a~ the hghl
UIUllY" Bnmh 1CTV1a: UK IIlliloC 19J9-
40 ~nod w;as rned at 8 ('\0·1. In appelr-
ana: the vdudes ronc:n'IlC'd (dl mid-
",.. y hec ..... em the Ij-eVo"t CS Iruck and
Ihf hght uuhly· SIner the I}-CWI
( h,ws and ,ilOC unlit'" hetw«n them
coukl uwy he wed for 1M rokl undrT-
taken by kwt Irucb. th .. Inter d..lu of
vchlck w;as dropped :lItosnhrT In blc
1941 III thf Inlerests of rlllOluhllllOIi
The majOr Iypes on the 8-c .....1 (haull
we~ both UIc-rnIUy very ilmllar. ThcK
..... en: lhe CS (Ge""n.I ScTVKC) and ffW
(fllted for W ..cn) t~pcs. They
had a dctxhabk .....dkypc bod)' " '''h
onvil nit and foIdmg kgt by m~l/u of
wlud! the body could be Slood On Inc
ground, II rouId ml.&J be uKd;as" pomble
offitt. ellher" an oft>a (or (iI~) battahon
HQ In the ""I.e of ,ilOC CS vcnoon or as a
wuele. IUIIotI. V~w:1C5 In liloC s-c.."t
clas wen: mack by ford. Morns. and
Humbo.r Tht~uly produ<tlon Humber
vehw:les unlned the chaws of the ciVlhan
Humber Snl~ hmoujl"". 19J9 prod\IC-
lion model. Thc bonnn and rldmor
grdle we~ dcllved from liloC lime
vehIcle. In Ihf body 1\ thf un w.u the
JIIndard No. II w"dnllCl then on ute.
a t<1bk. and blllCry Mowagt' for the
ndlO. The ball~"" "'~~ ~h.afged
(rom a gCl'III'ntOl' dnven oK 1M maIO
InnlmlSlOn. Thc CS .,duck Iud the
I.I.II'III' body but lacked m.- ",rekss
fillings. A hlhl ambubne.. bod)' could
11'10 be fined 10 mil cha-l$ls. Tht Humber
fFW had a Slx-cylmder I S b .h.p rollne
and w.u I d It long
16 Motor-cyd e Co mbinati o n,
BMW R", 1\l40--4}. Germany
In IIJ baSIC (orm li'1oC HMW R7S motor-
cycle combllLluon WII silo""",, (;as Plal~
149) m tbe pr~'·lOUJ book III mJl SCTICJ,.
It n'mamcd a nllJor ser''K"t I)'pc wlm
tbe German Army fOt thf whole of
WOtId War II bolUS Impoillner dmu-
nu.hcd as time " 'enl on (or 1[1 funcuon II
a reconlLl~nc.. V~ICIe ""'as largel)'
ukro over by lilt VW Kubclwagcn
(Pll~ 18) and other light and medium or
t)·pes. Tbe Illumatlotl he~ snows a
BMW R7S combm""on m !He with a
r~onlUlsuna: ~Inhon oflhc Afnka
Korpi In the Wntem Dc,..11 10 1941
wiloCrt J ml"tu~ cl Kubdwagem and
mocor-cycla m lhe loImc umt was
l)'Inal. Vlilbk hen: a", the vabsaon the
Slckcar wluctr arned ammwuDOll ~nd
the ere....,' pc-nonal cqu.pmem. and lhe
MG)4 mad",., gunon III bar moum on
tiloC Sidecar In dc-"'II opermons It "al
pratne.. 10 keep ,he- broech oflhe- gun
cO"eredlo pre\"cm uod ~tllng VI. and
the gunnc-r can be- SOInt holdmg the an ...s
cover III placc. In German t~rnunolog)'
mil heavy motOt c)'('k and ..dear ""'n
known II a SCh ..... ercr Knflnd mil
xucn"" agen
17 Sf! ($d Kfz 7 1) whh J em Flak-
vl " rIiDI . 1941 - 41. Grrman)'
Developmc-nt of thf V;lnOUi dassn of
half-Irxk pnm~ mo,'er produced VI
brg~ numbn1 h» h«n cov~red In the
prO-IOU! volume, Hen: we show Klme
",",me ckvdopmcnts _ though lhe
])age modc:b of the 19}QJ conlmurd VI
serVice and In producuoo Ihroughout
Wo rld War II
A map vanam bued on 1M Sd Kfz
7 II-ton half-tnck ( haYtI wn a sclf-
pro~lledlW. v~hlck 10 glVc IIr defnt«
to umn 111 lhe fidd ThIJ Iype of vehlde.
designated Sd K(z 7/ 1 appeared In 1941
Ind "'" eiKntully a Sd Kfz 7 gun
tractor 'IImh lbe scali rcmoved and
n'J'11CI:d by a mOUlll fOt me fbkVlCl"hnC
) qlddNpk .1-cm AA gun. "flu!;
powerful ... upon wu a bghl hand
controlled mount ..... lth a rllc offill' from
1[1 fo .. IurIl'k combIned o( Soo rounds
ptr mlnUle. 1llc SlM raul round the rcar
plalform wc~ covered by hghl WIn'
m~ and OlXned Sldewa)" ..... hOl liloC
¥~h"k WII deared (or aCllon. For
Ip~lrana of the Mandard Sd Kf:r. 7
tUCtOl'" lee Plltc tll In lbe prevlOUl
¥oluIMlIlthn ICIlCJ. The SiI (Sd K& 7/ 1)
- ilia known II tbe M.ttkrc-r Zugknfi-
wagt'ft 81 mn l-cm fllkVlcrhng }8_
had, l o m~ ('fcwmd ..... e>ghnl II~ 10m.
'"
La", produc:non vduda 0( Ihll Iype
(I~)- «) Iud ;wJ umoutro ab II
!oho"'n In Plue J9.
18 Lekhle Zuekraflwa,en Sd Kfz
I I ( Manomae) con verted to Ambu-
lance. 1~0-4a. CArm~ny
The buIc )-1011 Gc::tnun lulf_lnd
dc:vc:lopc:d III t.M 1\1)01. abo shown \II
dw previOlll volulYW (i'b", U7). nus
lighte, I)'pe of iulf..cr;aek "'u 110( usn!
U lhe: bm,of;wJ AA vdude. betng mOK.ly
ullh~ " I gun traClO'. mWUllon,
"tner, or d«onunlln~l1on veh lck, A
few vdud", were, hO"'evCT, con ... ened
for a 'pc:c:w role-lhe: meUf of alrmm
... hoK Iltenn "'l't\' dinugro III nadl
upon Bnum and ... hld! UIYW down III
tM IC~ CIl rou", 10 lhc:v bDc:, Tht iulf-
Inck conligunuon .. a. cboIm dUf to III
IUII.&b.hry for opCTuaon on t.M ~ICIw:s
and dunes ofHoUand and Fnnce. Thne
vehlck$ patrolled thor eoU( wllh a mellor
crew. medial lIorn. and dUlghlCl
aboard rudy 10 lid Iny Ilrmm ipOIud
III t.M IC~ MU tht co.ILK In t.M dIK"""
~ w:o:n ~ FJC"1C1cr !i.tord. If"Xln pblle'
~IMJ uxd In dw meUf work. 1"hew h2Jf-
Incb we~ opc:nkd by the ~
Guud. The clussu wll $I1ncil.rd, ..,lIh
only !he aravan-type body added
111 S8 (Sd Kfz 7 1) with) 7 em Flak
J6, III.p- «. CArm.&ny
Thc k(o..d m~1lI ty~ 0( moblk AA
... chlck on t.M iulf-tnck trxtor wu
oneuuliy (1\141 ) !wed on !he }-Ion
(Sd Kfz 6) chUIIS .. h,ch .. allM hghlo:st
type Ihal could uke the 1-1011 Wtlght of
lhe )'7-m1 Flak )6 gun mounl.ln 11141,
howe ... er, producllon oft ..... S-IOO traCior
W<IS dropped and 1M Flak )6 gUrl wu
on
hmceforth fined m t.M lup 1-1011
chuN~ ,he MW ,ype bet ........ gruled
Sd Kfz 111 (MHoon ZugkranwaFtl 8t
nm )'7-<nt Aak )6). Early veh>eln
h~ no nmour p'OC«UOIl and h~ the:
Ame appcarance . ..,lIh open ~dC1; and
cab. :u w,own III Pbte n, Thc lilt'!'
vdnck$ had an nmourro abo III
Irmoum ducld for the radlllor. ,nd
"'oodm dropudn ~pl<1<mg the lubulat
mtul Atk mb of the euher vrluck, nw
armou~ (:lIb""2$ open .f lhe bKk ,nd
u:tomdcd rearwards fu enough 10 COVCT
tbe bmch M:at on whICh four m(m~nof
1M 7-m;l.l1 crew rode. Most vehldes Iud
a utlcld for the Flak )611un, though thc:~
u noc orw on the example: drawn. nw
addlllOO of armour 10 lliar Vthtc:1c:s III
t.M latin IN" oftbe " -ar tdlms t.M Ill-
Cfnj,lng domlrunam!he au-oftbt Alhcd
:ur forces on all frona u dw .. M pro-
grnl<d
)0 Ambulance. I ~ Ion. 4 Ie a,
C hevrolel , 11140-41, U,S,A.fU K
Thll widr:ly uw modd wu baw on dw
rom IYWrnal CMvrolct Plnd nn and
I'CUIMd t.M 'Clv,ban' hood and gnlk
but kid heavy duty t)"fft and Othc:r
nulHary fimnp. II rould «try four
Rretchn or 10 lC~ted P'&l}enl$. It
tq.IlPpnl all urns of thf AlYWtlCIn
forcl'l and wu 5C1lt .broad undo:!- lbe
Lta.le-Lend Kheme: and mill)' wcre
used by t.M BntlSh and Free F~nch. Tbt
INrt,CIila. vehICk dnWft hll 1M mark_
lOp of the PolISh O' ... ,~on .. h!ch lC1"Ved
under BfIIlSh romm~nd. Thc Chc:vrokt
4 )C .& hid a Ilx-cylmdo:!- m-boo: CIlIlIIIe'
gtVI", 1 b.h_p . • nd wu '4 ft long and
6 ft tOIn ..... <k Ilwcnt OUI Q/"p.odUCllon
In 11141 but ~mamed 10 UI< IInul the
war·, md.
)1 l.orTy. Anlbulanu, Indian
Army Type, Au"..lia. 1941. AuJlr.>-
h. India/U K
The Im,U AUJluJ~n Army pr>ot 10
World War 11 obla,~ most Q/" liS
hmllcci nUniNn of military ...ehICles
from Canacil. UlllIg whal were ba~a1Jy
comlTlCTcialcluwl, mamly Ford. Dodge.
and Clk'vrokt. n- (IuJAI Wl't\'
Imporud In ·knocked down' form and
ukmblcd III AlISlnha. LocaJly nude:
bodN:S we~ fillro to lUll rtqUI~ roks.
This pncnce connnucd though on ~
larlln Kale: In World War II The
veh.clnhown ISo( '1141 vintage wllh Ihf
Aultrahan Pallnrl fabnc ambulance
body, Cab, bonllC'l. and elu",1 wert
(.om tho: Wondard 1940 mockl Chevrolet
h,be If\I(L Thu I)'pc of \·thtc:k Wli
"'Iddy u,ro on Far Ulinri froou,lNtU-
cularly III Indu 10 whld! many nhicics
of thll t)·~ wen: Iupplied. Ordinary
dropildc argo truck! we~ .110 built 011
Ihll cha"l~ aU In d~ lO-CWI clau_
p Lon", J IOn, 6 Ie 4, Ford.
whh Balloon Wlnch, 1\1.40-«, UK
Llkr AWlln (pu", f) For-d produced I
6 Ie 4 dW:llS UI tbe l-ton dUll and
\tu, WII fined with M:Vetall)"pa o(body
rangIng from cargo type to houx IyPf
$Imllar 10 that fined to the Au1tm
(Plale lOot). A mo~ ehlllelnUllC role:
for Ih" Ford. howevC1". WII II a wllIch
lorry for barngr ba.lloon opCI",uon.
Man)' hundreds of Ih. t~ of ... dude
~ used by lbe Ro)-aI Ait Foret 10
prov.dc t.M powt'!' for t.M balloon
barugCl WI prOl«lro key nUl of
Bnt~m III the 1ll11l-4J pc:uod. A I<'pa-
• lIt Pftro! mItlie' wu mounll'd on lhe
rear body 10 dn ... e thf mclOkd Winch
drum and a mesh age: proc«kd t.M
WInd! opc:rllor from any brnbgc 0(
tIw balloon abk dunng \0;1001 .... In or
QUt opr1"lllon. Thu ~Juck .. as known.u
model WOTI by Ford. It mrorpomed
lhe nornul FoldJon rommtrcuJ Iype
p,esM:d Jled ab (ef. Plate ll) but Iud a
WD p~nem bonnet and mesh raJlnor
gnlle TM V-8 '5b.h.p. enll'lIe' ....",Ihe
UIYW II 'hat fillro 10 thf romnKtCw
Fordson Th~mes uudt of the pc:r1od
Anotbc:r !p«uI pUtpoi<' type em 1M
ume: ch_ used by 1M RAF "-as a
tnsh lender whIch featured ~ f~m
compound link ~nd high prnlun:
<khvery hotn and a",ocUied pumps,
H Lony,,)Oewf. GS,4 1e ~,DennlJ.
1\140-41, U,K
Thu ,,<,h~k Wlli bwli f'OIll romlYWtniI
Dmnu componcno 10 lhe lo-cwt
nllng for gmcrallllC on a"fwlth by lhe
Royal Air Force. The ab and bonncc
wen: ldentlal to Olhe. C'IlTrmt ~nnlS
model!. A wooden WD tyPf body wal
filled, pJw ~ huvy dUI), lowmg pmtk
II lhe back In iC1"V1U mll vehlde, knoWft
II t.M Dmni:l AM (Au- Mlnutry), ,,',11
used for any lisk from a'ryl" d~bUll
10 10Wtng bomb 1nUcn. It had I four_
(,)·Ian&r. 7J-bh.p CIlglIIC and .... III ft
10 In. loog, Thu ... chlck wu not u,ro m
quanlily by any othrr ICTVIU
14 Llghl Auillery Tracl o r, 6 Ie 6,
Dennd Octo llt. 1\14)-44- UK
The 0a0I.at U1S1ed only In CZflCT'-
mcnt~1 prototype: fonn and WII dcsagntd
to meet ~ .tqUIIC1llC1l[ (or IlImple: euy-
Io-produce and malllUUl gUll trlctor In
piau of 1M rdatlVdy com phalcci QWLd
naccon then In UM: for IN, fie!'! lndltty .
The design "'011 no ...d. In particular In
dUPfn$lng "lIh ConVCllUOru! ~ptUlp,
"J
•
Any .ough "d"'l wu abtorbrd 'nJr~:td
by 1M 8QnI Iym. The OI"'I'IUJ pLan
aDown:! for ~llhl "'mil (hl:na ,he
n~me Octobr) bur ,nne were: reduced to
$IX In ordn' 10""1' dlC' vchock'i ,",,,,p.
and DyenD Imgth 10 a mInimum. n.c
Oaobt fu,u,ni, umpk pb,form body
...,th a InlCk I)'PI' ab on ,he prococypr_
ThIS ...... rq>la«d by a bchdy ••m()\lned
body "',Ih cmlrll conlrol poIIllon and
311 overlll cm ... uh The body (uturcd
Immunlllon lod.en. Pawn QIIK (rom
I 9" -bt!"e u)'bnd cngu'Ie and the
.. duck 'us abow XI fi long Ovcnll
baght \O<II?~ ft Thcurl)n" ..ducks had
TWln-!kdfon! nllmct. N o prodl>C'uon
ordo:r for IhlS Ln~rnu"l vdl>d~ wilt
placed. The n.lIQV CX1olal"'. an abbrt-
V1~lIon for rlgln (.... ItH!) hght amDery
tunor.
H Ca" Hnvy Utili, ,., " x ••
Humber
]6 Car, Heny V .Uhy. " )( 2,
Ford, '1141 - 44, U K
TheM: ...'ere.he pnnclpaL Bnusb Iypn of
vchock uxd ;III m.Wand command nn
II ncry nnpo.unl lcYC'1 of command.
WhIle of IIclKnUy .. mUir alK .nd
.hlpt'. dlC' Humbn- h~ (O\.Ir-...!ttt1-
dn~ unlike dlC' Ford. The bod'C$ wnc
all $lf'd and wen: Slx-tC'llm WIth four
.nd<V1du,,! tn.1S "lid (wo 11~Uf' ' 0«'1.
$IoruJ' KIIS " 1M hiCk. There wa III
opmIntI(Wo-P~ udgau and I (oId1ntl
map uhk bdund dx (rom tn.u. The
IWO reu KIIS couJd Ix (olded down to
Ia~ tlx body ckar (or kNd (UTY'ntI
..·hm ffilUtml In 1M Ww:em DrKu
both IIInt I)'pn Wtl"( tomtuma modt-
(1ft! to lUll the duruu by CIItUr\I oKlht
roof and rtpbeJnll( with. nnYl!t (old-
1111"11. Thc Humbtr Iud I ...~ylmdn'.
."
4_lltrcmI1l1<:orljb.h p .. thtumcpowrr
ratmg as Iht Ford whICh Iud a V-3
mgtn(". ThcHumbtrw;lS '. It I m. 1one
wh.k IIx Ford wllt 4 m, lonln' "lil The
Ford (ckSlglUl~ won by IIx com·
~ny) Iud a sbdmg wn-,oo[ TIw
modificallon .. u muk to sonx Hum-
Ixn. aho. nJ>"Uolly 10 tho.- uttd by
h.gh-nnklng olfi«n.
J1 Truck. I, <:wt, GS • • " 1, Bed.
fo rd
31 Truck. I, CWI. BedfoTd. filled
experimentally ... ilb lO-mm Pollteo
Canooo
J9 Lorry. I, eWI • • " 1. Bedfo rd
(Mobile TN Car). 19J9-4S. U.K
The ongm o(11x Bed(ord I j ....... llruck.
o.w o( IIx hHt known of IU mllllny
ychlCks, cUlts bxk 10 19H whm Iht
War Oflicr htld llml (or new types of
lorry lnd inVited VauxhlU Moton Lid.
mlken of Ikdford Irucks. 10 enln' Iht
COtnptllllon, The firm Jubmllted a bsht
VIll and IhelrJllndud commerrull·lon
lorry. Wbik tht van SI'o'C' III indJfftrC'llI
pcrrorm;m" IIx lo(on lorry proved 10 be
1M mOIl cfflClenl in IU dau, n'm
IS;oJnll $pta~ milll~ry dCSlgnJ. Vau ••
hili accordmsly finn! IuS'" I)rtllnd I
brg'" 'coloruaJ' Myk ndUle." and forrIl
lhe vchlck 10 Iht "'rmy (or 1n.W. With
revwon 10 lhe duua 10 'mpt'ovt
ground cklnna :and. I.1tn', modt(1Q-
lion to 1M cooling Iplan ,Ix vehlck
100II ~n In dar 1936 tnlls. By 19J11
plUpilK.bwlt Bedford WD (War
DrpIrIlt,",I) pfOlOlype Iud b«n com-
pkt~ sull bued on the ~oo commn-
CI~ ch_ nus ...;as nted &I IS 0.'1 and
w;as ltno'N1l;lS Modd WD I 10 Bedford
... dlJllnctlW; (~IIU~ ..~ tN: wmpk
tq~rcd-oK bonnrt ....!ucla w;as fiurd 111
pi," of 1M Ulu,,! 8cdf'ord bonnet o( tiM:
lime 111 orlin 10 cku lhe CIln-b~ atr
(oIlCt whKh lhe "'rmy h"d, Iptofotd. The,
bon"" Wit rqardcd al a lem ponry
txpedltnt for Iht uu.li buill wu, .. Un.
rClamcd for wbKquo:nt vdudes duo: to
IU IImphaly and Ute oJ producnon,
In 1931 , more pownful m~ ..~
ckvdopcd and linn! and CO<Inngmcy
pb.-. w~~ mack for prodUCI)OO 111 tN:
cvo:nc of .. u ... proV'lllOftoll pbn ;olIowrd
(or 1.000 'S CWO 10 be buill Wlthm 6-7
monlt. of III ordcT bema pbud. In
"'ujJ\ltl19l9thc lint SO Ikdford IS C'A'U
wert orckml. ~ to be 'pank:!' for
carrying l-pd r ,nllo(ank gUDS. One of
IIocK vchlCk$ II ~own 111 PlaKe 141111 Iht
prn'IOUI Yolume, 1bcw vdllcki h"d,
GS bodies bul weI"( filtn! ..,th ramps.
chocks. and ,mmunmol1 lodtnJ. In
Scptcmbtr 19J9 whm W;1f WIS ckcIaml
the planned ordn for 1.000 vth,des ..'"U
pla«d. Of theK 4110 Wt~ eqUIpped aJ
'portfts' and the olhcn Wt~ buolllS GS
truck$. Wnhm a few Wctb. howe veT.
new CO<IIUCU wcre pb«d for ' 1.000
' S"",'t lruekJ. 511btequendy duJ I1Um-
ber was con$lcknbly Inc~;ued and
Bedford IS twlS mack up 10 a I.a~ pro-
poruon of the ljO,ooo vclucki budt by
Bcd(orddunng the Sc:00ild WorK! War.
nus 1S-cwc dwsa was known as the
Btd(ord MW 10 10 nukcn. The NS>C
GS trlKk _ltWDly II1lended u a I~
ponvdtlCk (or IIx II1fantr)' plalOOll but
II wu, In fact, W\ckly ulft! by aD umJ. In
lIS OI"Ismai form the Bedford IS 0.""1 had
III optn cab. (oIdmt 'ICf'O' Iypt .....nO-
Iludd!; and canval llde loCiCUl$. ... foldlnl
hood ga~ hmlt~ COVCT 111 batt wealher.
From (94). howe\'n. a mo~ mdoscd
cab WIth llde door.. a canval lOp. and
penpe. lIde ICr~ repbad the culy
open cab.
Oycnlllel1gth ofthc NS>C vthlCk wal
14 Ii 41n. and II Wit 11 It hllh or, Ii J In
" 'Ithout Iht (oldlns cab lOp The "X·
cylmlin mJl.w ckveloped 11 b,h P
$evcnl spK1.l1 pucpow bod.!a wert
IUpplled on Ihll chulI' Including the
mobtk In nr shown (Plaie 39) whod!
_ ont of a group of vclucki purchated
by pubbc w,*npuon (or UK by ~I(I",
ICn'Kft, The vduck dluslTun! belonstd
10 the yMC. .... "'norhtr common
I)'pt Wl!t the Jill g~ Wain' unkn-
whKh II oIluJlrated (Plale 141) 111 lhe
prev.ous book 111 thIS 1CI"1a.
One IYpt whICh d>d not _ WlOo-
lpread IItTYloa WM Iht Bedford 'S cwt
filled wllh lhe PollIl'n »-mm lun 10
make a molnk ...... mounl. The Pol.lIm
WH I np,d-finlll machIne cannOll
dnignrd 10 luppkmmt thc Ot:hkon
gun of lO-l1lm calibre. TM IWI barm
wal PUI lillO producllon and VauxhaD
were ~Jked to dcJign I IUlllbk mounl
wluch could be uted on lhe vehick.
remoyed lnd convened ' 0 a lowed
w~apon. and brokni down IntO blll(
rompomnlS for mule tran,pon, The
Iony mount wu abo adapubloe (or
ground linfll In IhlJ QK the wheell_
wruch WCK mounled on Ilub ule$. were
remo'lCd Ind JKks WCK filled ID lhar
pia« Dnogn o( th_ PolllCO-S.... mounl
lluud m Jurw: IW and the (omplne
$plftrl wu ready (or (CIt I(Yen weeki
lain, Pbm w'"' nude for 11);1.000 of
~ gun mOWlII, but duo: 10 lack of
productJon rKlllllft Vauxh.all mw
only 100 for uub.. u1mllllind demon-
IlrallOll. In 1M eYmt duJ IImpk and
ctftctl\'t weapon was not uta! 111 com-
bal una the ... llied llf lupenonty of IIx
la. h.J.I( ohlx "'II' ,wdued mobile ......
moWluofduJ IUIUI"( qUI~ unnculluy.
u,
40 Lorry. J lOll. 4 )( :I. Bedford
(Slorn V • .o)
41 Lcwry. )lo n.GS.4 K 1. Bedfo rd
4J Lorry. J Ion . .. K 1 , Bedfo rd
(B,eitd V.n) . 194O-.U, U,K.
ACttt d~ 8-<.... 1 and IS"",'tloma the
Bomn M~tu.ruj;lnon ~nmml pbn-
nat new Iorncs ttl the )0><'" and )~on
al~ora. ~ )0><'" cb....;as a con-
unwlUOII. of the Inlu-wn 'lIpl lorry'
c<u~ory but (;as (u as MW moods WmI)
.. 4 K l Ulher Iblll lhe old 6 K 4 con-
filluuu(>n. n..:, j~onm'n of the mttt-
wu penod Wnl! abo of 6 K 4 type
bul the M .... buildll1g prognmme called
(or 4)( 1 Wr»Ol1l. Vawdl;ill. who
malk Ikdford" had not had any .... rVlOl:
cOIltnm Nfon: the "lr and the '5-<W1
(pble )7-79) wu!har lint Ytty StIro
(ut cffort. [n M1y 19)9 the firm wu
lilted II) prqluc 10 bwld jo-cwt and
J-Ionnc,"" 181111 UII[,SlII(I U IJI.'"8 com-
mercial dnlgns kuubly adapted, Soon
a(ltt w;lr brokeout contracts Wnl! placed
(or 5,000 Jo-cwt and It,OOO l~on
vchKJa.. lbnc "'e~ lubtcqumtly m-
c~ased g~atlyand by 19<1' ova ljO,OOO
Ikd(ord tnKks (of aD 10m) had bcm
mMk. ~ Jo-cwt If\I(ks (1CC Place ll)
we~ duconlmuro urly on but the 1-
tonuer beame the major BnUln ICn'lce
Iypcand Bedford Wnl! lhe mam builders
wllb thnr (amoU$ Mode[ OY ThIS
whKle had the comml'f(lli Iype pund
Meel cm wnh the umOUJ 'sqw.1\' ~'
bonnet (hood) dUI had bcm IJItrodU«d
m the I s-<.., . Thr lU~rd cargo Ind:
(pbcc 41) had a wooIkn WD pUittn
body whtda W;IS bier repbced by a md
body (Pble 41 ).
11lcre were numttous lpecill bod~
and vanana of the ~'K vehKIe and twO
of thex are $bown bert. The Jlora Vlll
".
(Plate 40) wu mamly UHd. IN...., nthtt
dun III the field and had I ~nl«hrucon
body. The unlU.w bread nn (Pbte u)
w;as used by field INkma and could
carTy 1,600 Io.avn fully loaded.
The 8cdford ayO j-tOMtt had a
IllloCybnckr, 7l--b.b.p. mgLl~ and "'"al
lO ft , III.. long, 7 R I ~ In. WlIk and lOft
.I 111_ blSh.
4l TncCor, 6 10D, .. )( ~, s.dford,
with Torpedo Tnnsporter Sem.l_
Iniler
.... Tnc:to., 6 lOll., 4 K 1, Bedford,
wltb )-IOn AircnR Tnn.porter
Semi-nailer
H Tr.clor. 6 lon, 4 K 1, Bedford,
with J-Ion <ArlO Semi-tnoiler
46 l-IOII <ArCO Tnller, 1940-45,
U.K.
The Ikd(ord oxe ~on pnn1C moYtt
WII a ,.,m ple .dJpuuon of the Jllndard
1~1 eb._ wblcb more usually
formed rht: ~ ... of an ordlllary I~d
carner, and w.u Wo UHd for lhe 'lorry,
armOl.l~ ann-unk' mown 111 Pbcc
II ProdIKtKlll of lo-cwt Irwks w;lS
redU«d for military IIIC afltt 1940 m
faVQUfofthemorrllSCfulandlulef J~on
types. The lo-cwt chU$l" ho ..... ever,
remalOed III producllOn III III modlfic.od
form .u a pnme mover and "''U filled
With the pJlenl Scammell coupll'f (or
ICml-lr.lIlcn whICh .... u automatic In
actlOft and aDowed lhe pnme mowr 10
bad. up 10 the scrru-uaikf and couple up
aUlomuclly. [I could ,,"ub.ly rckuc
1'-' ....mHrWc-r to leave II for k»dtng,
Ibr ..... clsht at the (ronl end oflhc tr.ukr
btl", rakm by roUer- filled retracl.ble
11m. filled each , Ide o( t'-' coupler. ThIS
(.. mow mechanKal deVla: Wlll bt (amI-
bar 10 eVC1"yonc who hu ICCIllhe mcctu.-
ntaI hona and Inlkn JlIU UHd m
~rcelt«h.wy wori:.
The Bntuh Army .....dc rd,,"vcly
hlNled UIC 0( al'l1cuLued kwI c.amen
Vl World War II Such veluda .. Wnl!
IlICd were employed mamly " depot.
ralher than III luppon o( (orward
~helom. ~ maJ01 UICf1 of these
Bed(ord ~on outfitS weI\' lhe RO)"a1
Navy and Royal All" Force for whom a
number IIllpeaal purpotr Ir.llien Wtte
budl
Pbte 4l .noWl. Roy;>! Navy veludc
Wlth a torpedo carner trailer whIch wu
used on nav;>!alr 'lulontand fordo.ohve""
lOll torpedoes from ordnJnce depou,
Above II Ii iIlown the Swordfuh, maR
famous III the RN lorpedo bombers. In
Pbte 4J IS sho ...... the.Mme oxe pnffiC
mOVtt With the JUndard WO pattern
carlO lrailer, whICh Ii more (ully shown
Wlth ItS Scammd cou pl,,'1 dcviee-
III Pllte 46. ThIS ItIIler wu budt by
.... ven J fi rlTlS 10 llllltdird don' lln. T .... o
other IC n\l~ r.ulen ~mg the Scammdl
coupbOll devICe were a 1 .7~lon
(uri unktt and a ~11xd Iniler. Bod!
were IUppbcd (or the Bed(ord ~on
prime movtt_
Pille ..... hows .... hlt JS probably the
bat k.nown ofall the w"'" me anKUialed
vehICle" the 'Quem Mary' alfenfl
tnmpotter ICmHniler. CJbc mCktuffiC
owed Its onglO 10 the great Jo-(I length
III the scmHrailer.) Hundreds of thnc
'Qu«n Marys' were used by lhe Roy;>!
AU" For(l' for the tKovery 0( da ..... gcd
Ilman or the debvtty 0( new ones to
airfields or depotS To Ibr publIC lhe
'Qu«n M>.ry' w;IS _ and ml.l IS-I
Ipecucubr ,,!!hI. The ' Queen Muy'
!I"alln wuofthe low IoadlOll vanny and
W;IS sp«ully bul[1 by T:uk.cn o(
Andovtt, lhe Ibm well-known eOll'-
ncnl"l firm. It fonned I rradIe 10 hold
an .ur(nR fUJCblle, and h'8h OI.Ilnga:cn
could be illite! al Ibr "don 10 IUpporl
Wings verlle~lly. Sma.llllrcran could be
ca rried complete, as wllh the Spitfire
illustnlcd, but VCTY I~rle alrcrafl .e-
qUIJed .... veral luticn 10 carry the III
seCtlonL Ann altttnatlve to lhe Bedford,
CrOll-ky or Commer pome mown
were used With lhe 'Quem Mny" , ~
Scammel coupbng devlCt was noc UHd
WIth lhe ' Qu«n M>.ry'. Instcad a baD
Iype fleXIble couphOll dailncd by
Tl1ktt wu UHd and lhe oulfil wu per-
IIla~ntly coupled III normal elreum_
Sl~ncn.
The Bed(ord OXC model &-Ion
prImo.' mover relllllntd III productton
until Ibr end of the w.n. Somt vchKla
of th..lS type ... el\' IUpp[1I!d III .maD
numben 10 comlllCTcuJ openlon under
W~ntmt ngulallortl and Incx Wnl!
used either WIth the cargo .... ml-lr.ukr or
co mmercul Iype ICml-lullcn. T wo
nolHCrvlcc tYF" of ICmH n 11cr used III
sovttnmmt ' ... orks' ICTVlce ...ere a
~ntcchmcon I~ enclosed load carner
wllb lick and end doon and a bus or
pcnouocl carJ1t'l" WIth SIck WIndOW'
and ... ooden slatted .... ~ts for SO P"-
scngcn. A few oflhe lalltt WCfC.ascd by
the Ro yal Navy, tlOmc conwrled to
mobile cIiurooml for dock y~ rd tUlnlll ll
~.
47 Lorry. ) tOll, .. )( 1, l.so pilon
W.ler <A rrier, Bedford, 19<10-45,
UK
A tlUJor I)'pe .uppomng forw~rd «he--
Ions WM the 'w;lttt boWiICf', lhe
mlJor lundlrd Bedford OYC J-Ion
chaws.. n.e, link I'C"Stcd on ~ cndle
.n.. ched 10 IN;- dUo"" memben and
'"
lund-", od;w p"mp on Ihr luk "''' "wd
(or ftlhng and rmp()mg ",brrI O"I"dr
sourcn .... rrr ROC n~,I,bk. Th .. walrr
'"nk ..... "'. produrN frmn 1\1••. bu,
Ill ..... II "'u gwftl " hra"a jC'C g.ulon
link. A "ar lImlbr look,... vdude ""Ii
Ihr I'C'lroi unka velVOO ",'ho~h h"d.
howeva., brgn d.iamo:ler link olloo-
C.ulon OpiCll)', A 1M'11I fnmework ""'11
P'0YlCkd round !tit unk and In f,,",ud
,~. dUl IUS oovnrd by" (;ulYU nil 10
dll.guut thll Imp<n1M11 n~'1 lrue
funrnon (,om tlltmy iuallt and uul-
In)-_
" LOrTY. l ton, .. ){ • • Fin T ende ••
Bedfo rd
"9 LOrTY. lIon • • l( • • Mobile
Labonlo.y. Bedford
.so LOrTY. lIon. 4 II( 4. Mobile
Canleen. Bedfo.d
j I Lorry liOn. 4 II( ... Command
Vehlde, Bedford
j1 LOrTY l .on. .. II( " . Mobile
Denial Su'Cery. Bedford. 19.o-H.
UK
ProtNbl) thr most r,moUi iU Dmuhor
World Wu II umy kll'T'lef; "';lj I~ very
ramdur K]~rt-fronltd Btdrord QI..
(QL belllg fkdford', mood dnlgru·
lion). nus vehod" IOU aC'lu;&lIy drv.,..
Joptd Ip«'.illy ror nuhllry Wol'. '" (on--
tTlle to t~ 15-("\1,'1, JO-C ...... "nd J·lon
• II( J mockk whIm wac: 111 !mially
wpllllOru of commacul cksogns.
Ap.JM from I fe'" tJtl'C'nmenlll IYpn
&nd 1M AmeflQll FWDof 191' ymuge.
tbr Bnmh Ann) had noc p~ ...ously
uxd fow- ...·Mc-I-dnw (. II( . ) vehleb.
The adYlom~ga of dill I)·I'C'. bod! ror
on- and oK-road work lOe~ obYIOUS,
ho ... e,·rr V,,,:dull's IIllerne In thn lyl'C'
.,
of vthtdr ",,·ml back to D«cmbrr 1918
"'hm drvdoprnrnl of Ihr • S~WI Iype
WII proc"(hn, V,uJdt,lI', r"l'''"''
Mlggntrd dlt fuublilty of prodUCing
" four· .... hrr:l-drlw Brdford and IUtrd
W"", Offino ptntllJPOll to procttd w'lh
, d.nlgn. Inlrrrsl ,,~rxprHSO:d but I~~
..... no urgml requlTernrm, Howe ........
won: on " Btdford • l( • ydllek p~
ettdcd on I 'Iow pnomy' !miL The
OUlbreak ofw"", III Srplembrr 19l9glve
I m"JOl boo- 10 Ihr prOJ«1. V'UJdt,U',
....ac: asked 10 gl~ lop pnonly 10 p~
duang the Ij-("\l,,,, lO-CV'... and j.IOft
I)·pet.. IIrr1<ly dftcnbcd. as Ibnc- Wt~
,,~ndy nreded. Meanwh,1e they wac:
10 proettd at ona w build lOme prOl~
I)']X. II( 4 models. The clru>led ~fi.
Clllon ... as apP'oved by OcIObrr 1919
and on February 1$1., .~o. the fint
prolOlYpe Brdford "x • lru~k was
~"dy for 1ru.1I.. an ulOIUuungly rUt
dr~elopmml ptnod evm by ...... rtlme
mndmb. Thc Bc-clford QI.. (II II WII
b ...... nlled by Vaull~l) .... an cnllrdy
new tk1Ign. bul u pro\'rd to be almo'll
murely fret' from 'leethmB lroubles'
Wlllkt man)· ne.... models,
Produ~lIon of the Bedford Q L !-lifled
In February 19. ' and conllllued 10 lhe
end ol l~ "''''. by wtum lime jl,J.5.
had brtn built, a numbrr whiCh &r
e.ettdcd the loW for any other Ind!-
Yld.al mOlkL
Mmy dlffi.ormt 1)lX' of 1p«W body·
work ...·t~ producrd for t~ Bedford
Ql. and 6\-,:, eumples I~ iho....n here.
Tho: FII"e Tcndtt (pla~ <lS) wu amI--
lar 10 lhe baSIC 1'"'00 load carner YtnlOO,
...,th $lcd GS body. Thc onv. nil.
ho ....eva. concnJcd a m,* romprt-
nr.u.w ttl offirc fighWll gor including
bddcn. t.oto:--..acks, toOk and ;ul auxl--
hI!) mOlor..dro vnl pump butll In it 1M
back. Thn; y"h,ck norm.uly 10...ed a
Dt-nnn mobile fi~ pump. F,~ Tcn<kn
were wed by Ihr .... rmy F,~ Scrvltt
bod! In 8nla," and o\'eTlex 10 protect
nllllllry mlulbuom.
The other ",ehocles Wao ....n here Mve
varlOlil YiIIIH)'pt bod"" ror !-p«liI
rob The Mobtk Canteen (pb~ ~)
_ actu..uy oprrited and manned by
dlt N.AA F,I (Navy. Army &nd Au
Fora InstlNlr) for ...·ork In North West:
Europe 'Rer tbt .... lItcd bndtngl of
June 19+1 II ..... filled out III tbt wua.!
way for mobtk eatenng. ",th In urn$,
conftcllOncT}' ncks. and botplna for
d.iJprIUlOil $rI.Icb 10 oK-duty IOIdtcn
and ' .. men. The Mobile Labonwry
"nd ,,",1;&/ Su.,ery ....ac: uwd by Fldd
Hospulll, lhe Lauer oulfil betng fully
lodf-conlilntd wnh Ihr Or.lV3.ll Inlier
...... 1"1 as a laborilory_
Thr Command Vehlek (Plale 51) n
rcp rnc:nliUvt of a nngc of ~ry im·
ponant Iypa whICh ..u had ," nibr
""ooden '00\,"" bodta bUI were
equIpped for d,Kercnl rolrL These
Included offitt. elpM oKItt, .... Ireless
and Wlrek. ,ernunal v"hocb. T~re
wac: ",vew denll d,K.... mcn bet ...een
lypa,l[!I(lud lnll vaned cIoonnd .... moow
p6'1tlQrU.. A frtqumdy '"'" filll"l ...~
a pmthoult (Itrlled) UtcrulOll to each
5MIe of lhe body whICh _ rolled up and
..lIched to tbt body .... heft the yelude
...·x on the mow. A ,ma.U pruol-dnven
lmentor Jnd U ln baurry sto.....
"''M proVIded In I~ rna,1lI of .ill thae
bou,.,..bodtcd veluda to pro\W pown
(or the: ...."ea and bghll"l equtp~DI .
Btdronl Qu ol Ihll I}"pt .... e~ 1M
Ionga1Alyed of IU ....arnme Bnmh
~hKks and I few rrnwnrd In "'tv""
• blC. 191'0- A pricr-ume role wluc:h
... 11 round (or IOmt: ofthctc .. ducks ...·u
u mobik rccru,,"'1 off,", and mobile
txh,b,uon vrhlcies for Army dupby
.... ork. Thc 1C.u.al .. chKIe dn .... n _ a
"Iuadron tommlndcr', vehlCk III thor
Bcrkilu~ and Watmlmla Orlloom
(I Tcrmorul urnl) III 1965.
Thrrc wac: other Imporunt \'truoru
orlhe Brd(ord QL amOTlf lhem I Iroop
ea ........... IIh Pdr cIoort Ind It~II ITI the
body, a pnnlt mov .... for a J'"'OO tll"Jo
Intler lIihov."IIlTI Pblt.6. a lUll "'ctor
(or J Bofon ,.o-mm AA IlUl. a.nd ,
petrol ank..... The ~ Brdford Ql
GS lolT)' ...... 19 It. In. long. 7~ It "'.,
and 9 It 10 UL high
jJ Lony. J Ion, 4 l( ... Bedfo fd,
experimltnral (Bltdford Glnrf'e)
j . LorrY. lIOn, as
(Bedford half.
Inck). 19.0-.5. UK
Thcx .... ere t....o elL"I'C'Tlnltnu! vefllODl
oflhe Bedford Q L WhKh did noc _
S<"VICl' bUI a~ nonthdesl Bood uampla
o( lhe uk .... !lUI .... err m cd OUIIO Improye
I~ pOImllal of motor Ir.lnlport und«
combat condmonl.
TM BedfordGtnft'e ",..,anaUtmpI IO
mIke a moIor vehtdc oplble of very
cI«p \Ioad1l18 In nva erOlPnp and
amphomo..LancltngL A 'y"emof .....lu.
P'oofi,. yeludl" for sh,lIow \Io-..du'l
was evolved dun,. the ...... ye~n. bUI
lhere ....u a SWplClOll llul tins mllhl
not prow adeq~1C AI I lI.and-by ror
producuon If netcltd. V,uxh.ill IIlem!
a Bedford QllO WI ,II rnaillt ob Ind
gt::arboJl: ""'<'tt on ;ul dtYiltd Ilrder
fnmr.... ork 7 It lbove ,round Icvd.
CIwn dnw from Ihr garb(lI; 10 the
Inmfer boll O~Tnme lhe tnnSmIM-IOn
probkllL Thll proved IDOII luccaafuJ
and .... ouId undoubl:cdly ha" Ix-m of
Yllue III .rup 10 lhore IUMfa of' arBo
Iud the nrcd for such a vehKk amnl. AI
'"
IC h~l'pcncd me u(emponn method
evolved for vnccrproofinc yetudcs _
su(cdsful ~nd wre Wit no funher
rcqwrcmc:nt for Jp«lIhJcd (ypes,
The Bedford H~f.(nek (popubrly
c:aUed the 'Bedford-8rcn,) Wit a ychldc
Jlmibrmconccpuon 10lheGcrm,n Opel
Mlulner (pble Sl). In pn~lpaI ob,FC1
was 10 dupc_ With me rear lyres II ,
time whm rubbn" Wit tara ,fter me
J'PUlCX ottupallon of ~ ol the
ru~ .... produona: counlrlCS olme EuL
The MUluny olSupply dlerefore look J
"Jncbrd Bedford QL and replaced the
Ten wheels with the ITKk umlJ fTom I
8ren Gun uTTler. The TUT ,xIe ollhc
Bedford ....... g",rnllO dnyc (he sprocket
whcch oC me Ina _mbbcs, The raul!
WM J vdudo: oJ clIC\'pu(nw tnct...~
power wludl could wc:D luw been pr~
dU(Cd In IIJOwn nghl It a sundard Iypc.
However, me 8nruil miliary 'uth~
1IeI, unlike the Gernu", (and me
A mcnnnnllhn tln~)d!d nOI f,your (he
half·uKk mode ollrlCOon. A. It lup-
pmcd the Jhorugcolrubbn- wastMX.,
leyere III had n fin!: been envwged and
no (,,"her productIOn or devdopmml
look pb« with lhe Bedford-Brm,
H Field Arlille,.,. T...::tor, Bed-
ford Tradal, 1940-45, U.K.
Though ,he Bntuh Army Iud ehOlftlIO
suncbrcbx on wheeled amlkty tnt:ton,
thor; huge ItICOeII oC the Gcntl.lD h..aJf_
rnck pmoc movt'rs (~ p~iouJ
yolume) p~arly III the WCJlCTlI
Dnen CJmJmgn led to Ieco.w;I!houghlJ
on ,he JubJ«t. The German lem!-
Irl(:ktd Yehidc, gayC J Ycry hIgh 'go
anywhere' suncbrd o( moblllly wluch
wat uJcd 10 load adyanllJC III lhe flSl
'JO
ckploymetM oC me DOIOno.. '". an~
tlnIt Illni thar proved deadly I p ' _
Bnluh laW IrI ICVCnJ oC the mlJor
danl enlagcmenlJ of 194;l. ScYcnl
German half-tncb were c:aplu~ In
lood orckr, and one ....... Jc'nIIO Vaux-
h,II'1 (or complece oYerhaul,nd ICIOnl
AJ a rHul1 oJlhu work VaullhaD were
ad;nllo design, dOIC «Ipy of!hc Jun-
dndGernun Sd. KE7 h..aJf·D"Iaembody-
Ina aU me fealure oJ (he German
vducle bill: UIUlJlI1g at (ar III posahle
Mandard Bed(ord parts. The rcsulo"l
YehlCle Will dCSlgnarni !he: 1kd(Of'd 8T
(8T - Bedford-TraCtor) and code-.
named. 'Tncbt ' for 'Trl(ked bpI
ar ..Ucry In(fQr'. Tho:- y~Iu(1e wI.! 10 be'
'uruvcral' in fimn($10 enahle 1110 haul
'7 pdr_. 2, pdr., and Bofors suns wlm
MlUable aowage for !lilt yanous Iypn of
ammurullOCl
Like the German h,lf·lncu-de--
Knbcd 10 lhe previous yolume-Ihu
Y1:hI<:1e had do...: 10 lhe 'prockcu Ind
Mee~ ItI Ihc: UJuai manner on lhe rronl
axle However. Ii>«e _ aha a lleenng
'yscem hoked IUIOnuoca1ty 10 me
Incb whICh operated when me MCCO",
wbcd -ml kyond. a «ruin mllumum
lock. To proyook me rw<' I ary POWCT II
nurum~ ClIpcn~. IWQ ordmary Bedford
,ruock I'TII"lC'I wc~ uJcd 10 (he aT
mounted lick by SIck and gearnl 10 a
common dl1ye shafL In many WIYS the
8T WM Mlpcnor 10 me German onlmal
Nugm, pal'tlCllbrly 111 10 Mow'lc
arnngcmeno. AU Iockrn W~ I(CUo
Slhle frQm oulJlck the vduck Ind Ipaa:
Wat weU IIICd. Even lhe IpaOt WIder the
lealJ Ul the rear rompanmcnl WIJ uJcd
(or 'rady usc' ammurul10n lIowallc.
Sill Bedford TrKlon wcn: bUill for
tnals m 19<44 and lhac werc ICllcd by the
Army under condulOlU nnlml (rom
UoptcallO am"". The vcluda I'vt' :Ill
U«lknl pcri"ormanec. could. dlmb a
I Ina lInd!enl, w*106 ft dRp, and had
J JFeed kner thin i' m_ph. Plans for
ma produCtIOn w~ PUI In Nod. bul
lhe wlr ended hefore any furlher pro-
Ifni Will mack 10 IhlJ connecnon. AU
«)<lInea were cancelled and tIuJ promu-
IlII design W<ilI premalurely mmuu.ltd.
The Bed(ord BT wat 21 ft 10l'Il, 7~ fi
WIde. and nurly 9 Ii hllh. Tnul welghl
...·.6 IOnJ 161 <:Wt
,6 Car, Heavy Ulililr. Ford, 1940-
4', CanadIjU.K
Yf:! Inother velucle bated on 2 ovilian
IYPC yelude. llus wat .....,.uaUy !be
Nome at me Ford Heavy Ullin)' 5hown
10 Pine 72 ucq>e mill! WM baJcd on the
1904' pToducuon mock! Ulber than the
194-:1 model. 10 Iyplcal HUce c;ar body
differed JJlghdy In Jlyh"ll (rom ,he 19<4~
vt'rJlon Ind II wu Ie. iayuhly cqulpped
for mlhury ..ork. Some ychlda oClluJ
Iypr had roo{NlCha (\R Ul,nd (Id and
WI!CT nru an"bed on lhe OUlJlde. The
V-S CI1I"'" WaJ nlcd'l liS hop, 2nd lhe
.... hedb;lk' 2nd ocher dct.uk wcre lhe
IOIme <ill lbote of the 1942 model. n"s
1941 Y1:hlCk.,1 4,2JO Ibt w. nearly 20Q
Ibs he,ylC'!" INn III suc«UQr. howcycr ,
Thctc can were uJcd by lhe Canadian
and IJnmh AnnlCS, mOIl of thOle sup-
pbed 10 die ialla- mill cmP'oymlrl me
WCSIcm Dacn and luly_ The pam-
cubr Yehlcle 5hown Wit UKd III the
Watcrn Dcw:n and ponn)'J a rayOWllC
IoaI modlfial1on, the remov~ ol!hc
complcce roo( II ,I., duplays lhe red!
whllcfbluc 'Ir Tecosmllon Jilin uJcd 'n
194-:1 In the dacn, '1w;llhe camel marklnll
ollhe HQ MIddk ElM
n Milderotr Geland.,. ...I ••r
Lud"..flwa."", (Opel 81hz, A
Trpe)
Sl Gll'i",.nen·Lkw. lT, M.uhil'f
(O~ 8litz)
'9 Mildefl'r Penonenk..flw ••en
(OpeIBlhz) Wl'rmac.hlbu., 19.. 0-4$,
Germany
In lhe bile 111.101 die GerJllMl WaKenaml
(Orcbuncc: [)rq>Jnmml) Iud dnwn Upl
Tl"C!U'~mI'TIl (01" ~ IlmenJ mlhury load
carrlC'!" In the l·lon (bs wuh 1M 6 to: 4
dun. ronfiguulIOrt. Thu Iypc of
yehlCle wn Ycry Amlin 10 the IOn of
lruck kltlJ ptodllCtd lfl 8ntall1 II Ihal
nme. An adnnllJC o(dIe 6 lit 4 byoul
..... n$ rcI,l1Y1: .. mpholy. !he dnye
beltlJ confined IQ the rar bofpc. ,ndlhc:
Ion« hlp CIuI40l ....1udI (aciliUlcd lbc
fimlll of 'p«:DiUt bodywork. $evenl
manufKlu~rs buili n-uda IQ ,Jut tpttdi·
011100, Indudmll Krupp, DilImlcr_Beru.
MaglNS, and Hauchel. 11Ie gencnl
'pprl/";anc:e of me Iype II Ihown In
Place 122 of lhe prcYM>US yolume whICh
ponnys me HcnKhcl model, Dilimler·
Scm alto produad tome ali-wiled
dr,...: yc/UM 0( thnr own. .,me of
whICh enum! miltll/")' IeTYlOC, and lhe
Waffcruml lito produad 10 19J6 'u
own dcsIp, lhe EmhcnsdlttCl, a 6 lit 6
(aU wheel dnyc) IT\I( k or IOph'II1Clllcd
design wluch wu lfllendcd u an cyenlual
replaamenl (or !he 6 lit 4 1YJ'C'l. M IU
name Imphcs mlJ vduc:1c Will dJdlCj..
enllned. panly 11k,", InlO KCO\InI
Germ,"y'J prtrokum mrugc-II ;ill
Iud IQ be' Imponcd - wluc:h mllht well
become ICUIIe 10 lhe O'UII of, blockade.
[Thll pcnal lhorugc bca.me a Inyc
~,llIy, o( rounc, lala- lfl lhe w,r.)
TOJflher With lhe numeroUi dellgnl
bel", prodllCCd III other load c;al~O~
'J.
!tile Gamm nuI,ury Innlf>Ol'1'ny~nIOfT
Iud b«onw cnorm~y cottIy and
txlremdy comrllc.uotd III ~nns of
'P'" pun ~nd n""nnu.- by ItIt bll:
19JOI. The:re W~" oY~r 100 In.d; Iypc!
,10I1ie. In add.iuOll ItIt n~w ",nd.ud IYpc'S
like 'Emhcm.(hn~l' "'~" very txpmllW
10 produa, To nl>on,hM' Iht molor
Inrupon SlIIUllon, c::m.-n1 VOll Scht:U
.. 110 "'U o.ff'Ctor 01 Medumunoo
mlodc m'Jor rfYUlON III tht millury
vduck prOC\lr~mctl( progn.mm~. The
ilIm ...at 10 WI down 011 Iht num~ oi
mockli u~ 10 ~hmllulC ovn-cl,bon~
Ind cosily deSlgni, and .at f" u posslb~
adopt designs wh.ch Iud both m.hury
Ind commaaal ,ppUcaUOtil. In tht caM'
o(tnacb Iht (OOOf JOddrnnlldcsigllloi
nrbn lb.,., were rtducotd 10 JO b3PC
mockls,
In Iht J-IOI1 (or motdlum) n1tl<WY lhr
IlUJor and mOK ilKcnUlIi design wu
the Opel Blitz. TIus WB I 19j1 dntgn
(rom Opel (ttlt German lubsldllry
then, u now, of Gen~ral Mocon) and
WB qUllc eonyen\lonallll byout. The:
Opd Mock! SJ.~j6. IOgl~ III maker'l
dcsilJloluon, "'U I 4 II l ~luck wllh
prnted JItd cab and bonnet. a j ,6l6-«
"-cyhnder roglllCdcvdopmc " b.hp.,
and I S i~ prbo• . SUlpe!lSIOI1 "'u
by con ventional Iea( Ipnnp. Under
Iht ScheU Prognmm~ aU ttlt 4 x 1
v~hlCln Wnl' dc:!.lglUttd Type 5 (5 _
Sundud). It wu then plumed to pro-
.III« (our·whcd dnv~ Vn\lOlll o( all
iuncbrd Iypo. prcdom.lUntly ro.- mUt.-
ury IIJe and tbcx"'nl' daillUttd Typoe
A (A - Allndantrxb _ ~ whetl
dnye), II w~ 19.40 bc(On' the Type A
y;manu wml 11110 production. In m~
cne oi lhe Blla th~ .. h~lbOliC Will
ibortcnC'd by 6 tn, III ItIt A van'lX and
lhen "B a IWO ipeed Inmfl'!' ~ubo.
'J'
and frone dnve wfi added "villi '
ch"," oi tm fOfWlOrd IFCC I. Exlenu.Uy,
"""''evn, lbe two moddl ~ppearfd
,Iml* idmllal. Necdlal to uy !he
Opd Blitz T)~ A h..d I rnsolUble
crOM-Counuy performanc:e Ind WII
de'llUta:! 'mmkrn (I~lanckl'nilln)
L~kJ'lft ...Jo~' (mcdJwn nOil ~OUntry
lnack). The Opel Dha ..--. bwlt Ul Ylil
numbers. A total of 40.000 v~hocki wu
K~ukd fOO' '1M' p.odllCtlOl1 alone.
There were also, of courx, nuny Ipceul
purpOlC vamnts, oyer 100 d.ltr~mll
types bellll recordnl. MOM Imporunt
of Ihc:w: (ulura:! a houtMype body
(E>nh~lu.lr:otr~mllbau) which could Ix
filled II' worbhop,laundry, bbontory,
(()mmmd c.lrav&n.. ndlo ¥Jon, apba
olfi«, .mbul~ or for dounI oi ocher
purpolft. The box-like houx body Wli
mler.: oi wood and compCCSKd ard,
p.utly (or calC o( prodUCIIOI1 and 10 uve
m~tli uter III tbe Blltz'l producnon
lire II ' ....11 11Il"luly fina:! wllh Ihe
(,moUi 'nUll· ab, a wood and FrnICd
cud ItNCtucc kno..'ll ;at the 'tulhem-
r,hrerluut' , 'I;un B a INJOO' «OI>Omy
m~uu.n: ...·hom Mm b«amt lhort.
The IUrnbrd Opel Dba. • ~own ..
Pb~ H, .. !uk PIaI(' sl ~ows ,nocba
commoo vduck me lO-<aDa:! ' Wn-
mach,·UUI' wh.ch wB.lonl ( IS fi 1 Ill.)
whetl!»M' verSlOl1 of lhe 8hlz Willi an
~nclO5cd ommbus Iype body. f11ltd
" ' ,m M'alS III Iht nornuJ Wly " could
any lei Joldacn. The: iClU " 'ere remov·
Ibbndlht vcb~kcould be filta:!lIlMe..d
wlm Itmctter ncb 10 KCOmlllOCUlt
1J mnt Ul the 'mbubn« rok (B ill .....
Mutcd). AI yet ,nocha ,hern.mw II
could Ix filled;at a command veh.ck o r
map anY;l/l (or M'1llor officcn,
Tht third vchlCk ibown hen: (PIlle
SI), the MauillCl' (Muk) wu dcvdopcd
by the W alfcn-SS toovcrcomc dte ICYCrc
mud and II'IOW condmOlll o(the RUliUn
(.one. wluch dereua:! tvro (our.whetl
dl1v~ In .. luI proYa:! , IUcau/i.ll
Upcrlmtnl lhe: compk~ IfI(k iWCm·
bha (rom obsoklt Plkprw I hlht "nb
wen: addtd 10 lhe rell mullt rnmn.
The dnve wI!: Wli reduad 1Il1mlth ;l/ld
the • .do: _ moY'Cd forwlrd 10 hnc up
wllh lite $prClCkC'l wh«k. The C',.,wng
bnke drllll1l Wtft rcwntd for SlCftIlll
attherelr.ll ....iU bewm that thercsu.lllni
veh.cIe "<IS noc unlike lhe Bntoo Bcd-
(ord·B.en (piaI(' S4). The Iccady 1m·
prova:! performance ltd 10 lhe M,ulll~r
helng ,dopca:! H' Mandard 'ype, By mid
194J m~rc we ... ,,400 Maulucn m
ICIVIOC thou.gh producllon ceaied at thll
tllJtc Ul (,vour oI'purp!lle-bwit lIacton
(or tht £litem front COIlYn\lOCU to
Mlulucn Wnl' amcd out on Fordi,
Dllmkn and ocher Iypes H wdI II 011
Ope1s.
The: Opel Bha ccmained I mlJOf type
for many )'cars. [n 194J Dl1mla·Bcm
commmcC'd bwldtnl 81nz'l WIder-
licmcc III (,vour of lbe comparable
D"mkr d.mln, and lbe Opel b«,me
lhr m,JOI' German mlliluy lnack o[
W orld War II The Blitz eonllmicd U1
productKll1 weU p,iSl tbe tnd of lhr war
and III .IIS-T)'pe (orm beamelhr rtWD-
iUy of fOIt·wu German commcr~w
Ir;l/lsport.
60 Schwertt GelandepDcicl!t'
Laltkral'twac e " ()Jiiuinc·NAG).
1940-4$, Gammy
The SctltU Prosummc o( lund.l.rdllCd
trueu called (or vchlda. III the I' ,-tOO,
J"'on, 4 '$-I0Il, lrid 6',·tOl1 chua. O(
lhtiC lbe J-ton cb. Wli numencally
!he ml* .mporum and ,,'ucovued by
tbe Opd Bho. and otMr maka. B
ck ..."bed lbove. An ~ucdy ",nlliar
prodUCIKll1 ,rnnlftJlelU Will mack (or
lheM'YY (... h ... ern) t.uckl" the: 4 , Ind
6'S"'0I1 Clltgona Dllmler·lknz, DUf-
IInl-NAG, ~ura, MAN,arid Hm ...hcl
produced deIIl'" 10 met! the lp«lfia.-
n()l'llnnm~roneor both ofthea~lorlc:!o.
TItc B;u..nl-NAG " np,i!Wlltinve 0(
the whole tertcl, being produced II
atha' an 5 Type (.. x l ) or an A Ty~
(4 x 4). II h..d, Slx-cybndcr 10, b.h.p
dll:iClmBlIlCand ""u6(t 10m long The:
vehlck mown W;at the mockl "SooA
which Wli III prodllCtlon (rom 194' on.
As tbe model deIIgtullOl1 .ndKalc:l llus
WB' .. .,-ton veluclc. but Buwnl·NAG
,Iso produad an extemaUy lloular
ych.ck III the 6' 5-1011 cluJ.
61 Schwerct Lastkraltw •• tn (0)
(Tal" 650<1/111). 1940-4', Cucha-
$lovakll/Gernuny
Desp.tedlt nOOll·hutJOn broulbl ,bout
by the ScheU Prot;ummc, tbe W~hr·
machl SIll obulned nu"".. OUI vnuclel
wluch (cU 0II1:SIer.: the ...opt orllul
programme. For Iht mOIl pan .hetIC
..ere typc'S whIch cmalUltd from ~oun.
tnc:!. likc fnnc:e ;l/ld Czechoa1ov)k 'a
whOit illdultria ... cre IUmtd 10 German
~ aftC! thcor .c:!.pcctlve countnct ~
bcaI ()\·cr.J'\ll\. Cucbodovalc.u h..d a
vcry adntlCcd mOlO£ mduury and Will
IUnu"l OUt Wlme of the be.; c,", uucb.
and unb .. the world when lbe counrry
(ell IIltO Genn;l/l lunds In 1919. For
~rmlny lhe acqulSllI()l'l or I quanUly of
good qlUbty nulll"y equipment Ind
wcD eqUIPped fa((ontl provtd 1m·
portant. 1111: SIIIld.l.rd Cuch link be-
'll
(;lime an 'mport2rv: ""ncb, d ~nnan
Iy~ (and go I~ helpm nub up the
numben of unitt n:aiUbir for me, (;11m-.
p.1'gns cI thlll y(;ll'). S'm,b,ly , VUI
numbcrofirudutttud lhe Wo:hrllllchl
Ind n:1IlI1~ VI p,oducaon for supply 10
Germ'ny. The Tun. 6jOO ,nd l1ooo
models wen: ulC',mlly Slmuu, riled I(
6·S 10ni a,1d , .OIU respectively They
we'n: u~ as huvy (;II rgo (;limen by lhe
German AmlY, They wen: aboul ~, fl
long, Iud a V-Il dIesel au-cocobi
engm.o:, and wC'" of.he 6 K 4'ypt· Tbc
1,1Ie prodU(UQn vduc:k thown has !be
w.
Emhemf,hn:rhll.B ' _ t t ' eab whteh
Inlroduced nrly VI 1!U-4- Thll
wood ,nd com~ end Knoetun
w.,
whICh .eplaced the urba- pll I'M ,,"I
(;lib, ,he ob.tca bang 10 AW Km whte:h
by thll lime _ VI very thoR IUpply.
Th.t:s Ame p.1l1em ab-n:cogIUAbIr by
III !oquan: bu ...-IIn wpc-w. allO
filled 10 mOIl of rbc ScheU Programmc
vehlCl~ meludmg !be Opd BII'I.
The (0) III .he Gennan cksIgn;mon of
thll vchlCk Mood for 'handt,bllblte:h'
whICh IndlQ!cd a commcreu..lIYpc, I.C.
a dn"" outlKic lhe Schc:U Proanmmc.
The Tun III n:1lW.OCd go product>(lll
VI ClCCboliovaltu fot many y(;1ln potI_
w"" and IOIUC an: lUll 10 be IoC'ftI m com-
maaal taVlU.
61 Lorry. GS , 1.5 eWI. 4 K I.
Dod,e, 19-4o-4S. CanadafU.K
Thtl wnadlln-bwll Dodge I s-ewl wu
u~ by tht CalUdan Army, bUIll wu
supplied III IMgn numhn-l .0 .he
Onlun Army and !be fn:C' fund! (one
of WhOK vduda ~aluns III the dnw-
mg), • wd ill OIber AlIHICi :mTI.oa. Thll
1)'pC" W. p"ueubrly wu.kly wed m dw
'J<
Wntnn 0 ....."'1 by !be 8nl"". The (;lib
and hanna wen: h ...ally commen:lll
prewnp but the cab roof Will made
n:movabk for II'IIPPlII8 and/or opel'll_
mg The body ~ allRed. 1lleft" w;u
abo I waIn- l:lIIkn- Verll()n of Ihll
VChleR with. body Slmib, 10 Ihal shown
on Plate 6-. "Jbac, vducks wC'n: UKd for
rhe Arne roJa ill rhe 8m""'-made
rqulYllent 'ypes. The Dodge 'S-(:WI
wu ,6 ft 9 VI. long, 7 ft I In. WIde, and
IIId a ..... ~ylmder 9S b.h.p. mglllC.
1lleft" w~ abo> JO<W1 and J-tOQ da
Dodge rrucks of Rmlbr Iypc and With
tht Nnw Ityk of ab Ind bonnet..
6) T ruck . GS, )0 on. 4 )11 " ,
C h... rol~ C )O
64 Trudr;, 1.5 c wt, 4 )11 I, W.ter
T.nlr.er. Cbevrol~ C I.5
6S Truclr, I cwt. 4 )II 1, Wlt.le...
Ford Fa
66 T r uclr, 1.5 CWI. 4 )II .., C hevro lel
C I.5 A
67 Tru<:Ir, HNVy Ud lhy. ,, )II 4,
Cbevrol~ CIA
61 Trl>Clr. ) IOn, .. )II ... Ambulance,
Chcy,ol~ C60L
10 Car, HN'7 U tilit y, ,, )11 " Ford,
1940-41, wnacbfU K.
Tnacu mack In Canada playro a vll<il
role on the Onmh and Common wnlth
war flfort, wnacb Iud a growIng
all.omOlI~ mduJlry In lhe Imm«bale
p,t'-wu era, mOM]y by CanacilaTl-
N~ IUMldllnes of maJor AnlCnan
firmL In p,t'-wu yeus ,nc very small
IUndlllg WlUd,an Army II~ adapled
commcraaJ lyptJ of lnack.. Modlfic:a-
1_ IIIdudcd web fc,rurel u nclVY
dllty .)'res :and other military limnp.
Thete W\"IC u.o,..Tt as 'MoWfitd Con-
..mraon<il· vducla. and the VanQUI Ford
Utilillft (pIlla. 56 and 72) and !be
Dodge trueb (pblle 61) were I)']»QI of
veb,da In tIus alC1ory.
Canadun uuek produalOll raDy got
mOO III s.mdc af.CJ June 19-40 wbm dw
Bnnsh A,my 10M lhe .rclln- p.1rt of III
motor transport and tanJu III Fnncc at
the lime of .he Dunk,,1r cvacuauon.
W n:h BnlUh mdwtry al,eady fuDy
M,elched and Dnum lInde-r lhe Ihrul of
mvasoon and bombing, the Onlnh
Govl'nlmenl looked 10 Canacb ill a
IOUr« of frfth IUpphn. 80th links and
motor vchKIa were ordc:It:~ on brge
numbcn mel IhlS wu the bq:mrung of
Can,cb'l b'F ICI.Ic mvolvemcm In
miliury lruek p«)ducuon.
'The nttd for lIK:n:ateei numben of
mlbury vcluc:la In .he cvml of hOltlb-
Ua. had bttn 10 _ ClIICnt forel'!n 10
tht mod-th,rt>Ct and cxport models of
levcnl typel of Irll(k WCfC al,eady
belll8 lupplled 10 such Commonwealth
or 8rmsh-prOlecl«l COWllnei ill Alliin-
Iii, Indu., South Afnca, and Esypc·
Subsequmtly the IWO Ia,gnt vc.hKk
bwlden, Ford and General MOIon.
deodedoo pool thCIrdaip In !be (Vent
of fulurC CnlCrscncr p~ IU a
n:suk of thll a lerla of dc:sIglII known ill
CaIUdw! Mlillary Paltcm types ...m:
workrdoul by Ford and Gc'Klal Moton
(Chcvrokt) In COIIJWlCtlon w,th the:
Canad ...n War Department's Army
EnglTlecnng ~gn Branch The range
corresponded cxacdy WIth the cJancs
tncn (19)1-40) bt'tng evolved and pro-
duced m Bnta'n, IUlTII'ly kwl, I s-cwr,
)O<WI, l-ton rrucu :and fidd IrtllJ,cry
IraCIOn. Unlma.ambuilnttl,:andochcr
spKUl bodocd lypaI Wen' 10 be pr0-
duced on the. Vll1O\ll e " - alio. 'Thc
uuck bod .... ,,'nI' of the 1J<'IlC" <iI taVk:C
(GS) Iypc corrnporodma ID Kyle 10 Incl'
Bnllsh cqwvaJen.c:s.
ulemaUy the CMP vdueIa looked
all abkc, cbffcn"l only III Mna1l <kU1Is
like !be anlk or the mHCJ1' hadgu.
Imcnu.lly they dilfen:d m having !:Other
• Ford V-a en8'1IC and InnsmlUlOll, or a
CbC'vroIClRn.'Shc we: C'ngllk and tr.nJ.o
mllDOn, :t«O«tmg 10 manllfactura.
'Thc first CM P p, odualOf\ veh,(1a
wen: n:ldy by Inc begmnmg of I 94cund
firlt equlppm the C'Xpandlng Canacban
Army. By mid lIMO luppha were bcllll
knt 10 Onmn :and Commonwealth
trOOp III the Middk East and lOme WC'n:
amvl.1Il 8ntalll.. By 19-41 prnduc:oon
had ,eached a mammoth seale WIth
narly 1110,000 ~Iudcs compktcd. A
year blCJ dus had reached nea,ly
JOO,ooo.. TouJ lruck prodUCtIOn by
I9-4S was OVCJ " S,OOO and CMP uuckt:
formed numcrKally an ImpOitant pro-
portIon of Onllsh and Allord Vch'CR
stTcnglh
Ourmg rhe 1\I4O-4S prodlktlon
perIod ,here wcn: I few map changes..,
cksIgn, Inc mlln one bung a ehange of
(;lib and bonnet ",hlch wu qWIIe d ....
nnalvt. The early Db WII known ill
the CMIl No. II and WII of fnlly eoo-
vcnllonai appcann«. wcD ~"'n VI
Pb,c ~ It Will IMk openmg and the
hudlampt wen: mOllnled on the wtnp.
A shghdy mod,fied Iy~ Wll the CM P
No. 11, shown VI Plate 6), wluc:h cbf_
fned VI haVing a bonna ' ....1 opened
from lhe top on IO-OIIcd 'alli gllor'
"ylc, Thll orIgInal Iy~ of (;lib was
cnlK'.cd by 11S1I5CTI for bang crampm.
and n:stnc:led. Thll Jed 10 tht mcrodllCO-
non on 1941 of, new p.1l1em ab, CMP
No. I), .... hlCh wu ww:lo:r and lnCOt"-
porlled lhe hndbmp m a WIdened
bonnet. ~ was a ww:Io:r Ikcper WInd-
OJ,
JCTen. which IIQpnI forwa,d vc'y
duuncCl~cly alld ......:11 sho .... n In PI..~
66. VUIO.. nIlKhfiw versions of ,hHr
abs lito UlHW (c.l. QpCll-I OppW
')'pa) but .hac .... Cf( .dlm·dy nrc
1lIC' vehldn Johown h<tr ....... JIW a few
I)'plal CMP modeb ill!Ulnllntl majOr
'Y""
Pial( 61 shoWi .he: lo-cwt, .. II ,
model. In Ihll ca~ wlm CMP No . •1
(;lb. The: unloC vehICle wlS b\lIh wlm
!he No . 11 and No. I) abs. and WIS pro-
duced by boch Che:vrokt (C,O) and
Ford (F,O). It ....:u alto ",""de wlm:an AA
Ir.ictw body, 11 mobdt offi«, and a
Po.to:.: for l·pdr ann-tank 1I\1f\. II was
I~ ftlonll andlhc:Chnrolctllx-cyiLndc.
mgme was ntn! a. 8S b.h p.
Ph~ a.. shaWl a wain" tankn 00 tbe
Ij-<'ll't du._ and wlm the unw ~
pIlon uuk I i 00 Botuh IJ-cw1 WD
1}'pC wun tanktn. In Pb~ 66 II Iobown
:an kwt wlrrl~ Irud: c:unly IImilar
.0 llntnh ty ..... (t« I'ble lJ). The body
.....0$ rrmovable and could bt IUpported
00 fold,", JXIu. A perro! drlVm gC!I(-
nUll" for chartlntl the ndao blon~
could bc(;lrncd In lhe: 'pia bc!:.... fftI me,
body and tbr ab.
Thel"\' Will abo a pcnonncl anlC'r
verston of thll vehicle wlm IInlLllr body.
The: 'S-(""''t urp truck '" m, II ,form
IIshownmPhte66.l1IccDrnpkdrawn
Jus tbr CMP No. I) ab and 11«1 body.
u.ly moods h~ the CMP No. I. or 11
ab:and a wood body. A nrtanl h~ an
ollicc body of the: canvu covcrni lund
which wn cx,cmally IImlw 10 I1M' GS
lruclt. Piate 61 shows dloC 1-ton. .. II ..
ambubntt modd ",.. hKh had a houSl!-
I)-P: body for four IIm:Chc-n or lOlltling
CIIa Thll ~hl(le w.u 19 ft long alld
7i ft ... ide Cargo, GS 'nlCk, upper,
offiCI:, denial lurgc.y, breakdown, and
'J'
petrol unit VcnKlOll of thII modd WffC
produced Filially Pbtd 67 and 68 lobO""
vtrslOni o(tbe helvy uuh,y trucb budl
00 CM!' chaull. The: major Iype wu W
I-c.... t. CIA, II ,modd ... h,ch (ntered
prod...rnoo In 1941. 11 ... .ua vcry popular,
""'cJkqwpped trpe uwd by ,.u armJ In
thecommandandbllllOll.ob. The:body
w.u ,II N«I. Am~bn«, ,uK CU, Wire-
Ie,., and nllchll>Cry and bght repllt
l'enlOtlI weI( abo budt UloInlll ibr Arnt
bloilC bod) . The 4 II 1 mOOd (Pblc
701 .... uwd mamly In lhe pcnonnd
UrT)'1I18 role :and ..... an carly produc_
lion type, dloC body btu", buill In BnulO
00 1M blo.: kw. duUII.
The fM..1d an u luy lra(tor bUll, '" tlloC
CM!' range u cov..... n! u . ller In I'b(( 1
AI can ~ scm from JUlllhr fcw exampln
Included here, the Iknbwty ofibr CMP
nn~ WH rrmarkably compktt ....,th
maXimum In' .....chan~abdlly of pam
whICh 100II: full adv;onu~ of ,be lughly
developed How bnc p.odUcnOil Iylleml
wed by ibr Cmadlln 'nICk manu-
rlauren..
69 LOITY, 15 CW', 4 II( a, W ••cc
C on'.miDlltiOD, Monlt C SI, '940-
'S, U.K
A I~ ...·cll-kno .... n type' ohp«o.>l pur-
poK truck, thll vduc:Ic "'"lI1 bun! 00 the
"UKbrd Mom..<:Gmmcrtui t S-<'ll't
maws (l'late 154 In prcVlOllll'oIumc). II
rnoembln! ~ wuer or fuel bowxr bUI III
m~ rWicnon w.u tho: mOl( IUUIICT One'
al .... un COOlanilrUllOn-l"\'mk-onc all
drlOk,", wuer outlets unuuble to tbr
mrmy. In 1940 ...·hen IOI'IIIOn thra-
mac
lmed:ll any mOnK'lll, numbcn of
vehicles ...·cre held ready to d.nCI:nd on
wuer pom!!, wlter maim, nvrn.
"rum" and other IOUrM of waUT
Iuppl). wre 10 rein>( cMmlOb In.o
lhe: Wiler '0 rtnder II unlit for human
cOnJun'p"on. Only Inllll numbcn of
lhat; I'clu(lc. wcrr ~Ih and dIU 'ype'
al trud.: ..... dropped II an carly dal( dl>(
to the I'n)" Iomlln! u>( 10 whKh" could
be put.
71 C." Lilb, Sw-n, Ford llA
7l C u, H""y U tlill y , 4 II I,Fo rd.,
194~ U.S.A./Canada/U K
Thll II anoc.hrr u~.. mple oi .. bUI(;IUy
commerCial 'rpe which wu PUI 1IItO
mihury k!"V\(C In lar~ numbcrs wlm
only Imlll changn 10 lUI! 11 to umy
rtqwrcn>(nll. Ford 0( Ca!lllb produced
thll I)'pc ml..ly fOl" Bnmh \IX, mough
many w(t"( abo wed by 1M Canadl1ln
w.
Army. It ....u bllCd on 1M IW Ford
Fordor 1I111011 Wlg<lll whiCh one of
lhe Ford flllillC of can mcnlOld 111 U.S.A .
and Ca~da. For nlunary k!"VI« II WII
gll'CfI Ollhl-Nnd dn\'t' (lInCI: It wll
pnnopally ror deb"rry to Bnum),
heavy dUly tyres. ~1dnI lM'adlamps.
IImpbflCd and lucngtho:ntd ftllden
rrom and rClr, roll-up bbekolM. bhnd$.
nAc racks IIIlIck, and Other milnary
IUnd.ard fimn~ mcludmg a lin! aid
lock ...... It could arry Up to 5tJI paUtnlltn
pha ,he dnver. In KI"VlCI: thll I'chode
_ mlmly wed by HQ",ffi In aU trpcs
ofro rmlnOll. Many ....Crt wed by InI)(M"
o/fi(c.... A .oof rxk wu I sundud
fimng though thu wu tomCllnid re--
moved. lU '" 'M vchlC~ IlllUlrlln!.
On tbe ume chl_ boda Fo.d of
C.ullIcb and Ford U .S.A bu.oll IhrIt
wdl~ry Fordor.rom for military UK.
mawy.a $Wf ca. Thll "ch,CIe had dloC
IOIInC ch)nlles u tbe ulilily to $UII " fOl"
millury \Itc. Thc frone md wu uknucal
bill the Malf l"lIr had ihr Mock mree-Ioghl
Alooo. body. unadun ..btllh Kdm had
"ght·hand dove while U.S. buill v"h,_
clCl- uwd (,"ly by US forcn - relamed
the: ongmal left_hand dnvc ~nd .....:R'
MlIIdard '" cvery ...·1)·.....,th lhe 'Moo:k '
'yrCllnd ftndn-t.. All that; Ford. Fordor-
blloed vchlcla h~ I ... h«lblo~ of 114 In.,
a 9,·h.p V-8 ("IIUlC and .... Crt 16J; ft long
and Ii II I III. Wide (Ii ft 7 In. III the heavy
unlny) .
7) Kkine Keutnkn.Rnd, Sd K{z J
74 Kleine Keueun.Rnd ScI Kf"
J / I ( Lln .... l.yer)
" Kleine Kellenkuflnd Sd Kfx 1
(uMd u lun tJ"K.or ), 1940-.... Gcr-
many
The iO-Callcd Kiconc KCllcnknf'nd
(tmaD lraeto.) wu unlql,l( '" bctnl
Virtually a h.. lf.u.ldt mOlo,""ycle. It
WIS cicullnnl by the: Walf(naml (Gcr·
nun Ordnancr Dcpartment) ua 1940
Ipcofiully 10 proVIde a bghl lramport
vehl(1e for parachul( urutl. In prxaor
n _ bwIlro tbr ftUXimum d,mC11l1OlU
and ....elghl whKh alIown! I! 10 ~
carried mlll.k a Junkc" Sl th .cc-molor
Irlnspan alfC:rlrt. wluch wn 'M "an-
dard 'toop a.rncr of'M luf, .... af]'"e. The
rront forks and limnp u.rnc from I
mOior-cyclc whUr 'M uxk UIIlU ....crr
almall KUr VCTllOO or.be Inc:ks uICd on
,he normal half-track tnaon. 1\ q-
htl( Opel J~b.h.p. rour-c)'luadcr car
Cnll'llC was wed as tbr po .... n unit $.coall
.... uc provided for lhe d,l\"n and tWO
pallCnacn, and IItr body ....·ork (.... luch
prnscd IItti. The vthl(~ w.
alto ulCorporaln! dloC rru IitHI) .... u m
bwlt by
NSU, tho: .... rll·kno .... n molo. -cydc
'l7
firm. and wml 1010 terYltt III 1941. II
...11 fin! UKd on acun ",rvlOl: III the 11.-
borroc bndmp ill Crne the same ynr.
The vchICk _ Ulotd pnll(lp:illy :II ~
~pply and ammUIUUOII carner or as ~
Inelor for lhe Ii gh I weIghIIOU_QIII< guo,
or hOWIlzn1 (plale n) IUCd by LuftwaKe
pnachule I'CJlmcnll. The Sd K& 1
remamed In . . . WIth lho: pan(hu~ drY>-
_ until the end of the war eVCQ
though .Ivy thvwons WftY 1'lIn:ly used
In the lubome role IrUr 1941 Produc_
lion ceued 1fI 19# A fcw of lhese
veh.cla Wo found IMI. way 1010 army
lunds and wen: uted for msur>n m
Norlh AfriQ and 011 lho: Ru~ flOOL
VarwlO were lho: Sd Kf:r.1/1 and lho:
nf)' SImilar Sd Kf:r. 1/1 (piau: 7')' wluch
were ldt.pbOIlC Qbk laycn ..,th I cabk
red carned 1fI I cndIc over the cmlm
rnSll~ romp;.rtmmL The ddfncnca
bnw«n ~ IWO were III the Iype of
cab .... IiShllnd Mavy 1'np«lIwly.
The Sd K&l wII9ft 10m. long.) ft
l~ In. W>de, and ) It .oj m. ruSh, II
wftghcd l.l60 k.i.lognmllDd Iud a lop
Ip«d of 10 kmp.h, 11Icrc wen: SIll
forward ~an and IWO ~"enc.
76 H ctlY)' Artillery Trac lo r. 6)C ..
A.lbion CXll, 194o-'l. U .K.
The Alb.OII arnlkry IrWor WII pro-
duced 10 men lho: IIIlW rl'qulrC'mcna IS
the SammeU InctOl' thO,",TlIII PUle 10.
Thc Albton ex Xlid _ produced
from I'W' OIIwuds and II With me
ScammeD men: _ al» I ""ok tnn5-
porler vananl. Thex Albwm WCff
QCvrr IS popular IS 1M Scammell,.,
hQwe"er, being rllher MaV>er and It.
powerful. Thc AlblOll ex "'lies fint
IIwlCrvln. In fact, In IIInok Il'lIo'ponl:'f
'J'
role wben II. proved to be 1O",",,1u1 un-
sam{acrory, Thc artdlery Itxtor "cnIOQ
n:pla«d " III produrnon Ind fint
mitred ",.VIOl: tarty In 19+4 II ncvn
~pla«d me 1000g ",... mg Scammtll.
howtver, IhQugh IhIt model of AlbIon
~malncd In post war Krvlce for lOme
~an. A bclll:'f known. and mon: IUC_
cntiul vchlCk was lho: AII»on ICHon
argo lrud (modd CXl)N) wh>e:h
Iud d~ 1I<IlC mgmc and "':11 of wmlar
appnr.rncc 10 the gun tractor txcept thll
" hxla forward COQuoi eab and a cor-
rapondlngly longer body.
Tho: Albion hnvy ~rI1ll~f)' fl'llClor
WII wed mamly 10 lOW 1M 7· ~1n. gun
or Iho: ~In. boWlUft. It hxl a IIX-
cylmder 100 b.h_p d ....... mtlllC, wu
ll~ ft long, and wnghcd J- O¥U lot
Ions. "could cany a gun errw of.o mm,
plUl battery uores and 'rcady-utc' am-
munlllon. !ben: WlIIa roofhuch m the
ab for obtcrvloOll or AA dcfrnce wllh
a m)chulC gun.
n Tank Tramportft' and R e-
cover ,. JO toD., Tractor and S"m.I -
TnlJu, Snmn." U
7' TrK'tor H M"1 BrMkdoWD,
6 x •• Scam m ell SV/aS
79 W .O. Paltern rub ber 0"" ..11
l rack. for Sa.mme ll R Mr BQlle
80 He." , A.tUle ry Tracl Qr. 6:0: 4.
Sa. mm f ll, R . IOO
h TracIGr. H NY)' BfNkd ow n.
6 III . . Saommell. SVIIT. 1940-'l,
UK
!be ScammcilCtlClofvdudcs we~ the
longetillCf'vLng ofall In the BnlUh Army,
Thc Scammell PIon«r, whICh lint
fellured 1M famous Scammell atll-
culaullI tnr bog~. appeared UI me laIC
191C1f and the modd R 100 heavy
artdkry lractor m ,a fuwllm form
nllered Xrv1cc In '1117. II Ius already
hem delcnbcd and IlluMl'lItcd In lho:
prcVl()UI vo!UIllt. bUI II " ho:rc ~own
(Plare 80) In Iii 1Cn<IU form III II appeared
In ' wupamt' In 19« Tow'llI a 7·1-10.
gun. U>e vduck dJwtraled bdonsed 10
onr of tM AGR..... (Army Group
Royal AmllCTy) tcrV1,.. JII haly under
tit Annycommand.. Jllusan ' A' battery
Ilgn on me cab roof !be body w;u
Slmllu 10 llul ~own In PUle 76 u.eq>t
thlt II had I hard metll-pancUed lop. A
ganlry ran lhe Imgth of tho: body tnl,de
for handhlll ammunmoo and stores.
ThC'fC gun 1n(lon lCrved until 1945 and
beyond and many reQWn In UK loday,
'dcmobdncd' t i snoWTI'ICQ'1 or faIr_
ground rr.r.:ton.
Thr ScammcD en-. also formed the
haw of the Bnll~ Army'l Mmdard
Mlvy breakdown t!letor rqllaC'lll@: an
auorlmmt or euher Iypa whICh lacked
lho: power and IiflllLg apaCity for the
new hca\'lCf nhlCla ... hlCh enlCTcd
ICfYICC after .94Q. !be ellly model
SV/ IT (PUI1I: Il) Iud a folduta; ~II pb
.... Iuch Wlll 6xcd m one poIlbOll and
Iud an I-Ion .... mch bdllnd the cab. Tho
Wlll qUIckly IUpencdcd by lho: model
SV/IS (Piau: 7') ... h,m b«ame Ihe
mlJor Iypc. It Iud a J,b WIth an arm
whICh could be exlended n:arwardi and
fIXed In any ofthrn poII.llons. A hand
WInch 011 the Jib ,uppom adJulted me
um 10 lhe reqUIred poIlnon. AI malO-
mum extenSIon IMJlb would hft lions,
II .ts mLddk poII.llOO " would hft J Ions,
and lithe ILIner poII.UOII up 10' 10m. In
order 10 keep me fronl olthe vdude on
tM ground. Mlvy pIg .. OIl wnghu
could be ilolled In nnOIll combuutiolll
10 a g.rdtr bracko:c on d~ radlalor frOllt,
On th" vdlldr lben " 'ere (Wo lar~
lIowaF bo~ which formed me bod)'-
work elm Sldt of rho: JIb, Tbcx acled II
1001 bo~ and al", orned Uti'll balust
w~lghu. Tho:n: "'as at", an """f" or
nsid toW'''Ilrm, whld! could be wed
for h,uLJ"I hghler Iypa of vehICle An
I-ton wmch. dnvm Vl1 power I1ke-olf
from me tnnJLnUI>On, wu Ioated m-
ade lhe chaws. The Scammd brc.tk-
down {factor W:II 3 mOlt Uld'uI and
"erallk "rrudt, I.IIl:d on ~very fronl
and In all Itnlch of Sltual>Oftl. lbough
wed predonunantly for recovCrI"tI d.>-
abled wh«1cd vehICks. lokllful handhng
by a tt~m or thr~ Scammdl could aho
npt m ovmUfncd unit. For heay~r
work _ ,Se,mmcilr; WCf'C proVIded
w.th I w~apcd earth anchor
(wtud! lIuched II. the rear ofme chuw
mcmbcn) and rubber and dwn ovcnll
In(U (Pta1C 79) wh,m could be lilled
over the fl'Ir whccb as shown tn Plale
7'179. ThC'fC lumcdlM vehICk mtowhal
Wlll vlrt~lly I half-Inck Ihough IMy
Wf~ neM umvtrWly liked. Pble
$boWl lho: exccpuonalilexiblhty of dw
7'
Scammell', swpawon '}'$tcm, a~lucved
by lhc heavy tramYft"dy 'pru,.. front
Ide and lhe .ndepmdrntly Iprung an>-
C\lbU"l n:;u bog~.
The ScammeU Mary breakdown
m,nor Iud an utcpllonally long 1Cf''Iice
car~r, lOme rcmalnmg III UK unld the
bit 1960s. Very nunytx-Army vehl~lcs
WCff IOld commcrci.tlly and rcnwn a
qUlU: common Jlghl IS IICrVICC WIIOIL
recovery "ctucla. The Scammd ti(ny
Btnltdown T~or wl$.zoi ft long and
~ fi hIp. It Wtlghed lbout 100 tons.
l.aII of the famous Scammen KMeI
WII the T Ink T r.rmponer and Reco"ery
Vthicle (Pule n) whld! WI$ produced
l$acQmplnc ourfit made Up ofthr 6 II 4
."
 IraCior iucIf and a lo-IOO seml-lTailer
wllh folding ramp'. The ITailer w:os
pivoted on, lurntable: on lhe lraelor. An
II-Ion winch in lhe ~ha"il Iw .a whip
b,~k ov~r a sh~ave on Ihe semi-I";ler
end and could IK used to haul (or asshl)
immobilised vehicles on to lhe trailer.
The .... w:os a (fCW lhelter jUst be:hind Ihe
IrlClor ClIb. The fil"Sl ScammeD recovery
vehicles wac in service in 1940 and Ihe
Iype w:os very widely w.ed in aD lhealres.
The .... was a ,imilar COmbmalion with a
~o-Ion semi-lrailer. Total weigbl of me
lo-lOn semi-rrailer and Iractor was jU'it
under ~o 10m. and me overall length was
49 f18in.
AD lhe SClImmell vehicles had a six-
cylinder Gardner diesel engine of 8'l
lures rated al 100 b.h.p.
SI Field Arliller), Tn cto r, 4 )( 4,
Mo rruCS, 194(>-45, U.K .
This w:os the final production version of
lhe Marril-Commercial Cs artiDery
lraclor. MechaniCllDy il was idcnticallO
tbe early model (P1m I), In 1<J4.4 a
grenly revised body W;l.S fined, very
much Jimpler man Ihe original enclosed
type. Tbe top was open wilh a c::mvu
cover, and Ihere were IWO doors each
lide. Tbe rear end of me body was
Jquucd off and was given ammunitiou
r::IClu of I 'univena.l· IYpe. able 10 hold
eimer l5-pdr. or Irpdr, rounds. The
vchick: could ~ used Ihus as a tr::lCtoT for
eimer the ~5-pdr. gun-howitzer Or me
big J 7-pdr. anti-lank gun, the idea being
10 naodardise on one type oftraCior for
gum of comparable size, This Iype of
tTaclor remained in service until me
early t95OS.
'"
81 Saommell Petrol Bowser for
Bedford 6-ton Prime Mover, 194(>-
4j, U .K.
Plales 4j and 461how a Iypical combina-
tion based On Ihe Bedford OXC prime
mover. Anomer semi-trailer designed
to be hauled by the same IrlClor unil
wu a fuel tank (or bowser). Various
eapaoty tanlu were supphcd. mosdy by
Scammell whose palent Irticu]alw
coupling (clear]y mown in Ihis drawing)
was filled 10 the Bedford IT::IClor nnil.
This meant Ihat one tUClor could
handle morc th.n one scmi-trailer, thus
ensuring maximum utilisation of the
traClor (i.e, empty trai]en could be len
for INdIOg while fnD trailen were
arred away).
The parked trailer was suppoTled on
the 'jockey' wbeeh vHiblein medrawing.
These were IUlomuially retracted once
lhe tractor unit backed up and engaged
the coupling. The lanker semi-trailer
mown is the type supplied 10 the Royal
Navy and was used for aviarion fnelling
on naval airfields..lr hada hand-openlcd
pump. The BritUh Army used adiffermt
modd nnker trailer which had a frame
for a bogus rilt to disgui~ lhe Yehicle's
purpoloC.
T.U(:k,
"
SludeIMkcr
Truck,
'I 10 0, 6 x .. Cargo,
lon, 6 x 6. C.r,o,
"GMC
86 Truck,
'I
lon, 6 x
GMC
'I •• CIt.,o,
8, Truc k, lon, 6 )( 6, CIt.go
'I
Dump, GMC
88 Truck, 1! lon, 6 )( 6, Glloline
Tank, Siudebaker
S9 Truck, 1! to n, 6 )( 6, c.rgo ,
GM C, 1940--45, U.S.A.
]n lhe Uniled Sial"•• flera few allempts
to build protolYpe sundardised vehicles
by lhe Quartermastcr Corps in the
{wemi" and early thirties, Ihe Comp-
lroUer General of the War Department
finally decided mal all snch acriYili~
mould cea~ as an economy measure.
The Chiefs ofSlaffwere also in favour of
giving up effora to evolve staudndised
Iruck designs beau~ Ihe only earlier
allcmpl to produce IUcb vebicles (the
Liberty .!Cries of 1915- see previous
volume) had ended in fiasco with long
delays, walled effort, big expenditure
and lillie: to show in terml of completed
truch ,
However,me yean 19]0- J4 saw some
uloCful progrn5 mwmu d., ide;. of a
standardisation policy, and lhe Quaner_
masler COrpl managed m draw up on
paper a 'standard' fleet of 18 types of
vehicle which could be assembled using
readily available components. The Ord-
nance Department opposed such pbns
saymg Ihal if an emergency nose me ....
would not be rime to PUI any Jlandard-
ised Iypes intO production. B), the Spring
of '9]4. therefore, aU this activity was
abandoned and the Quarrel mailer Corps
-responsible for all motor tralllpoTl
procurement-were ,old to buy ordi-
nuy commercia! Iypes suitable for
military UloC.
]roniQUy enough. however. the Ger-
man ScheU Programme of 1918 (see
Pbles ,S7-60) was IhoughllO have been
originued after senior German officen
read detailed reporlS of Ihe Qu,l.T[er-
master Corps' original 'slandardisation'
proponls of 1930- 34,
]n Ihe U.S. Army. lhe new policy of
commercial purchuingled 10 the oppo-
SIte eXlreme. By 1915. afler only a year
of commercial burrng the vehicle In-
venlory numbered 160 different Iypes
requiring Ihe lIocking of nearly one
million differem t)'pcs of spare pam, •
sinUlion which was aIm 011 impossible
to administer.
By 1919 thIS led 10 an arrangement
whereby purchase of each type of
v~hick: would be: reslTictw 10 IWO dlf-
fcrem competing commercial mahs.
Vehicles bought WC"TC 10 be: ordinary
lIandard commercial Iypes wuh mili_
tary modificalions restricted only 10
towing eyes and radialor and headlamp
guard .. Procurement WIS limited 10 five
buic vfhicle caJ»citics, ~ IOn, I~ lon,
22 IOn, 41011. and 7! Ion. By competitive
bidding, also, Ihey reduced the numbe:r
of makes pnrchased in 1941 to JUII 16.
Enconragemenl WIS given 10 these firms
10 ulilise (ammon acccuoriesand mcch-
ankal parIS.
By Jun~ 1940, ronowing the new
sripulaliolU the Quarrermnrcr Corps
had tesled and approved Iypes in Ihree of
me new classes. namely Dodge 4 )( 4
12 ton, Gcneul Moton (GMq 6 )( 6
l2 lon, and Mack 6 )( 66 ton. By Ihis
lime Europe was al War wilh Ihe p0s-
sibility of AmeriClln involvement in the
nOr tOO dmant future. America now
bC'gan a vasl re-armamenl programme
and as :an emtrgency measure lhe com-
petilive bidding S)'SlCm for truck ardell
was dropped In favour o( n'S0tiated
conrraca. HowevCf. bureanCr.lrie dela)'!
mUnt lhar Ihis s),slem didn'l come into
use (nlly unlillhe middle of 1941 . Truck
production then soared 10 unprece-
dented quanlities and overan Ihe Uniled
Slates produced far mOre tramport
'. ,
vehides Ihan eitber Germany or Britain.
In July 10),40 11K' U .S, Army had J O,O(J)
[rl>Ckund byJanu~r)·, (0),41 I[ "'d 7O,O(J).
By Da::cmbcr 1941 the toul w;as ovcr
lso,O(J).
Of,.u tM tHlCt o(tRlCk produced the
domuunl cJ~. ,",;as [M 2reonrwr «1)( 6,
of ..·h"h over 1oo.0(J) hKl been bUlI[ In
Anw:nOI by the end of the ~ III l0),4 j.
The fine 2~-IOltMn ..·tTe of 1M COE
type, Oldcrro m I.Jtc 1\140 and mtcnng
produeuOfl 1I1jinU<lry 1\l4t - baloed on
a commo:relalv.. hlck . nus .. uly t)'pC of
l~-(onnn (whu:h norwthc:lnI t .. nw~
III productIon througoow tM ... u ) II
)/Iown III 1>lu<, IJ . The more' wtdcly
known Vn"Slon had a normal (OfIITOI
layoul and uampln of lhe modell
prodO«<! arc gIl'", III PbleJ 84- 89
In addUlon 10 rhc COE t)'pe, Ydlow
Truck and Coach Co., 11K' fin, budd.-n
r<'«1vcd (OfIII"XO for nornal connol
lreotUKn In Xrtcmbcr 10),41. (That
firm wu partly o ... ~ by GMC and
b<ame wholly owned III 1\l4J.) The
llUlI..! nl •• production model (Pble h)
(Qturni • romllln"cW pr~ Slrel tab
(with AA gun nnll III thr root), bitt lhe
ongm..! rommn('l..! boM<'1 ( .. hId! w.1
nrned by ..uly producllon v.. hldes)
wu r.. pl~(ed by a much IImpk-r p~
Hrd bonnel of Iquued-of(" and IImph..
ficd Ulape. Due 10 the IIzt of the nmuns
(OIltn(U, the rcbuvdy lnull Yellow
Truck Co. wlllIJQbk to "'ndk all the
prodll('UOft, and StudebUn WtTe nlkd
In 10 Ula", the work at rhc end of 1941.
The Slu\kl»ler 6 )( 6 (Plm 88) unlucd
a I,hghtly dlKerent prnKd ned nb and
bd adifl'"tffnt makco(mglne (Hcrcuks).
Due to 10 ,"ghtl)' nOll tlandud Il.JIUre'
thc Studebaker wu alloatal 10 Lend-
Le.uc and tilt mlJOTlIY WtTe sluppcd
ovnxal. Ovn 100,000 ...·tff senl 10
R\II.I.L1 llone, Otha firms cngaged In
'"
maltll'l2reonncn wcre Reo and Inter-
Il.Jnonal Harvestn Co,
AI producuon pr<JKldkd tM aU II~I
nb wli gndually repbccd by a soft
nnvu-toppcd roo( Ind .. do: ttrttnl
(Pbl" '7).
The 6 )( 6 arnnsemc:1lI of lhex 2i-
I~n .. u CGnlldertd d1lficuJt 10 p~
do" at fif$! dIE 10 !he: Ilk of all-wh«l-
dnv .. which hKl nor bttn bUilt In ,och
vaJi nurnben be(ore'. Bowevcr, thIS
" ';as soon molved and .... lIh "' CX"1kn1
1ra(11~ npabthl)' the 6 )( 6 2~-(01\nCT
pt"o ved 10 Iu\'e an <'XCtUmI oft'...(hc...road
per(Ofnulla Pualkl 10 tM 6)( 6
"ehlcks GMC and Studebahr both
made 6 )( 4 vcmom of tlK l~ .... onna
wIth 00 front wh«1 dnve. ThMe WCTC
lUC'd for ordtruory haub"" work wbl:n:
the need 10 len"e 1M road wa, wdlhly.
Elncrruolly they wen: lIknuc..! 10 tbetr
6 )( 6 roumerpam A~ (or the bek ofa
bve (rool uk. PIlla 86 and &.4 ~ow
<'XamplC1.
TM l~·tOlUlCT wu numerically the
mOIl Important umy In>ek of World
War Uand II wu ",ppbnt under Lmd-
Le_ 10 Canatb. Hnwn, FlU Fre'nch
and moll orhc-r AlllCd nauoru., Va.nants
Indudnt eM nornul Jittl-bothed nrgo
1I·"ck, I " 'IICT tankn, gnoline tanka
(pblr 88), dump« lnd tilt argo-t!ump
tntCk, a mulu-rok type ....lth nppll'i
argo body (pbt~ 87). The lreonnn-
nme ,,'1m a t4J-m. .... httlbatc tn normal
control (ann or 16._ln. UI COlO form.
A t¥plnlvducle "'d a 104 bhp. 11"-
cybndn GMC engirw, j forwnd gcan.
and rcl'C'tx Ovcrall length Wli 11 ft and
wIdth 7 ft 4 In. Vducks wcre bUIll with
or Without a (root .. mounl«l " ·Inch.
The 1i-lonnCT ",mallu In pt"odUCUOll
10 thIS day wnh progrCSIIlvc modlfica..
lions. Popular nicknames applied 10 II
mdudc 'ufttT lkavn ', ' o..un, and
half' and 'Jllnmy'
90 Tr llo(:k, ~ to n, 4 k 4, Ambu la nct,
Dodgt, 1\l40-4j, U.S.A
In ,he reon alcgory of trl>Ck ~
wm: 1M udWlvc bwlckn for the U.S.
Army . ChryJkT', FITJO DIVISIon
(Dodgc) wen: one o( the first vehlck
manufactUral to recelYC COlli rICh unckr
thc re-armnncm JChcmc ... hen they
W<'f<' gll'm .. order (or 14,000 ~-(on
• )( 4 tn>eb ICI 1M Jumtnn" of 1\140,
The b.aw cna _ _ lImlbr 10 the CXlSt ..
tng Dod"" commaOlI design <'Xcept
for lhe addillon of lhe lram(n gtubox
and new fTOllIlransmluion 10 I'VC fow-_
wh«l~nvc. A veT)' large number of
body Hyle! WII producnl., thu vdock
kong roulhly c<jUJvmnl III (unmon
:and Ilk 10 thc Bnrah IS-<"Nl. Plck-up
ndlo, command, eommlnd rC'tOIUU ....
AIKt, panel van, welpons carner, Ind
ambulance were 1M maUl types bltlh,
appuTl"l WIth or Without I hard lopnp
aaord"'110 Iypc - thcromnund, (om-
mand r«OIVWSIIIKt, rlmo, and we..
ponsarnertypn wtTeopcn cab modek
The veh'cle Ulown Ii 1M ambulance
model and 1M panel van mockl WI'
"'nular In mape but hid a narrowa
bod,
Producnon of reon 4 )( 4 trIICb
contmued unul 10),41 when I new j-(on
nlcgory .... Introduced At thll lime
~-ton truck production ccaled 1(la
82,000 unlo had b«n budt.
The Dod~ i-Ionrwr hid I 11%-
cybnder c"llne nted II . S b.h p. and
(0lIl' forward tpc: .. -Is In ambWana (orm
1I ...1i 1611: J Ill. long, Ind 6 ft 4 tn. WIde.
TIm ..... h,ck was alto luppbed 10 SOlii<'
OIM nmom under Lend .. Leuc.
I \II T r uck, II IOn. 4 k 4, Car lO ,
F ..... D, 10),40-4$, U.S .A
Though uied III ,null lIuonbCTs by thC'
U.S. AmIY, mu vcry bIg powerful
I'd-lick ",";as wppbcd m e¥nl brger
qwnlma to dw Bmuh and CaruodWl
ArmltS. Tho: FWD w. the latn! mockl
of I brw of four..... hc-d-dnvc D"uck,
dlnlll back 10 1\114 and IlllHlrat.-d and
dncnb.-d HI tm, prcvlolH volulll<', It wu
ballcally a eommemal mockl mcludnl
amOf!i lhe Imll..! U .S Armyordo:n (or
In>eb III the 6-(on cIaJI p1aC"ed m 10),41 .
In U .S Army XIVlO<' II .... "'ppb.-d III
tM (argo (orm dllHlntcd, In shghtly
modified cargo fonn With Ihttrlcgs II I
ponloon bndgc nrner, and with a low
bIll. . body 10 pull low loader unit
lTlnlponcr lrallen. The bnd"" nrner
had demountabk shttrkp .... hic:h were
CTm«l on lilt body ..des 10 1Wt"l pan-
tooru Ind glllkn over tM lI!1gll1e oflhe
v.. h,de.
When the IIlUta! U .S, Army conlracl
CXplr«l ICI late t9.4l no (urthtt FWD
orden WtTe plated for borne USt. How..
tva, ,Ilt FWD ')'1'<' contmued IrI pr~
dllCllon ror Lend-Leak" pu~ mOK
VchlCin gOIng to Bnllin. Th~ tup-
plied 10 Bmlm ","ere XIII ellhn;lS cugo
VftueiCJ UI Int form IIlustrlled or II
nb/cIu._ urno to whICh tM Ilnttsla
added standard WD pallCTTI medium
amlkry tractor bodl!:J u filted 10 tm,
Mmdor (Plair 3). A (ew ~Ibll body
tUClon wtff alto IUpph.-d 10 BrIIlm,
The FWD proved tough and dunbk
and II lair I i 1970 some .. tTe 10 be Jtttl III
commtrcul kfYK!<' 1$ showman', trac..
,~
The FWD had I I.b.h P Waukesha
IIx-cylmdermgll1undl12 II: whcclb'k.
In the; nrgo form Ulown It was 21~ fl
.,
long ~nd 8 fl wick. The nrillery tr~ctor
vemun w:u 8 In. lunger. An unusu~l
featn", uf Ihe FWD was its perm~nent
fi,,~ fuur.whed-drive Wlthuut the
usual upnoo of Iwo-wh~l-drive for
road running.
92 Truck , 211 lon, 6 x 6, GMC ,
COE T y pe, 1940-.S. U.S.A.
This vehicle W~5 lhe l~tc production
ve."ion (1943-45) of the Yellow Truck
and Coach CO'I forward conuol ("cab
over engine'-COE) model in the l~­
tOO truck prognmme. The COE Iype
wem 11110 productioo in e:lrly 194t and
ongllully had i commercial type hard
tOP ab (!'btc t 1). To bcililue shippmg
and $;Ive mel~l this W2S dropped in euly
t941 ~nd mOSilypesoflruck we", given
an open-lid~ doorless cab and ~ folding
canval ab cover with !"'r5!"'x and
unv:lS lidescreens. "part from its longer
(t S fI or t 7 ft) body and forward control
layout the vehicle w~s mechanically the
lame H that shown in Plate 85. For a
companion with the earlier version of
the COE ty!'" 2i1-tonner Itt Plate I].
11111 vehicle h~d folding wood"" I<"UI
along the body imides for ul<" in the
troop ClIrrymg role.
93 Truck, 4-5 (00, 4 " 4, F.. d ..... 1
with Io- ton R .. frig ..... ted T ... iI.. t ,
1940-4.1, U.S.".
In the 4-j-10n class basic commercial
types wc", once ag~tn ordered in the
t941 rurmantent progumme. Thc:sc:
were oo",·enllon:ll. X 4 prime moven
used for long dinmao road haulage. The
m~jor builden We .... Feder:aJ ~nd Auto-
".
car (whooo vehides look~ vcrI' slln!l~r)
and Kcnworth and Marmon-Hemng_
'00.
The Iniu:al production models had
endosed pressed stmnhs but from t943
the Open-lopped cab was ~dopted with a
fold"'g nnvaS cover and foldtng wind_
screen. "n anti_aircuft machine gun
moulll W:lS a common. but not univerul
Iilttng.
Three types of semi-IT:lilcr we", pro-
duced, namely 2.000--galloll guolin~
tanker, boll \"~n, and refrigerated V1n.
The rcfngeT:ltor van had ill own built-
in petrol-driv<'1l generator to operate
the cooling plant.
Th~ anicuJated outfit! WCI"C' bu,lt in
lnge numbers for the big supply rOUIes.,
hke the ' Red Ball H ighw~y', which
we", tel up in FT:lnce in t9# to speed
supplies from the ch~nne! pom ra the
lighting frmus, On th~ supply rOUtes. a
continuous Stream of convoys operated
round the clock in one of the lorgest
road lranspon opeT:llions ever known .
In facl it was the smooth organiurioo of
these major supply lines thaI WaS1 primc
faclor in 11K final Allied viclOry over
Germany.
The Federal It~ctOf WH 17 (I long and
8 fI wtde. It had ~ Hercules I n-b.h.p.
engtne.
9~ BUI, 1i1 lon, ,, x 1, International
K7, t9~0-4S. U.S.A.
lla$e<l on the type of bus already laid
(ommercially, this was the mOS! widely
used of several mak.es. It was ~ 17-seater
though $Orne vehicles of Ihis ty!'" had
Iheir 1<"1t! Stnpperl out and were wed as
ambulances. II fealured the standard
Internalion.al HaT\'es:ler chassis of Ihe
period which in shonmed form formed
the haJilof a trucl<. An IInprov~ model,
the KS7 had a two-speed ",ar axle. The
vehicle was J1 fl long and had a ,i,,-
cylinder, 87i-h.p. engine.
95 Ml High_Speed Trac tor, 7 ton ,
Clelrac, t940-4j, U.S.A.
The CletT:lc traClor W:ll specially built
:II a tug for ai rcnft al U.S. "rmy, Air
Force and N~vy nallons. It carri~ full
road equipment-lighll and mud-
guards-to make il suitable for driving
on public r();Idl. It had a Hercules silt-
'1'lindtt tj7 b.h.p. engme of the Iype
fitted in heavy lruclu and featured a
comprClSOr for braldng purposes. 11K
bogies wm: of the sprung vatuII' type
and Ihere W:ll an all steel Irack. The cab
WH normally left open, 11 iIlustTllted.
but C1nV'$ weather serecns and rap Were
provided for inclement conditions.
Weighl was 7 tOIll and the overall length
was t4 n 1 in., width JUSt unckr 6 fl. A
few of these vehicleswerc suppli~ to the
Royal Air Force.
96 Truck, Ii ton, 4 x 4, Bumh
Serv ic.. Vehicle
97 Bomb Handlioi Troll .. y, t940-
4S, U.S.A.
While 'i-ton trucks of comme rcial type
had been purchased by the U.S. "rmy in
the 19305 it was not unlil t940 Ih~l the
Ii-tonncr became a m~jor producdon
type. [n the summer of 1940 a contracl
wenl to Chevrolet for vehicles of thit
type which were to be based on the
standard commercial model with the
add il ion of a [we front axle and tr:Imfer
bo" to make an ~U-whed-drive vehicle.
As wilh the l§-tonnCT, other military
Iimngs were also incorporncd. Chevro-
Ie'! bwlt t1l.tonneL"S until 1945 ~nd the
grand total of vehtcles complet~ by
then was 418,196, httle over half as
many as the all-important l1l-tOnner.
Though a cargo venion of the l!-tOn
truck was buill, thi, pardcular cha55is
lent itself to specialised roles and appe~red
with numerous bodies and fLltings.
[ndud~ were panel valU, airfield light-
ing trucks (mobile hea.com), hole borer
trucks for telephone poles, dumpen.
erash tenckrs, lelephone m~intenance
vaOl. and ~ long wheel ~ nrgo !rUck.
Lastly Ihm: was the Iype iIIw;lrated, ~
bomb I<"rviet truck. Like many of the
other Iypes listed thl.! W:lS u$e<l by the
U.S. A rmy Air Force for ~irficJd service.
This particubr vehicle had an open cab
and ~ ~hortened wheelbase, with single
inste~d of dual rcar wheels. The bomb
lifting equtpment and cT:ldle we", madc
by Marmon-Herrington. The gantry
W:lS designed 10 swing out for io;ading
and handlltlg bombl. The wh",lb~se of
Ihis vehicle W11 lei fl ~nd it w~s 18i1 fI
long wLlh the ganlry e"lended. All the
I~-ton vehicles Iw.,h by Chevrolet h~d a
91 h.p. 51"-C)'Jinder engine. Other
builden of I ~-tOO Irucks we", Dodge
(19040) and InleTiutioll~l (t941 on wards).
Th~ vehicles were .imilu in appeaT:lnce
10 thc Chcvrolet but were not built al
bombserviet vehicle •. The bomb service
vehide was used for towing bomb
trolley' as well al loading bombs.
Another auxiliary !lem used W:IS the
liule Bomb Handling Trolley (plale 97)
which h~d ~ folding handle anti Wi! used
for manhandlmg individual bombs.
'"

91
lon, ,)II"
M» Prime Mover, Trvd<, 11
O;"moNi T, U,S.A.fU.K
99 Mil Tl'lliler,.." lOll, 8.him Mk I.
'94' .}.UK
Tho:w [WO p,ecn of huvy equlpmcm
were ullmded 10 openle I",elm II a
Trud:-Tntler romb...,mon fOr die _
coyery and lnrupon of Wlkt. The
DIamond T InctOl' Wall claasnnt In
1940 10 m«l the requiremoenl$ of the
Bnluh Pu.dwml MWKII'IlOthe U.S.A.
who W~ pbcm, orden w.th vanous
IirmJ 10 rcpbce 01' supplemenl CXISIIIIS
equipment. A heavy ballaJi body and a
»-ton power wlOch wen: Jlancbrd
(e"ura.. The InctOl' Iud a Hen:uks SlX-
eyhnder 'hY! engine mel Wall a] ft 4 1ft.
Jor,g and lli}.1l. wm, The Dumond T
proved lID be I IUpcrb vehICle of almolt
unnnlJed Iong""y Some rema,ned III
8nmbtcfYlCCin '970- libelt ~glllCCi
wllh Rolls Royce moron. laIC produt-
non vehKIcs hKl JOA cover nbs mSield
of prCSKd Red nM. TM maXImum
IOwcrlloKl f'C'rmlttcri WII t I}.ooo 1M.
Thc M\I.}-ton InTUponer In.1er was
budl by Rogm Brat and _ JO ft lon,.
with u wbeds. Thc lnIller'IIYJHCl11oad
WII one )~on Sherm;w Tank.
nil. Truck-TnctOl' urnl wll ongm-
Illy supphcrl exclUSIvely 10 the 8nmb.
bill" Waf subseq~mly Utcd by tlx U.S,
Army:u w",lI .
'00 AUIOCUTO Unimlo Medio.
S IOn., • I( 1, Fial "50 ,~0-4J, luly
The lul'an Army hllid a ICII ngtd lJ'{em
or sundarduluon In mlhury tranJport
than moll OIhcr nanom, Certlin vduelcs
...
were idopted II '.umb.d· In dl/fercru.
•
load a l e , _ and the dlKermt 'eq,ure-
....,nU were sp«Ifinl Howe~. nu ......
rKlu.m did nor luve 10 comply 10
finely ckt1llled ,pmfinDOnlID lhere wll
11 dc-grn' of V1lnclY In lhe lrucks III tcrVl«.
The suncbrdltcrl mcdlum truck (Aulo-
carro UrufiellO Med,o) had a payload of
alIU$I J 1001 Ind a speed of6o km ph.
whdc dll: tUnda.discd heavy lruck
(Aulocuro UrufialO Palnle) lAd a
P"'yload of 6 '0111 01' m~ Ind 11 .r
km p h. ,prcd, n.c FiIl66} Nl WIS tlx
mOIl modem produmon lyIX In lhe
Medio category and WlII Ilated on a Fut
commerCl~ mockl. Wllh (orward COIl-
uol and very lar~ wheel!., II hllid a .s-Ion
capKIlY and 111'111 a powerful ind 10Ugh
vehodt.. Bwll from 1\l4l to I~}. " w.
allD u..:d ... tm.aII numben by rill: Gcr-
nuflt In North laly a(ter luly'snp"uh-
non. n.c Fm665 WII1J ft) til, lon, and
lbo.. I ft \I In. Wick.
A vehicle which WII or IImllu
apf'C'uance wa, the fiJi 666 whICh wu
111 upralrd, ilrmglhenc:d vehicle de-
tigncrllo carry610RII and which kU .nro
dlC Paana: cb.. n.c Mal 66, Iud a .x_
cylinder dlCltl fnp>(' of 110 b.h.p
while !tIC FIJI 666 Iud I SImilar e . .mc
rucrl II 11.s bh.p
'01 Tl'llitore Medlo, • x 4, FUI
TM4o. '\140 ' 4}.ltaly/Coenn.ny
Much ravoured by the lulian Army was
the 'p«W1Kd artillery IrKtOr of com-
pan d,mm$lOl1l but wnh big wheels and
I powerful mglne fin! of !htw bI,
whn'1 tnCton W<lS lhe PaveS! o."II",lIy
deJl,ncd In I \II, and perrected bctwffl'l
the WIn. It u dacnbcd and IUuilnllcriln
the prevlOUl volume. While the Pavtll
w. uruqUC III lui"'", 111 amcullied
duSSlS, bter tnctOl' IYJXI Iud a "lId
whedllall:, Mat look oyer Pnaa In the
,wmlla. They budla h,he ITliCHII' m ,Ix
1~le IblrtlCS, lhe Tl17, and then .. nlcrllum
IrUtor, tlx TM40. In '\140. nUIlalier
vehKk • shown. It uullted tlx u....,
diad fnllOC and cab rronl " the FiJI
66}, The opcn-topped body Ixkl IUtl
ro.lheguncrcwlndlhertwua lockc. (01'
ammUmllOllJlOwa~al the rear, Oven.U
knglh of thll vduc:1e W. JU$! over" n .
'01 M.J Truck_mounted Cl'llne
(Th_ Shovel Me ' I ( 6) .nd MI6
)_1011 Tl'lliler, 1940- . }. U ,SA
n.c Thew Shovel w. one of tcvcnl
lar~ aU-""heeI dnvc truc .... -mounted
CrlIOCII used by tlx U.S, Enguwcr Corps
r(ll' heavy conllrucnon work , BaSIcally
Ihls equipment COfIIISIcri of a 6 )( 6
chi." With pLal(orm and h~r-cab,
nrryl"8 a compi.:1C crlne housI.. and
Jib bwh by Lonlll. n.c cnne t,,",able
hMi III own mgmt and the vducle
JlCkcri up on OUt~ when opcntmg
W.
II (ull apulIy. Ma.Dmum bft .....
40,000 Ib wllh tht boom lOPped up to
"ve II A OOIUI. With the OUlnnen
nOiln UM:, maXImum hA WII 11,8}0 lb.
The Thew Shovel 111'11 norm;illy
opcnlcrl wtth a normal purchall: bUI "
cwJd be fiucrl opoomUy wllh a dlm-
wD grab ".. w.at ITlimponcri tcJ-
fiUely III Iht MUI }-ton tnlln- (shown III
lhe (oresround) ..... h>ch w. 10wcrl by
Ihcparent ydudeorby;w K eompanylllS
lruc .....
The Thew Shovel wu 1, A lonll' u-
c1udlOlllhe craoc boom. It Iud a Hcrcu1ts
HXC Rx-cyhndcr engine .
10) M~ Truck_Tractor, IJ lon,
6 )( 6, wllh M,S T.PI< TI'II"'po!'ler
S.ml_Tl'lliler, t~)-4}. U.S,A
Pwn..: Car Foundry Co. mlck lhe
II I( 6 ,:a-IOO ITlielOl' which became the
$I1nda.d ank recovery vchldc In Ih¢
U.s Army. Utcd lOiethcr wllb lhe M,}
and M'SAI Tmaponer xnu-TmJ", •.
The ~or had 111 armoured ab wllh a
nng mounl fora' soahbre AA muhulI:
"",. 11 111'111 powered by Il.4O b.b.p Hall
Sroit Rx-cybndcr mllne and had three
Winches. one In front W1lh a ),S.ooo-ib
pull and IWO II lhe back or 60.000 Ib
elch
n.c MI' Ind MISAI Tnnsponen
were of 40-., lOllS nl'1Icily and lAd I
whn'1s. They were mMk by Freuheuf
lbe ..... eU-kooWII Imler tpcoa.bm. Boch
wcre cxlenully Slmibr bill. the MISAI
wu ".tIIf:CIIO aU the beaV1tt load.
In I~} I new un.llrmoured Version 0(
tlx Ml6 TnC'l(ll' apf'C'ared, dc1ll1nllcrl
M16A I · Th'$ Iud ;w open cab and WI.
UIlJrmou.crI both 10 redUOE w""he Ind
bo:c:aUfC' the armour wu found 10 ht of
hmllcrl nJUClnanycaron the MilS, The
M16w.l, ft7UL long. ,on '~In, wllk
and '0 ft 7 In. Iugh.
1"'4 Lorry. lIon, 6 I( •• 51,...11
Office, AlUlin K6. 19P-4}. U.K
10} LofTY. lion., 6 I( 4, B•• k-
down Glntry. A",tin K6. '~. --46.
UK
Thc )-1011 6 )( 4 dwm was eyolvtd by
Bnn", nunU(lCtllren In the Inter-war
pmod 10 m«l WD re-qulfrmentl and
ICveral cxamples are fenured In tlx pre--
VJOUI volume. By 1940 the flmpler 1-
ron 41( 1 chuSB 111';11 replaCIng tilt
'<7
6 II • Iy~ for 8cneul KrVl« !xu: Ih(l'~
n:mmwd a bmned reqUIrement for IIx
6 II 4 Ir~ for ,pnul purpolC bodlM.
Tht pl'UlCl)W 6 II 4 produan 111 IIx
our rnn .. ~ AlZIlm;md Ford. III 1940
1M A UIU1 K} (Pbu: I) was In produccKlCl
1n6 II 4 fomund In 1\l41.ml$ .,.,»ILlpa-.
Icdcd by lhe K6 model wruch hid a
"ntphflcd bonnet ind OCM klill
chinga. A major UK!" of lhe K6 Wllthc
Royal A,r For« who ha.d vthldti In
$C'rv>C\' wllh $C'vcnl Iypes of 'hou$C"
body, Thttr vrrudes ...·cn: wed mamly
II mobllc ''In.l1l Ind neuo ot!ica. 11Ic
bodlCS vaned In ckull wlm Iqlrd 10
door ;and WIndow poNuom bltl ,,'n1'
Icrollally II shown. Thts body ""'1
aiM) uwd on the Ford WOTI duoWI
Wlo ....n III Pbl[ )1..
Tht mOIl WKkly wed Army VttlKlO
of IIx K6 "'B d~ Breakdown Gantry
mockl whICh wu cmplo)'ed In the blhl
n:covny rolc. ThIS had I braced Ilnlry
"1m a travclhnl purehm, pIll! a j_lon
wmch filled bc:hmd the e;ab bel .... CTn lhe
body and 1M chawt. When 10Wlni or
ClIrryllll a ~ from the rear IUllry, Pll
Iron ....nlhll ... ~ euned on the bflekl'U
attOtt lhe !1IdUtor fronl 10 b.almtt tb.o
vdudc 11Inl' Brnkoown G~mry
vchldes ... ~ vuy ~u1 ;and _
In III bn'ikdo ...·n form tho: K6 w.
wcn: M,u III KTvt« .. 1960 and be:yond.
w Ii
J 1Il. 1ona and 7! A W1<k. lt Iud the lilm'
",x-c:ybndcr ml"x U OIM AUMln
truek! of 1M period.
106 Lo rr Y,llo n, GS , of II .,Aullin
K S. l\I4o-H, UK,
107 Lo rr y. of II . . Anli-Ta nk
Po rtee (6 pdr,). AUllm K S, 1940-41,
UK
.,
Tht AUMII1 KS _ pmciU(ed con-
currently WIth the Bedford QL (Plain
4' - S1.). and "-n kvelopnl by AUMm
1.1 thc .... nx u ..... I I VauxbaU .... rn:
ckvdopi"lllx 8cdford. u" tlx 0nI-
ford" ..'l'nl InlO producnon III 1941 and
"u produced unlil I94S by .. h,eh IIntn
100ai of IJ ,OOO Iud brm mack, Afln tb.o
OnIfordll"H lhe mOM numcrOUloflhr
Otmsh four· .. h.:d-dnVC' Iypes. Exc~1
In tlx nTl~ prod~lIoo modds me
cab roof WII ck,~chabk to redLl« Ihe
ovcnll height fOT shlppull purpotn,
The AUJtln KS cha_ aho formed lhe
b.a.., for OM eX1M Ipcctalanll-llnk Iun
Pon« vdllda. 11us daJ:J of vrhKk "''II
I"l0l.. III faa 11C'\'\, CXlmpla of World
War I pcnod Ponca bc:mJ !hown In
,he pn:"JQUS volumr. "Jhc, ClImp.ugn In
lhe Wntrm DcWIl III 1941 - 41., how.
rVfr, !ho.. rd IIx nm.t for hLsh mobLblY
and ,t lhe I'IIN: 111m' 10 .. ed Uln_unk
Iunl proved 10 be cxc~lIonaily vulner-
able, Thll"'-II dLK 10 the lack of COVCt
.. 101,10 put an empllcal lun al a du-
advanlllF whlk opp<KIng tank! wcrc
abk to move Iw,ftly dur to lhe lack of
oblt-acln. It W.II therrfon: ckodrd 10
II~ IIUXlmum moblhl)' 10 dx anll·
unk IUII~ by rC\'I\'ms ttx old Pou«
Idea. A Morns CI CMUII WH uitd for
the- J·ptir anu--Iank gun, bltl for lhe
much hca"In 6 pdt I bran 4 II •
cha", .. UI the J-ton dall WH fOWld
IX« ...... '). Port« vc-mons "'en: bltlh of
IIx AUM.. Kj, the Jk.dford Q1..aOO the
C hevrokt CMP J-IOl1flfr The tint twO
futured a lIalbed body Ind an opm half
cab wlih a a.nvH lOp. "Jhc, gun .... -a.
nrrlcd OIllhe Itubed body, on 10 .... h,ch
II WII r ... \'ll ump! ktpt: wxkr me, body.
TM ILIn could IlC ClIrncd to fin: rlllxr
fO,..'ird or 10 1M n:1I'_ Tht IUture o(lM
..m"k ...." ronccakd from the mcm y
by a ClInVH nit (not lohown) ...·h"h fiuN
0""' tlx frame"'ork rtovukd Tht lun
cauk! fi",from ,he,-chIClc (II"'"kno"·n
u 'Porter Ind Flre1 or II coukl be: lowed
In If,., norm.&! m.mnn- A bWc WlICId WM
fined 0,," IIx vehKk'1 bonnet for
forward fitlll, Afln thc war .. North
Afria .n 19.J, IIx cMn« to u~ IIx
POnermHJlnlcndcd nllnllCr"cIlmmWw:ci
and mOM Ponca .... c'" lal", rebulII ....1110
GS bod.n.
The AUllIn KS w;u 19 Ii 8 In lonl,
8i Ii w,de., and had a WX-C:)'llndrr pelrol
l'nIUX of 8S b.h P
108 Truck. 1 IOn • • II ... CommaDd
R econ_iAAnee, Fo rd G PW in Bri-
tish Ser vice .. R oyal 51._1t Lia.t
L. y". U .S.A. U,K
109 Truck. j lon, of II .. Co mmand
R econnll ilA nce. Will ,.. MI.. U ,S A
11 0 Truck , 1 lOti, . )11 •. U tilil)"
Will y. MB with l·litl"" Ambu lance
kil . U .S,A. (U,K
III Truck. i l o n, 4 II ., Ulilily.
Ford G PW. eonvetled for 'Jeep
Railwa y' , U ,S_A ,( U.K
I i l Trudo[, i IOn, • II . , Ampbi ·
bian, Fo rd G PA , U .S ,A. 11.111940-45
Of all mllllaty vchJ(1n cmanal1nl f.om
thc World War II pcnod. the «kbralcd
J«p mUM r:lI~ llihe mOMon81na1 and U
a 1t\JC nultilOrlC' In aUlomoclve luMory.
II Cn'lIed a RfW nlqj:ory of vdude-
the so-alled ' field ClIr' -and th. found
a markct In lhe oomntero'&! wo.ld IfIn
In.: Wlr 10 Ihn lod.Iy Ibn-c Iff $C'vcnl
makes ofvd"ck ill OWIIII tomclhlllllO
IIx Ql"IILlW Jrcp dtilln of 11140.
III tb.o US Army IlorJrcp fell mlO an
:widmonal load ( IIClory, I ron. whIch
h:od not hccn allo ...ed (or ... bc:n In.: an-
Imal fi~ haue: cluiCt of military
vthlClc WCIC' wo rknJ OUI
Ideal for I mlbllry hlhl rcconnan.-
"nee ar .. en: fint put (o ...'ard III lhe
b~ 191W and In Iumlntt 1\}.40 1M
Banum Car Co, <ksIgncd ;md made a
ptOl.OI)·JIC' to men U,S Army tcquu'C'o
IlKn", Banum mukcted AlIStm 7 can
UI Amcna and ulCd 1oOIN: wkas (and
compooc-ntJ) for toor proiOC)"~ from
lhe ...ell·kno.... n 'blby' AUIlIn, The
Oam-am fw:1d ( I I .. Ha plaon Open-lOPped
vdllck and 70 uimpla were: purchased
by llor U ,S Ordnan« Departmenl (or
ICS-Img Tnab " 'ere Impr",'", and tho:
Ordnan« Dcp.ltunrnl were anlUOUS 10
order anotM I,Soo vdllcb. The"
tcqUtilIO do 10, ho .... ner .... as blocked
b)' the Qu:o.rlcrmaMer..(icU(tai on In.:
Iroundi Ihar Bmlam lhem~"'es had
$C'YC'R'ly hmllrd producnon faalm"
and woukl be wublc 10 fulfill thc orkr.
Mean .. hllc ,wo ocho:o- firnl$, W,u~
Overland and Ford. .... en' lbo hulld,nl
ProiOC)pc110 mM In.: Arm) re:qulff-
mcnl AI the nnM: IIx Oamam cab WII
lested neither WlllY'1 nor Ford had
complned Ihelr ..ehlcla. Ho .... cvcr. 1M
November 1940 alllhtCT firml tca1vrd
comraca for 1, ,00 veh\.C1a " 'Ct! moulh
the Willys and Ford prOCOl)'pc1 ...ere
11..0 noc bIt,ll. 11Ic prcmifuff a ..."rd of
contrxu, OO,,·c""" before prOlOC)'pes
"'cn: Kal ClIulCd annoyance 10 Banllm
;and OCM I«ClOnI oIlndUllfy.
Tht Will).. and Ford prOlOl)'pes"'~
O'elllUllly finuhnJ III November Ind
December 1940. whm illlhn:c- "eluc~
wcn: Ihm t"led 108rth"" All had mmor
cktall fa"lu Ind nt1>tlural .. cak~
bUI the Wlllys desilU "'11 r,·cnluilly
JudKed the " 'Illocr and 110. firm r«ovcd
1M producllon conlract. Oantam .... nt'
ududnl. d~ to IhclI" hmlled prnduc-uon
ClIP'''I)', an 11001( fal[ (or tho: firm ...-101(10
dId 10 much plOflCTnng wort on the
Orliinal deslln
...
 The fi .... orcin foc- 16,000 ,,~h>c1c.. wid
pbad 'mm~dUldy and the fine pro-
dunton "duck apprnfti UI Deumbtt
'941 Wnh llloCnasa:! orden. bow~,,",
W,U,.,c_1d IlOC k"1' paa '1mh ckmand
and Ford Wtte thus brought m to budd
"thida to the Will,., paltern. By the
end oldie' wu 11()l[a1 of6l9.l4j of whit
were Iubstqucntly nllftiJ~ had ~n
bUilt ThnT w~re st"eral dllftrent pro-
dU('lIon ,ncxkh whICh are Ickntlfied II
follo ....·1:
W,Il)'l MA the IjOO ",hicks bllI]t
to the: orl8ma1 WIl])'I design for
the onimal contraC1. H~adbmps
atop muciguuds (p]nc 1(9).
Ford CP lhe 1)00 w:hlda bw]tlO
Ihc orlgmal Ford deligl1. Roumkd
mudgUl.rdl aI front.
WIl]Y'MB Mlln producllon I)-PC
_1qUl.rro off front mudguard
(Pbl~ 110.)
Ford GPW DU']I by Ford 10
WillY' dc1.1gn and icknncal 10 tht
WIl],., MU III aD bUI mmor ckwls.
(Plale 11 I.J
11It~u]y MA and GP mockls, thoup
noc ollhc IUuhllt'd da'gns. dod n~lhe­
IaI ICC strVla, mam]y under trod-
Last when many wert IUppbc!d 10
Bnum and RuUll.
In '""~ the J«P b«alll(' a k~nd for
Inc many roln .. whl(h 11 W:l1l tmp]o~.
JUSl a few 0( l a art Illu~tulI~d here.
Plan· 108 500...., a Ford CPW model
con"cnro 10 a Royal SI' ....., hllt:b~r
and usa:! m lhe airborne rok. "file> Jet"p
could he arm U1 the RAF Hona
ghlkr (bKksroundj utd bo:a.mo: die
mam Irmspon "chicle for IIrborne
umn. The A menan Hadru.n gbder
could altO nrry I FP'
",.
Jrep were wed a;lCfUl"dy aI fronl
line ambulano:a (Plale 110) w'lh k," of
pam to nubk a qUICk conWTUoc-l mlhe
fidel A three-bn" vcrwon II lobo""" bul
there WeR alto lWo- and four-lllta
"aTQnu, the bu" Iu"mg a high an"aI
nIl and arryllll the: Slrtlcflc,n III IWO
b)'n1. Pble III !hoWl a Jeep railway
lu,h :111 was used III st~ral lhenra of
Wit "file> wheell wcre replacfti by
Ibngro wheeh and Inc vdliC'k became a
Klf-<onlam<d ' locom()l[I"~' which could
h,ullulm alOllgdle tnck. Thq- W~I"C'
wlckly UIed llline Fu Ent. A homemade
conckrun to coruo:rve the: coohna WlII ....
1l:Hlded to thc "chIde dn.wn.
Other speo.>l COMn1lOIlS of }ttl"
mcluded the he:avtly umfti vduda
ullt'd by the Sp«UI AIr SerVIa: and
lImllar danlkstUl( forces. FP craMS,
lufficcOtitroi vchldes. and mlny()l[hen.
The Jet"p could alto mount a m:olllnl
title or lOW the 6-pdr. anu-tank lun, a
1s-mm lUck howltzcr, or a !-10Il (';Irgo
lralkr.
The AmphlblousJ«p (Plait Ill) wal
bunt on thc surnhrd pp chU$l;S md
mglllC bulimia boal-ltIr.~ body dtYgMd
by a .... vaI n('hllta firm. Sparkman and
St~phen of N~w Yorlt. The o"enll
dalgn wu by Marmon Hemnglon
W,I" propuls>on wat by I ptopdkr
dnvm by a POW" takt off fmm lhe:
IranlmlWCln. An anchor was a lIandard
fitung and Ihll "chIck was dalgnned
Ford GPA
The J«P look 1(1 name (rOtn 1(1
dc1.1glUuon GP. Thos .... me had Otlglll-
aUy hem ILnllbrly UIed wllh ,he Dodgc
!-IOO truck. and the !-ton InlCk was to ~
called the Pet"p, Idkcllng 1(1 recollna ....
1olI~ rdt. Howev", _bow thll
00""" caUpl on and J«p became thc
famdlu name foc- thc i-tonner-tO
famllin ..... faC! II... lhe: name WM IaICt
rcgw:ered :It a Inckm.,k by Willyt-
Ov"land. thc VdllCk'l bwldcn.. l1ic
OI1gllW OeuglUuon 'Command Reo-
con"... n~' wu Inet chlnged 10
'Uulny' when II bo:a.mc apparenl Ihu
m.. handy hllk ~hLCk had nuny mon
Uld Ihan WeR onguuJly m"wgfti.
The IIlndardJec:p hada 54 b h p. four-
cyhnd" m_hne mi"'" With IIX forward
IpeedJand IWO I"C'''CtK It WII II fllong,
j fl 1 U1 wode, and 6 It high WIth tne
anVil hood n-med. II wat OIlly .d It
hIgh With the hood and wmd:icltcll
Io....·ued, hO .... ~VCT. The "" hec:lbate was
6ft, ......
III Lorry, J lOa, 4 )( .... Br"-,,-
down Gantry, Ford WOT6. 19-40-
45. U.K
Ford o( Bmlll1 w~re a!lOlm firm allted
to produtt • x • I.ud.., 10 lhe um~
WD Ip«IfiClllon II Vauxhall (Bed(ord)
and AUIDn Af," ,hex IWO. Inc Ford
vdude WII the Ilt:xt mOIl num"ous. It
ml~mI produnlon bl .... than thr Olhcn,
111 tady t9<tJ and wu billie WlW ble
19-4j. II unlun! Inc ""dl-kllO""," Ford
V-3 mgUl( which ga~ IS b.h P In 1(1
GS allo tmek form M _ III Ii: loi 111.
lone and was 1! ft ...Kk. Se.......a1Ip«tahll
bodoa were fined 10 thll ch,... Includ-
Ing thr Breakdown Ganny (tlhHltlllfti)
and Machinery and Repair 11Il'k Fords
pro"ed very rcbabk and a few rema""ed
III mlILtuy K'.Vltt:l1l refemly as 1\16,.
t 14 Artillery Tnclor S-to, 19-40-
.S. USS R
The SoVIn Army n1.IcW wKk UK' of
fi.ill y-trxltnl agnrullunl tfPC mcton
(or much of Ihrn aruUcry luulage dunng
World War II wtuk by conl~mponry
Wrtl"" sundard! thll Wal I slow anc!
pnmlD~ IIltthod 01 mO"lnIgW1S. the
RU:Wan aUlomou~ Uldwcry lagged
bdllnd thr Wac .. 1II<tO and lmelts lull-
abk for Ute:l1l medIum or he:avy ltl1llcry
lracton WeR III ihon IlUpply. On Inc
othcT lund ,nere was a b" IrKtOr
mdUitry resulllllg from the pre-war
FL"e Y~ar Plam whld! had conanlnlCd
OIl InClon for farmml In Ihc c:ondillons
ofsnow. iJuw.., and mud which prevatied
III RU!IIl foc- a good pan oldie year.
fi.illy-cnckfti ItK'IOt1 wtte m fact " an
ad"'nta~ all"OId! Wtte oftftllmpaJSibk
10 wbec:kd tnruport-al die Germani
found 10 Inc.r cote 1ft the IUC:CUUV~
Willi.,.. campailnt on the RUSllan Fronl
Two "cry .. mtllt alnnollur.oItraC1on
which IolIW military !ll:tvltt m larg~
numbc:n were lhe S-6j and 5-80 Stahntu
which we~ .. x-<yhnder dLcK'1 ,,~hiclcs
of con~~lInon,1 InClor layoul. The
I,," 5-10 (thc vCDlOrllohown) rcmamcd
In mlhtary K'rYKe (or aboul 10 ynn
af," the: rod ofthc w-ar The IUlpms>On
was coptrd from the A menan Hob
type A prOnuoml wmeb W:l1l mounlfti
on lhe rnr pblform bdllnd die mdoted
ab
Dun,. World Wu II, apan from
Ind'itlMAII GAZ and ZIS trUCD (ICC
fI"C'''lOUi volum~) SaVin RIISII.I WaI
ckpcndmt on LmO-Lcue ItIppha from
"mena for lhe: bulle of her m()l[or
tnrupon "file> '!-lonner.Jecp. DUK W.
and :i-ton lrudu ,bown In th~ book
w~re aU supphed 10 RU"13 In VISI
numbers III lhe: yun 194.r4j.
.,.

liS Lor ry.J IO.., -4 1C~ Peu o l
Ca n;e, . Denni.
116 Lo u y. J Io n. -4 )( 1. Ti pp in ••
D enni., 1940-4j. U K
Omms p,oducni , num,," 0( J-Ion
4 IC ~ 1)'peI f{)lr d", Bnmh Arm)'
... hlch wcre noc waI m (orvo-nd Ir~~1
h" .. ]( 4 l)'peI but wluch nonnh,';n.
gn'~ good 1C1' ... la III lhe lundl o( lhe
nnous IUPpo" lC1' ... ices.. The IXnnu
J-Ion,," w;at ... m ....lly l&nunl 10 lhe
comm"rnaI IrlKJ. whIch IXnnlS ... ~re
stillng ID 1919, Two oflhr mOIl wllkly
waI \";Imno were Ihr end upper (PUlt
116) and the pc1rol urur.tt (Pille II }),
The upper had I wood dropwck body
and hrdnulK Ilppmg n~clulmm. II
w. wlckly u:snt by Ihr Ro)':lI EnlllXCIi
and JO~ ... ~re lito UKd by the Ropl
A,r Forti: .. llrfield COlUlfUCUon and
r<'pllr .... ork. The petrol unktt W15,
aglln. nrnll,lI)' the commercul modd
and "'U uied mamly b)' Ihc Roy;d A,m)'
Sc-r"'Ja Corp' al lwei In England
Thne Omnn vehKIcs h<ld a fou,-
C)hndtt 1J bhp engine and the IIpper
... all-lnt ... II 17 fl 9 In, long
117 M5, IlIo n, Hilh- Sp u d T rac-
l o r. l!l-fo-.. S. U.SA
Ontt 1'-' Arne-nan K-nmamml pro-
In.m~ ... n undn- wa)- In 1941. lhe
Arm)' d«>dnt .llonsn Icnn policy 10
Iwnch ... holl), 10 Incked Ir;msporl for all
except lupply and hatSOn ... chlcks m
armoured dlvllionJ. Thu m~lnl Ihat
wh«kd and half-cnck 11.111 tracton
...·ould be: rq-bad by (ully Iracked
Incton. A ... hok f.wul), 0( purpoK-
bUll! Iranor dnlsm wu put In hmd. In
pawns II mu~ be: noled thn Ihr lehemc
10 have Incked vehicles only wu nevcr
."
.-
fully .mrkmmltel beaux kma'" a~
W<l,., ou.,trlpped IUpply. Thus wh«1td
and IuJ(-luck 1\1lI Iraclon and Clrrltn
Wert' I-ull III tctVJa al the end o(the war.
To towlhe to}_nUn and I }j_mm fidd
hm. Uln1 <I vnllck o"lm<llly dnlgruled
TJI Mcdoum Tnctor "'"11 Ikwloped by
Imcnunonal Huvnltt Co .• 1M prOI(~
I)"pe belill ready ute m 19.. 1 The Irach
and IUlpC'flI-1OrI were Inied on Ihose. o(
lhe MJ Lllhl Tank (an ,h~rmn~design
wnh rubbc-r IrICh WIl rf..t«led by the
Army). The new "chick ..... Jlmdard-
iKd 11 1M M} Mcdoum Tractor m
Oc'Iobn- ISI-'J wllm II emend !lttVJa,
Laler II wu ailed by liS firul ude of
High-Speed T,acto,_ The M} proved 10
M a mostlUccn.ful donIgn and uw wide
fCI'\'ICC II w~Ilhed 18,000 Ibs.. 'UI I} fl
II m.1ong •• It .. In. Wick. and. It lID.
lugh. II hid a cr"" of 9 and a Con~
nenul R-6}u lH h.p, atro('OOltd mi""
which glVC II a spHd 0( JS m ph, A
winch wu n10Unled on lhe front and air
bukes WCIt' mdudcd for openllng lhe
bnkrl on the 1\1lI bcomi 10Wc-d
t I' M-4, II to n. Hi , h·Speed Trac-
l or . 19..0-.. ,. U.S.A.
This "'iI a compicmcnury vehicle 10
1M M S Tnctor designed 10 lOW 1M
I H-mm Iun. l,4o-mm ho..'IIUf or Ihr
SIO-mm AA 1110 (or C"qUlv:llml C"qUl~
mml up to 10,000 Ibs)_ The "chlCk W1$
devcloped and built b)' Alh~halmn1
USloll chaSUICOmpontt1lSfrom the t.hA I
Medium nnk. Th01le vdueles equ.pped
10 lOW the SIO-mm AA gun Iud dlfl"crml
ammunmon Jlowa~ arnninn~ntl
compued tOlheoilltT vehlCJa .. hleh had
I foldm&: ammlO1l1lO1l h0111 IKK fittc-d 10
Ihr AA i1.ll1luaon. The Mol (OI"Igrnaill
T9 Medium Tuctor) WII comforubl)'
eqUipped and Iud lUll Wellher proIK--
lion, It ... "" pow~rt'd by a Waukesha
I .. SG1 J 10 h.p_ tnlme: whICh II~ I lop
lOW lpeed of lJ mp .h. II ...·clllh~d
J I.}OO Ibs. "'" 16 fl I I III 10"" 7 Ii 10 In.
high, and S It I In.. ..... _ There "'-u
accommoclanon for an II_mM gun
~w A o-sonhbrt' Brown"'l nuchm~
gun could be: m()Unled on lhe cab roof
for locil AI. ckfencc, Thll vchlCk
<,nl<,red production In bte 19..J and WII
III wllk 1C1"'ICC by 19..-
119 M6. J8 to n. Hilh_SpeecI T fKo-
lo r, 194o-.. S. U.S,A.
Larges( of lhe High Speed Tnclor
famd), W'I tM M6. :lito bUlh by Alh~
Chalm~n. Thll wu nrnllally an en-
Uf1c-d V~nlon 0( lhe M. TnClor and
"'.. mle-ndcd 10 lOW lhe loto-mm 11.111 or
Io><b of up 10 so,OOQ Ibs. II hid IWIIl
Wallkn/u IIJI;-qlmder cngmes. Ilvmg
IW'~C 1'-' POWCT of lhe M4 Traclor,
Ton.I wClghl of the vchlck WII 76.000
Ibs and II WII ~I § fllong and 10 It Wick,
nus "chlCk Iud All,· Ch:llmm own
design ollo(lHOn lUIfI"IWOIl and dwi nor
UK pun from OIher vehICles. Au and
ekelnc bnk" pipe wert' filltd for con-
Irolllllilihe lOW, and IhC're wu a 10-Ion
wmch. A Uro ...·mng -s-cillbR' nuch lll<'
1\1lI could be: filled III tM commander's
rooih'lI;h ThcR' WIl accomntOd,lIIon
for a lUll CTrW of 10 men
IlO Tnx:k.i IOn,. I( 4.Comma nd
Car, Dod,e
III Tr uck.f IOn , . I( 4,Comma nd
R eco nnaillence CII r. Dod,e. 1940-
U. U,SA
WlIh lhe Jlll1dndlulion of Ihr i-Ion
Jeep lhe U.S, Ann y deadcd 10 upgnck
II"., Prn'lOW J.mallcst talcaory of ttu(k
from lion fO j Ion Ford Ind Dodle
(1M plt'VIOW rna," buddcr1 of!-Ion",")
nch produced prOlolYpe ~~hldC'l (or
cv~lu<lnon lnd Ibnc new design! dosdy
follo"teI the hncsofIhrJtq), Compued
101M !_fon "dudes 1M)' ...ere wihtl)'
"ukr ~nd lo""c:r Ind had biliCr ",'herls
and I)'res <lnd IlfOnln "Pnnll- The
Dodle donIgn "';>1 chosen for produc_
non and lhe I"W ulegory of lruck wu
olf.cully .nlrOOuad UI June 1941. ... hen
producuon gOl undtt "~y. n.c i-Ion
INtk IC1'ta evnllually )Uppl~llfc-d Ihr
!-r:onncn and '<'rtUlntd In IIttVJa for
man)' )"~an ~fftt Ihr "ar.
AI ...·,Ih fM !-fon IoCnes Ihc-re .... ~rc
1oC"cr:ll IpecW body fypel n.c mOil
common Vlnlnl "-"1 lhe Command
R«onIWSiUla Car (PUte Ill) ... !uth
' "' 'S UIoC'd (or h,mon .... ork1nd. lI$ 5mlor
olfken' fnmport III vlnuall)':lIJ fightml
IIOJll. II .... 11 fintel "'lIh K~U Ind ml~
bo,uds lnd hJd a dcuch<lblc unvu lOp
and Ildcscrccnl. Thll wu p,odu,ed both
wllh Jnd wilnOUI I WInd!, AlKKhcr
varunt. 1M Command Ca, (oe 'Com_
mand FIoCId Sedanl ... as prooiu.:rci III
'malin numlxn (or Jl3ft" oft"Jan and
formlilOn commanckn (PUlt uo).
ThIS W<II an dabonld)' equipped vehlck
b~ied on panel \'In Iype bod)·work. S.de
doon wcn ;oddcd lactlber .... lIh map
abk, rldiO and roof rKk BIKkoul
blinch ... crt' filled In 1'-' r~ar ... mdows to
lhallhe ,·duck could be: ulCd ala mobtk
he~dqulrlcn 1(111)' umt.
AnOlhcr VCf1.lOn ulllulni the umt
bod) ... 1-1 lhe Carrp.il, ... h.ch lacked lhe
lick doon and fimng5, and .... ;at UIoC'd u a
"UUhoul.
Other mockls m Ihr!-ton Chaw:1
wcre lhe Welpons Carner. Ambubna.
RadiO Truck. and v~noUl Rcp~lr T ruckl.
."
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Of ~ 1M mOM widely UKd was the
Wuporu eaffln" whIch lI~d an open
body wllh pcnonl'C'l ..,au, ;I OIlY," nit
and o;:anYU I~ screens. ThIS was some-
limes called the 'D«p'_~h3pJ a
COlT\lpuon of 'Big Jeep' . One funher
.. anant wastM M6 Gun MocQr Camagc
whICh in n.xn«' was I Weapons Camet
mounllng a J1-mm anti-lank gun in the
rUr compulmrnl. ThIS uw lllnlled
serVICe m EuroF'C' In 19«-.41.
~ Dodgt' !-IOO vehicles were
powo:ffii by a IIx....::yhndcr 91 b.h.p.
cngmt and in Command R«onnall-
una fonn the ~hiele wu '4 n long and
61 (, Wide. II wvgnro 5,}75 Ibs.
III L.nding Vehicle Tncked.
Armoured, Mk 4- L vr 4. 1!U1- 4S.
U.S. A.{U.K.
What III.". ~n~ known v:mowly as
the Alligator or Wuer Buffalo and was
produced In SCyttl] for nu wasongmned
In 1935 when an engineer called DoIUId
Roebling Jnr prodl.lad a light tracked
amphIbious .. dude for rescue work In
the swamps or the Aomb EvcrgJada.
The Umtal Stiles Manne Corps t-
came interated and III 19¥1 RoebtmS ~
designed IllS vchlck to mea theIr
rcqulTcmcnu. ThIS went mlO production
In 1941 II Ihc: l VTI . A succeeding model
was Ihc: lVT(A) I. whICh was made of
armour plate and mounted a turret to
form what Will Virtually an amphibiOUS
unk The lVT1 and lVT(A)1 were
Improved VC1"Slons of lhe onglnal dalgn.
b;asinllya boal-lIupcd Iracked huD with
engme eompulmem afl, cab forward,
and a Io;ad spa~ In lhe nuddle. ThiS
design Iud a wudvanlagc In Ihll only
per$OnMI and hgttl Siores could be
carned and mo:n and eqUipment had 10
.,.
embark and dnemb;ark over the sides of
the vehlde nlher in the manner of
boarding a bou. Under amphibious
bnd"'g (OndlllOns thIS exposed the men
10 gunfin:. to I complele redesign Will
amed OUI. ln UIIS lhecngme was moved
forw:a.d 10 behmd tn.:, front (tO~w abo
The lransom WII then n:pb«d by I
hinged nnlp operued by a hand Winch.
Storn l ltd men could lhen min" and
kl\'C lhe )'ehiek II the: back, protected
from ground fin: 10 some eXlenl by the
bulk of lhe vmick. DnlglUted LVT4
and ClUed lhe Buffalo by the Bmilh.
Ihu veh lck could arry up 10 30 men
and/or hghl vet-liCks and guru. A I)'plcal
Io;ad would be I Jc<"p. a Uruvcnal Car-
ner. or 1 ~pdr. gun.
The LVT 4 was a most succcuful
dcstgn which was used III large numbers
by the Amcncans (both Army Ind
ManMS) III the PaCIfic. and w;u U$Cd by
both the BrttlSh and Americaru III IUlly
andEuropem 1~3-4j. Buffaloesfigured
proml/lCntly In the Rhme CI"OIlIng and
the Waleheren bnwngl, playmg a key
pan In the SUCcnl of those opentlOlU.
The vehicle propeUed iuclfin the waler
by the cup-lIupcd grOlUCn on Its tucks.
The draWing lhaW$ the nmp arrange:-
menl. The Buffalo was normally armed
for self-dc-fcIK"I: only With a ' )0 or .jO
nJibre machine gun In a plntk mount
each Side. Some veh iCles had a promlnem
!lucid for cam gun. VchlCb m Bnnlh
service also had a lO-mm PoIstm annan
mOWIted alop theab and finng farwan:!.
A fcw Brilish vdudn eamed Rame
thrawcn II weD.
The l VT4 was 16 ft I In. lang. 8 fi I m.
high. and 10 fi 8 m Wldc. It h<od a Conll-
nenlal W--670mgmeoflsa h.p. and had
a lop speed of IS m .p.h. 00 land and 6!
m.p.h. m water It had a crew of thrc<".
III M19 C Ula Ca rrier. W eau l.
1941-4S U.S.A/U.K
U4 MlIIC Clltgo Ca rrier. Amphi_
bia.... WPMI. 1~1-4S. U .S. A./U .K.
The Weud was a light lracked vehick
ongllUUy ~gned With wlnler warf3re
md transponulan III mmd. II had Wide
I"\Ibbcr ltach 3nd was lightly coo-
lIruCled, .... nghlng only 1 IOns. II WI1
dmgncd and bwlt by lhe Studebaker
Corporation and had a S/.udebakn- $111_
cyhndn- englM. II proved a mQS.l uttl_
Ienl desIgn IItd uw wide pOll-war
service. panlCularly with the CalUdlan
and NorwegIan ArmlC'S who opeute
utmllvciy under wimer candltions.
Some Wcaseh were iuK m lCrVice In
1970·
The amphibiOUS model MI9C had a
MW flouuoo body, boal~apcd fronl
and rcar. and wlIh ablc--opt'rated rud-
den at the rear . Propulsion on the Water
was lChleved by mO\'e mmt of the
track" The amphibiOUS venion of lhe
Wend was supphed 10 the Bnush Arm y'
in 19« altd was U$Cd as I RIppon velu(k
in vanous amph ibiOUS O~tauoru on
Europe $um as the WaJchctm landmg"
It was 16 ft long. 6t rt ",de. and 6 fi high
With the anvas cover erected. The non-
amphibIOUS model was I~ ft long.
lackmg as il did the flOl31Km chamben at
each end.
115 Kfz )1 KraDkenkrafiwa, en
(4 )( 4. Pbinomeo Graml I ~A )
116 SchwercrPenonenkranwa,en
(4 II 4. Phinom~ Gran;1 l ,5ooA ).
t940-45. Gf-r many
Tbc smal~tlland.lrdised class under lhe
Gf-rmm ScheU Programme: Will the
•
I\-Ionncr. Phinomen Gr:uut, Stcyr,
Mercedes Iktu and AUlo-Union all
buliliruch m tho range. A, hefore they
were Illadc as T)pe A (4 )( 4) or Type B
(4 II 1). Type A bnng pun:ly for mdt-
lary we. A range of bodywork whleh
IncllKkd Inlbubncc (Plate n.s). Kubel-
wagen (penonnd carner) (plale IllS)
and cargo tnlCk could be K'Cn 00 the
Phlnomen Granll tSooA chauis. The
sUindard 'house' body was used far Ihc:
ambuJan~ and there ....ere some Storcs.
mllntelUnce, and command vehICles all
with lhe Ank: body. The Phinomeo-
Gramt had :an a.r-cooled four-<ylinder
dlnel engme and WI1 td fl long m 1IJ
per$Onnd atTIer fonn. For desert opera-
nOIU:an extra alt filta- Will earned on the
bonncl: or lhe penoond arner.
117 Truck. Amphiblaus. I } ton.
6 )( 6. DUKW. ' 941-4S, U .S.A.fU. K.
uS Truck. Amphibia u •• ~ i ton,
6 )( 6, DUKW wilh Experimental
Mat-laying Equipment. ' 944-4S.
U .S.A
A major new projCCt on 190P IV» the
attempi to producea vehlCk whICh could
be used 10 unload ships and landing a-afl
by lranlhlppmg stores over opm beaches
without the benefit of prepared h.a.r-
bour" ThIS was forcseenasJUK ancoflhe
requirements for planned rUturc All ied
landmgs III Europe and [~I y. The
NllIooal Dcfcnx Rcscarch Committee
were given Ihc: ~SIt of orgamllng this
pro)«t. though neither the U.S. Navy
nor Ihc: Army wen: keen on the poulble
comphations of the Idea. However.
!he NDRC engaged the services of
naval archucrn Sparkman lnd Stephms
of New York (lhc:y also deSigned the
."
 Ampillblow }lrep) woo workn! with
Yellow Truck and CoKh Co._nwn
bwllkn ofll", lrlOnlruo:k-IO pnxtUf'e
J bNl-ilupcd lIotauoo huU 10 fil II",
l.randml COE I)'~ .1rlOO" JI 6 chaUl'
(.,hown In Plnle 9.1). From tJw bu,llkn
rod.: IQc the: vrludc-DUKW- dlC
conveniently amphd)\OUI IUII'IC 'Duck'
wu contnved (D - t\l.l; U _ UII_
bty; K - all ",1\Cd dnw.; W _ t"'m
IC'II '" hcd ox," )
On bnd the: DUK W uKd III normal
Sly~ or dn\'\' but ... the wuer " WIS
propelled by " prope:11tt (on a pawn
ukMlK (rom the IfOlmmJwon) and
$Ienn! by a rudder. Wheels and p~
pdler rould oprnlle tOlctm ror CIIIC'!'-
'''1 ~ ~Ivlfllthe wun. TIIC prlol: nlodd
DUK W W;iS lIuurau(ulthlllC wu PUt
11110 prod~uoo It once Ind wu lim
uxd Illhelandtn(f' III Noumea UI March
1\1.3 Shortly a(m thaI DUK W "'err
uKd m the IIIVlIlOO of SICIly and (rom
thrn OIl they WCIC' uKd III all amph,blOu,
opcunonl. In 1\1.). "Sol vm.ic," werr
burlt and by lalle liMS ",hen producuon
~aKd,lJ,1.7 wen: budt. DUKWI$."w
M'rv'~ (oc- many ynn J(ler lhe "'If "nd
loOlI'IC rrmllnnl In In'Vla WIth BnllUl
and Other armlC'l. bile H t\nO. DUK WI
cltnn! anchon and Other nauual fill-
mg$.
The- dUWlIIJI UlOW the opnonal AA
m~ I\lII mount and tJw rnr chmnrl
(or lhe propc:Jkr and T\lddcn. Plnr 118
1Il0..-, a U.S. Manna n:pe:nmcnu.l
venton dniBlK'd 10 lay " WIn: lod mal
over 100ft loand 10 that truo:b ~lVrng a
landIng naft had a ready mldc ' road' to
(ollow wlueh avoIded tht mk olbogglllg
down. Scire! nlllllCn and " ROln,e bin
(or nut In: tht addllKIfU m;&de 10 the
malO "lUcturc for Ihll rolr. The" Brlllsh
.,.
ulfd I IImllar dcvla filled 10 a Buffalo.
The DUKW W;iS 36 (I long and 8 rl
ww_ II could carry $9 mm CIt tJw
rqulVllmt ..... rI,hl m _ora. DUKW,
..... cre' ,upphn! 10 50vICI Rulolll undc-r
Lend-Leur and Iht RuwlnJ budt I
plrltn! copy known HthtZIL-.8j. 11m
dlKrrnt (rom lhe Am«lc~ OI1gmal III
haVill, tht argo Ipaa Ulfndrd 10 the
rrll and a lell ]~dmg ramp.
U\I SCb ..... er.... Gelandellnilcer
Lud[rafiwllen offen (.. JI ... Mer-
clde. Benz L4~A. A Type). 1\1.. 1-
.$. ~ll1Uny
Thll wu a further heavy type of truck
produced. m Grrm.a.ny undn- tJw Schell
Proaummt (II« Pl..lla n - 61). Vehlc,"
'n Ih" type: fim Ippeartd under the
ScheU PrognlllrTIC (Of none 1II1h111~d
d~ {d-} IOfU) had b«n ulrd by the
Wdtrm~dtl br(ore'. Comp,anlOll wllh
Plun60and 61 WID thow how n,td Iht
Schdl Progrlmmt 1p«lfinnolll weT~.
(Of tbcK vch,da ~ look tdrnncal rxcrpt
for dlKcnng cabs and bonnn$. The A
T)'pe: had (our-whccJ...dm·c bul Mer-
ttda Brnz a]1O producn! an S T ype
HnlOO m. JI J form ThIS looked very
"'m,lar except tlul " bckn! 1 dnvm
froot a,ck and Wll m comrqum~
Ji"htly !o ..·er m hrlghl. Then: wl1lll0 I
M'!(.prope1lcd ,UII VCflKln made m
ImaD numbrn. TluI had I J7-mm Alk
gun mounted onl fbi bed body. and an
rnclOted armoured cab. Overall len,m
0( thl1 W.hK~ "" ll~ ft. It had I WI-
cylmder dleK! engllle gwmg III b.h.p.
1)0 GAZ-47B Fi~d Ca r. liM)-H.
U.sS.R.
The RU""n rqul\oaJrm to the}trp \\';lO1
obvlourly Imp"n! by IhlS vehlde, or
mon: probably Iht Blnlam of WhKh
many o( lhc 1.,00 J""od""lOIIiwlcft (II«
PLaIIe lOll) werr lupphn! under Lend-
LeaK. Tht body and hc~dlamp arrange-
mrm mOft clo.ely fOllowed the Bln[am
Ihan the J«P pt"Oprr_ Thll RUUWl
vchlcle unhKd the Sov.c[_bwh four-
eyhndcr Ford Modd A cngmc (Ihc prr--
Wlf RU"IUI mOl"'" InduKry wl1l.aracly
blred on FQrd Fodurn budl undc-r
bcenec- II« prevIOllS volume). Tbr
whlrels. IUIpc:1IIIOfl and mill)' compo--
nenu ..... en: amdl! 10 ,hOI( UIC'd on tht
GAZ an., bUI (our-whm-dnvr ..'at;
mtroduced. The (uel unk wu undc>r
tht 1CUtl~ Tht vehICk "" uKd fOf the
IoiITlC vanrly 0( ro~ 11 lhe }trp. and UI
(Kt tJw RUIolllIII used Ihoruand1 o(pps
100 ProdUctIOn of the GAZ-<i78dld nor
~aIC unll.] '963 and mlny In: $I,U In
ICtvlCl' wlm RUMrill utclbtc IIlUoru.
t J t Our.dKhlep~ (.. JI ... Skoda
175), l~l-o$4, Gnmany
Thr nall>C OJlrldlChkppcr (Eul-
..... hrdcd-rn~lor) IU~Cln(d)'drl... lbalhlS
rna. unuSllll ~ .... hlch wauprcully
dn!gllCd u ~ artl]kry Inctor for 11K
on the Ru,,"n (Of Elllem) Front. It wu
thoUghl mal large .. hccb .. cn: the
anlWer 10 Iht dtffiruk problnn ofhandl-
'fII .... hrrled Inrt$pon: mlhe ICvrrc mow
Ind mud encounleTcd III RU",I . To me
Gcrmalll tht .... eather ..... orrm a
Iruler mrt\l(r than Ru",an troops and
many mellUrn wen: tned III an Illelllpt
10 aUC\'lllle me ptobkmr whICh wInter
brou,ht.
Dr Frrdtlllnd Ponclw. bnlli~1 de-
li'. . . . of tht Voibwalm car and very
l~1I vt ttl the (ICk! of link dntgn, wu
•
rHpolUib~ (or da"nlnl thll new
vehICk and 100 'NCn: bUIll by tJw CEtth
finn ofSkocb III 19.f.i. T"hry had Io-h_p
rour-cylllldn d~1 mlma and we",
[8 (Ilona. 7~ fr WlIk. and 9 fi I ~ Ln. hIgh .
A few vdudn had prlroI ("lInes. These
OMradJchkppcn wen: uxd unul the
rnd of.ht ""u bur they oKeTcd no grell
advan'" OV" conVenllonallllCtOn lnd
Wt~ IaI cuy 10 lund~. The vcluclc
dr.awn ",dtlplayma tht Gcrm~ lUuonal
ibillan an rn:ollllllon $II" 10 (ncndly
llfcn(l.
IJl RlupelllChlepper_Q.1 (SII)'r
RSO 01)
IlJ Raupefttl(:h1eppn_Ost (Sle)'r
RSO 03). 'iM:l-.. " ~rnun)-
Anolher allcmpl 10 produce: vcludes
Ipcaally lUlled 10 ",,1111'1" rond,uoru on
tht Eamm Front resulled m rho: (ully-
Iracked Rlupc:ruchlepper...o-: (In("ked
Inclor-EaIC). ThIS veillclc wuorllllllUy
built by SIC)T (RSO/ol) (PlaiC I J1) and
Iud a pn:sM"d ICcd Ind Iypc: nb and
COE la)·OUI. It wu pa"'"ed by a Slt)T
V-8 7'Q-O.hp m,'ne. It Iud tank-hke
(Onton bat aapcnstOn and Rm tracb.
Specul "".r.dr (600 mm) trxkl wen
filled (or runnm, on RlOW or ,Iuth
lbough conv~ntionailUrrow (HO mm)
track, ....·C'TC normally filled. The \'Ch1(1e
.... u Uln! II Ij-foru OplClty. It w;al
14~ fi long. 6·S? ft wllk,lnd 81 fr high
An ,mproved model. the RSO/oJ (Plair
IlJ)..... burlt by Mal"'"' m 19<f.4 ~nd
wu loIInph(ord wlm a plalll lqua.rcd-oK
open nb and OnVl1 [OP_ nUl vdllC~
had a DcuIZ (our-cyhndrr dtad mglllC
bul 1110 O!hrr retpecu wu lundar 10 thor
RSOlo l. ThIS plnlCUlar model alw
(Ofllled lhe iww of a hghl Klr_prope:lIed
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mOowli for a ,. j-<m P~k lun;') vdudn
"'~N: 10 convrned In !tit bst ynr ofthr
war thr R:.(l$chkppn..QsI "'~s allO uted
In ,mall numlxn on tilr W ntrm Front
134 TractOor, 10 100'" 6 ]I{ 6, Sn.m·
mell CorulructOor
IH Vickert· VI.Oo TractOor'OOotr:l!r
on :IO-iOon LOow·loadlna M.chInny
TnilH, 195), U. K
One of tbe first Oof"t,evrnlncw Sammdl
dnilllI 100 cOome mlOo IaVKIr ""Ith liIr
pooM.w,u Bnll5h Army, tbe ~on
6 )t 6 Tn(lor, wllS dnagned uptruly
for towmg tilr ~oo 10""'-loadmg
Machuxry Trllkr whICh "'u mamly
uted (or tnnlpofllns Royal Engmttn
pbnt and c-qulpmml, The Samnltll-
knOown u tbe CorutI'\lClOl" to In: ,n.aken
-h:ad a balbst body whsdl lbo Indu.kd
'PKl: for !'ffOYCTY c-qUlpmftll and lplTt
wnttll. Thc ... chtclt h:ad towing pmdn
fon: and ali and futured a chaw1-
mounted winch uled al • S 1011.1 which
could Ix led (or",ud or art Thc II'IClor
....-;as 1) 111m 10ClI, .ol1hlgh.and' 11 I m.
'IIIl<k. In: tOial wctlhl w:as j9.)6o Ibi
Nily loaded. Pown WllS (rom a Sam-
mdl-Mcadows II ..-cybnckr pctrol en-
gille gl ... lng lSI b.h p. Go ... erned top
lpeed w:as l8 m p.h 11l1ltypc of vduck
wu 1(Ill m .erVlCC .. 1970 tbou.Jh partly
wpplanled by a later model (_ Pb~
'n)·
The 10-1011 rlghl-wh«! 10w-kYdmg
Machinery TUller is m scncnI.ervlce
for cur)'mg I"flglnttn' pbnt and othtr
bulky rqulpmrnl- Thc N:II' a:de. and
wbttk art rt"movabk for kYd.mg and
tWO Ioadms nomp$ proVl<lrd art orrxd
on dJC d«k. ~ kogth '" JOo Ii 9 m,
and dJC Width 118t, fl. 11111 t)·PC oflUl1er
'" sliD m IttvlCr.
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The Iyplol load. shown IS a VKken-
V,SOo TrK1oriD<:u:er. a wldc.ly tned
Royal Englnttn' IYPC "" IIh a high
capacity dour bh&e.
IJ6 Truck, of )t of, 100 lOon, Sammell
Mo .. nlllitlftr, 19H, U.K
Th'" '" ... mu.aJly a 4 )t 4 "'C'nIOIl of the
lO-(on IrKlor (Pbte tH)· It _ not
produced for Ihe Br1l15h Army but has
been IOld o~no::as 10 smaikr for("
mjWnna a vC11o/luir hravy ,~n1 1(1'-
V1« veruck The flat bed and Make body
J!to.....n tj::uI ilItunaJlve 10 a ClIfiOo body.
Thc ... ~hlClt IS Wlnch-fiued, andopuoml
engm" ClIlI be filled 10 lUll thc: wer'l
""'"
.)7 Tnclor , 100 ton, , ]I{ 6. GS
RecOovery, Sn.mmell, 19H, U.K
Bwl! IS a rcplacement fc:." tbe warume
Scammell he,vy b~lkdown In(lor
(plate 7 ), Ih'" ychtelt n Intendtd for 1M
ro:covrry of vdlldrs (r.g. trucks and
armoured can) up 100 10 «XU In .....aghl .
The map ehanK" IS the addtuon of a
dnv~ fronl uk but Qilhcrwur WI
vehldf cioltly rc:scmbla 11$ fortrunnn.
II hu a powcred Jib Winch I nd a main
.....,nch III tbe ehnlll nled I{ 15 101lJ. The
cngJ.'" " :I. Sammell.,MudoWl sax-
cyhndn petrol UnII riled II t8. b.b.p,
OV(TlD k",th u;ao ft 71 tn.. WIdth 8~ ft,
and hC'lghl to (I d m. ThiS vrluclt WlI
MIll In serVI« m t97'O lhough pardy
suppbnted by a Iller dnasn
1)8 Truck, 71 lOon. 6 )t 6, Prime
Mo ... ,." Mad: NO, 1941-41, U.S.A.
Thc M~ NO scru:s w:as Ihr major
wheeled gWl Irxlor bwll (or thr U.S.
Army dunng World War 11 and .... 11
mll"flded as a traClor (or the • S5-mm gUR.
]t WIt a convl"flllonal 'hcavy--hravy'
cia. vchlck of 6 ]I{ 6 configuration.
filled with a Winch II lhe from It had a
Mack EY IIJI:-cy]mdcr malOC or IS9
b.h.p and .... 11 .l.4 Ii: 9 Ill. Iona; and • fl
9lR. ",,'.<It.lt h:adan unmu.alarnngemml
for lhe fronl dnvl:ll.uk In lhat tilr ulu.al
\UlIVC11o/II JOI", was dnpcnted wllh In
favoW" of a be ... dled double leu rt"du~
lion m the uk mdJ which aDOo",ed for
both dnYl: and ~ng. The MKk NO
IC1'Ift of suro:"lUYl:1y Impt"oved models
....·e~ lUppbed 10 other nlU(lOtJ mtng the
I H-mm gWl Thc Bnmh Army WlS
$tiD ullnll thctc vehKks m ' 970- A
du!:malvc fCllure II a yoke a1tachcd 10
tilr rCar or the WINS and body ",hach
ClrllCl a eham purcha,," 10 lift the hea ... y
tud oftilr IU" ..... henut:om.1II the bmber
wbeds for 10""'mg
139 Tn>dt, i .on, 4 x 4, "''''pons
C.,.rier, Dodge, 1941-so, USA
Thll ....."liIr Weapons Carner ",odel Oof
lhe Dodge j-loo ItrlCS drscnbed In
Plata l;ao and Ill. TiIr drawmg shoWl
the wmch-fitted m<XkI"'>lhKh ....-;as 14 ft
8~ m. IonS. Thc Weapons Carner ver-
SIOn "" lIS prodtKCd m far gruln numbrn
than tbe Ipccul bodied vanann and
remall~ m I(I'VIa for lIWly yean pose_
war Ix(on: bemg replaced by a Jlmilar
bUI Impro ... ed model. ~ Wupom
Carner wllS allO buill by Dodge Ul
Canada and thB typc of ,'rluck wil
suppbed under Lmd-Lca.e 100 ItvcnJ
nallons. Thc Iypc IS svJI uled by several
mull nllKXIS Wlthm lhe Amcncan
spherr of mlluence .
'40 Truck, 4 lOon, 6 )t 6, V.a, D;"·
mondT
141 Truck, of lOon, 6 )t 6. Dunlper ,
DI.",ond T, 1941- 45. U.S.A.
In Ihr '\140-41 pcnoo tbe m~1fI emplw.n
.. new I"",k procwemml con«nlnted
on I"" l~,!,:md.l-ron Iypn.. 11xx wat:
lhe mam vducks nerded for tKIIO]
Uit. IC., m dll'o:ct support of fronl hoe
umu.. Only a frw hundred luser
vchKles we~ ordered II IhiS IIln<'.
Amo.,. th.r:it wen: DI~mond T, and
VIrlOllJ 0iIhn m~kn. InJWIC I~ ,",·ben
lhe v~rlOUl ClIItJOf1eI of tnod; were
$Undardlitd :mel the drilg'" 'fro~I"fl"
lhe DI,"10nd T _.elected I I the 4-10n
6 )t 61ypc for fU1U~ production. other
makes .. th ... dHi IxmS lhen dropped.
8y dll1 lime the bghttt truckl had all
been VI producnon for &om one to IWO
)TIn and manufacnmng fa(l.lioa .... ~
wd nabhshcd. The ploducllon of
hravler Il'\IckJ- 4 tOnJ and. abo ... e ..... Cre
ealled 'he)vy_he2Yy' truckl- ..... :as under_
t:okm by ,p«Wut firms whose fKihllcs
wt~ I", utC1Ul~ thin the It\Uf-
producrn hkr Ford and GMC ..... ho we~
bUlld,,,, the bghler clallef of vduck.
Hrntt thC'n: w:as a 5CT10US shonage or
·hnvy-hu ... y· tl'\lckJ m 194J-44 when
lhe Army suddc.nly rea.h ted from elf-
prlltllo,."'I:' In Noeth Afno and It:oIy that
II had IrlJUffioml Il'\Icn 10 IIUlnUln In:
Irnglhcrung wppl) rOUI" 111 their
I~al.. TiIr demand for IWice :as many
·htavy-ht-2YY' rrud(J_wnh I prOOuc-
non IIrgft mitd from ).000 I month 10
6,000- ....." ne ... er compkldy "",nsfied
nOor. mdttd. ...... lIS II 1CKhcd "cry oftm.
Ho",,'evl."l, by tlnorWtllng romponrnt
prodlKtlOll. unlrJi.,. span: Op~ty Ul
other plants., and by a lop pnonf)' pro-
duction ICheme. lhe 6.000 urgrl was
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h~ndlOmdy ucttdnl by [kcem~r,
I~ Mnn"'luIc: the In¥allon ofNorlh-
Wnt Europe bad mc:.nso:d ttor Iktmnd
f« truw evm m~ and maxImum
uubt.mon of elmn"ll ~lu "'"IS ne«....
A.y , Th.1cd 10 the 'Red 8~U HlJhway
Expr$' .oure and other rOUtes In OChCT
thUlra whIm wue: extmSlvdy " 'orked
and we:U pohad and prOIMo:d 10 "«p
lhe ,UII'I( moving ,
The Dumond T .-Ionner h;ad the-
111mbI'd U.S. Army pute:m arlO body.
bUI the ,lhm.~uOfll mow IWO Ip«WIS'
bodoeton the.-Ion e:h ..". Thf van body
(Plare "&0) w;as usN for vanous roles
Ul(ludlIll worbhop . .... p:;u., naduncTY.
and pnnnng (dllfCTlI1l In Ullnn.aI fit-
Imp. of murK). The dumpn- body
(Plale: ,. ,) wu mo .... Wloely buUI and
,,'U uW'd rrumly by the Enl'nttn Corps.
It Iud a hydnuIK uppn- m«tumlm.
Thf DIamond T (n,go ventOn) Wat
,u fl d 111.. 10111,' It "'Ilk. and II It I~ In
high. It hach Hercules RXC IoIx-<yhnck-r
engUle of ,06 b.h P Wnllht wll I',OJO
Ibs. Llle production vdudes hid o pen
calli and a cannl roof and Sldc,crerns.
,.1 Amphi bious PcnonMI c.,-
ri n' K -6 t , 11I.!1. U .S.S.R.
like lhe Wntcrn powcn. the R'_"'II
InrrK'd the vailif ofampiublOUl veilldes
II a rnub of the campllgrtl of W«1d
Wu II DIUlIlJ lhe ,,'U the Red Army
WII wry Ihon of m y klOO of amph,blOln
vehicle aOO nver crOUInp beelme
lenglhy and luurdous opn-ano", " a
f"uk Afler the ....'lIr lhe Ru",,",", p~
vtdro '1I\Oftlrl!l' leu for litelr unlu
(a1lowlI'II dc(p--lublmr~Wl-dmg) and
w.
a wholl: range of ampluboous vrilld"
produced. Thf finl of these .. "
a RtUWn-butk e:opy of the DUKW
,..
,00 dw~ KCOIId w. ,he K-61 lracked
ampllllllous nrncr whsdt mlc-rcc\ In_
Via III the n.ly 19JOa. ThIS ...,h,d..... ,
ve:ry doOK copy of, bllk-uKd Gc:nnan
W«1d War II vdude, the Land-
WIMMChltppc:r. ThIS Iud bern dalJncd
In lhe III.l~.S pc:nod :u an UIolull
mgUlC'CT vduc!.: to alfotcllpldy not-
IlIIgs of nvcn The K-6, reproduced aU
lhe eurnual fUlUra o( lhe Land-
WalKnc:hlepper and WI1 ,Im($ lhe
iime' duneruoon.,(ly except: f(lt ":I Ill-
cr-cued lmgth, The mock of propuluon
IWIll propc:11en In n:((_0 channds,
nch WIth 11'1 o ...n ruclder_ .... ldomucal
as "'"IS the lowft' huD wpc, 'J'Iw; Irxk
pone... and IaYOUI ....'"IS abo AnuW but
utcd R"·"n components. 1bc tal of
lhe hull. bowewr. dlff'ercd completel y
from the Land-WlIJCnchleppc:r II"'''
open lOPped and had a loadong ramp II
lhe Ilem lIS alto fnUlrcd In lhe RUHI~n­
nude DUKW ThIS f~llIlIo:d loadlllg
of men or lIores $Inlghl off lhe aOJaccnl
nvc:r bmk
The K~I _ nO! armou.td..IuvlIIla
pr~ 11«1 hghtwl9ghl fIot~uon bod y.
It hOld a c~ of J and (ouki cany II
lroop$ (It the equlvalmc ... nlhl III
1I0ra. II ... nllled ~ 10l'Il and had a
Ilo-b.p , dlll(l ftlIlllC. Top land Iptfd
w;as l6km.p.b. $Dd In the ..--alft' It ""mIll
10 km ,p h. Ovn-all Imlth _ 19"7 It ,
"'Idth w"JU$I ovft' 10 fi.and lhe hetlhl
wu6'8 ft,
I.l LK'IIV. 10 l Ob. 6)( 6. Fl un
9OI/s.VA
'.. LKW, 10 IOn, 6 )( 6. fl un
L911/ I .HO H
'.5 LKW, 11 IOn, 6)(" fl un
L9IaJ. sA. 19SI. Fcdcnl Germln y
When the Fldl:ul German Arm y (Bun-
det ....·chr) ..... formed III the IllS<» II .. "
mlw.lly eqUIPped " 'nh nwnIy Ameru:an
equlpmenl. Ho"'e:Vtt, Gcnn~ny'llulo­
monve: Ulduwy "'"IS .. d ~bk 10 DIft't:all
mO!« 'rampart ~ Sundard duta
. .' ( K lIon, j lon, Ii lon. llon, S 1011 and
Io- U Ion. In lmenl d,/fcn:nt manu-
(xtu~ lupplM;d vchldes III ItIcK 'n-
dlvldual cburs, and the maken of lhe
Io-U-Ion ran~ (and a (c:w e:vm blggc:r
Iypa) wcr-c Faun, These ve:hlcl" we:n:
luppl,,:d wllh forward comrol ornorm;ol
control dcpc:OOUlg on func:llon, whUe
mcchamal md chl_ componcnl'l we ....
lIanoarolKd th'0"lboul. TIu-« Typical
mockls (rom the range (lK W - Last-
"n(twlgm - mot(lt Imd.) an: Ihown
hm
1bc moc\cI !iI08I,,,VA (plarc I"l ) II
on.: of k'ver;ol typa bwIl (IrI a Ion!!
wt-lbak' 6 )( 6 (halllL 1bc vcnIOII
sh own IS a a'llo/ pcnonncl carner wluch
lui foldlllg I(m on lhe body lick- UI lhe
conve:nuonal f"tuoo. It hal an nghl-
cylinder Ocu,z mgUle of 118 b.h.p .• a
ICHOII p.aylo..d capXlty, "'0 , grou
WCllhl of II 10m. Ovenll Imgth II
)0"8 ft. Wldlh 7iI fl, and hnghl 8 fl..
Other V~OIlS on thll chl_ ondude a
bodg"" (nne (IImlb. III layOUI 10 lhe
VdllC!.: Ihown III Pbre 14-6). I pccrol
unlr.c:r. and fblbed ronUJnn amer.
1bc model LIIIJ.'.SA (pbre I. S) IS
.e:prarnuuY'f of lhe ..bor1 ..-hodbak'
normal control mockll. ilato:d at I l ION
II has a Iwdw-<:yhmk, dlcsd mg.ne
of l6$ b.hp, gIV'"I ' lop Jpc:c:d of n
kmp.h. lt 'Il.l (lions. 7"9 It WIde:, and
',8 ft high. Thu vchlC!': IS used ill a
~um artillery trxtor or ger.(\~1
nrao truck. Thcre IS allO a rttQvn'yl
bffalr.c\o.....n WnlOll .....,th ~ crane
The: FaUll L9u ,'11 HO~I (PUtC: 1«)
(HOH - hohlpl.iltm - ramp c:arner)
lSI I~~smoddonamodifinlv~on
oCthe Il-fon C "··'", USlIlJ the SlIM
t ....:lve-cyhndCl" mllne:. II camel five:
ramp « d«k k'CtlOI1I from the sun-
dud 8undcs ..... dtr ponloon bndalna
rmgc , A hydnullCllPPllllload pillform
IS mcorporarcd 10 fxll,ule: unloadllll·
Top lpeed of the Vdtl~!.: IS ~ km.p.h
and Itlll!l'. fllollJ ove.all.
1<&6 T r uck , 10 IOn, 6 I( 6, 8ridlillJ
Cn n", AEC M UII. nl, 19111, U,K
In lhe mtdd!.: IIISOI ncw 10.1011 vdlldn;
"""(K 0«1,,,,0 by the DnuJh Army 10
n'plate \'eluclcs of thiJ cia. whIch Iud
hem In I(fVlte _nee World War II
Leyland. Thomc:yCTOIt and AEC ..... c....
lhe main IUpphcn.lhe bltcr firm 't 6 I( 6
100Ionl"lCT ~lIIg kno .....n as the Mihunl.
Vc:ntOlll of lhe Mdllan' In InVlU
mclude a'lo, Iblbed wllh pallet Ie»d
Iysce:mt wldl AdB hydraulIC enne. a
l.SOCi gallon fuel unke., I Ihrtt-way
uppn-, a 'ranG! fOil ICHon k'mo-lradcr,
and a InClor f« AA IWI$. AU thcte
VcntOllS haY'f a 7-f0ll dulllll--mounlo:d
..mdt and a suncbtd cab, 1bc m<*
dlllinctl~ ...,hle!.: III the MUllanl ranlle,
bo..-cVtt. IS the Bnclalna Crane, utcd by
lhe Ro yal Eng,nttn (or SlU: ,,'or" UI
bo~bwldllli opcranons or by the
Ordnance Corp! f« eqUlpmenl handJ..
Inl· Thu vchlc!': hal a complctc Cokt ~
10<1 (shown) or JOIU~'~IO<I crane and cab
uml moun led on Ihc e:h~illt rur, TOIlOw
the Ionl arm of lhe crane JIb II "':1$ nccu-
$;Iry to modify lhe cab, tphlllllJ II d-
lI1OII UI IWO and pruvldllll' endk fOf-
....... td of the radlilor. lbiIC vdtlC!': (\aI
lhe cnne) iI JO It lana" It 1 In, WIck. ~nd
II Ii: 10 1ll. IuJh, Top lpeed u ~ mp.h,
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1.7 LiChl Wbeel ed Lo. d e r .
Mlchi l!.n nOS Mk I. 1960. US A
UK
The MidulUI Ii one of Kvcnll)'prI of
e~tth-movmc and conSlI'UCtlOnal «Iwp-
meN UKd by me Ro~ Englneen. II an
arry ~thn- , (Ofk 11ft '1Ilchmnal
(1lIUM'U«l) or , lnovel on Its IIflll1l um$,
wh.k I third 0p"on .s J Sam porubk
rOOldwly wh.ch un be arned and lild
from lpeclal yoke and frum aillched to
the bftinsarm With thll ~mCI.Ilu J'Iea
of «IulpmoClll Mlch'I~1l:II are UKd III
,mpbdnous bncli", oper;mons where
the)· lay trxkw,Y' up the beKh (Of the
bcnc:fil of "ho:cled vclucla conung
uno", from lmdml enfl. Another
pIC« of ~u'pmenl ulled w.th the
Mldugua • , bult boo: wludl an be
uU(btd 10 dle reu nod of the In(IOf
wbe. required. Th.n., completdyltlf_
comallled linn willi Itparue 0pUIIO.,
KIt and controls. and III own h )'drauh('l.
A detachabk (oul "e~cher ab IIlupplled
With the MlChlgm but under operallonal
condltlonlllII IIImUy ommed. TIE bIn'
Mit II modcl ofth. vduck dtft"en pTlD-
ap...uy tn h'VlIlI ullaUSl outka let!
vHnally from the top oflhe hood and a
fillered lIr mt.. ke In lhe same poIIuon.
Wltillhcxchmga. plUl(uU w.. terproo(-
1111 lhe vehlck .,bk 10 opcr;1te and wade
U1 lluUow "'ltH. fOf msun« .. amphi-
bIOUS openllOlU
t48 Arlic ulated Wbeel Loader.
A1lb·Cbalm crt 64s. 196s. UK
Intended r« f..:1d ute by the Ro~
Engu.c:us. the Alla..ctu.l~ ~S "'"
dnalntd as, lup a.~aly dumper but
" has a ItCOl..bry (unction al a ICnper
(Of whICh a Ipcaat tOw hook Ii provldtd
,6.
-
to pltc lhe KUper blade. It nn lbo be
UKd u a "actOf (Of hghl Imlen. A long
whe..I~K m ","non 10 I" kngth allows
che vehlck fronl o:nd (the kadmg bogie'
and bucket ) tobclumcd through go"- . , .
each llde of lhe (nil", hne _ wlth no
10. of Kallllll)' Thli greatly (~nbutcl
Io»cil"llnd nunocuvrml' Tho: IUrTWII
arclc II only 17 It 8i m 'The AUu-
Chalmu, ~s hllS I IIx-q-IInder AEC
dl_1 ""IItIr. dIW br.lking (aIT and
hydraulic With bllCf; for IUIl<"). and an
C1U""II..., h)'dnuh.:'Y"nn for~nllng
the buckn. O"u...u length oflhe veluck
IS l.4 11. In • \O"dth 8 ft 10m.. and belght
(10 ab lop) of 10 ft 10 In.
149 T rac lo" 10 10 ", GS. 6)( 6.
Medi wn Artill ery , Ley land
1,0 TnctOf , 10 1011. Le yb,,"d ... lI b
Bofo ... Lil be AA lun. 1951. UK
'The Leyland Io-tonnet' was developed
to reruce the early I}'pes of mtdlum
artillery IrKtnr hke the MJlador and lhe
A1bKon (place 1 Ind 76). ConsIderably
more anmnon _ gJVftI 10 CTCw com-
fort m thIS vmKIc th;an UI prcvlOUitypa.
A $1«"1 body mcludel ab lItCIlon for Cl
10m whll< ammumuon and ~ttery
$lore ne (ariKd VI a "'parate feaf com-
~rlm(Ut ,,'hl(h hu a d-fon apamy.
A lo-ton ",nch IS fined UI the (hUlls.
kadlng (ore and aft. and ..,th a Ho-ft
k:wi. T OWIOI pmtkt arc prova.dcd IleKh
end II ne ,IT brake hnn. Th(re i, allO a
Iud for ekclne brelkmg If needed. Thn
"duck entered Itn'I(C VI d~ cui) t950f
and leml1M VI UK. and there III recovery
vehJ(k on the ume ChmtL In lun tractor
form lhe L.tybnd • ~ fi lot III long.
10 ft t In. hlgb. and 81 fi W~ II has ~
RoUl-Royce B Itf\C:I; cIghl-cyJmdet- til--
g.neofll5 b.h P (IrOlJ). Toproachpeed
ISUimph
OngmaJly the L.tyland tractor was
used 10 tow 7'1 m.·guns and 5'5 10.·
ho""nen but WIth the dluppeanncc
of the former .. capon (rom Krvla lbe
l.eybrnk rcplaffll A£C Mal:wiQr1 u
10"'IlIi velude ror lhe Bofcm 40 mm
L..J-bIN anu-allenft gun and la
u!!(Killed ndar conlrol UIUI and Imo:-
ralor Iralkn. Plale I SO IhoWI a trKlor
WIth the Boro,", L,4] lIun In travdhng
polltlOl'l.
lSI T1'UCk , GS.l to n.. )C • • R ovu
8 (L.ad R over) ... ilh M.oAI , 106
mm RecollleM Rifle. 1960. U,K./
Aunulla
151 Truck, GS.f lo n •• )C 4. R o ver
, (und Ro vu ) ... ilb Wombal Anli.
tank Gun. I~ U K
CS] Truck, GS, Ulili ty, i IOn.
• )C 4, und Ro ver, 1960. U,K.
c54 Ambullnce, 1-4 SUelc her, i
to n , 4 )( 4 (Rover , I. 1961. UK.
ISS Trude, Fire Fl,h ti nl, f lo n ,
• )C 4. und Rover, 1960. U.K.
1,6 Truck, Cab Fo rwlrd. Fire
FiChtinl. I to n , . )( ., und Rover.
1965. U.K
157 Truck, GS. i ton, with R.lpler
Gro und·lo-.lr Mitsile L.unc:blnl
Fin I nd P o wer U llil. 1969. U.K
IS8 R a pier Miuile , Fite, P o wer
.nd Traclt lnc Uniu, 1969. U .K
I S9 TNC:k • • )( 4. i Io n. GS. Ll l bl.
weighl Air P ortabl e, u nd Ro ver.
1969. U.K .
160 Truck, Car,o, I 10 0. 4 )( • •
uod R over, Fo r ... ud Co ntro l, 1966.
U.K
'The famous L~nd Rover was mlroduccd
In 1949 as , four·whcckiTlvc fidd on
fOf CM lOr! of dullCl thac 1M J«P h:wI.
performed In World War [I 8um with
bod! commC'TClaI and mllluty markcu
m nllnd II wll 500n adopl~ for ItrVlce
w.th the 8r1l11h Army. Navy and AIT
Forte. and for hl~raIly doECnl of Olher
fight ... 1Itn'Kc:s the ... orld over With
lhe denullt of the AUSlIn Ch~mp wluch
)Pd onamaUy hem pbnned IS I PI'
repilccmml by the Bnm.h Army. the
Land Rovrr bo:OIme cvm more wukly
used and numerous IpKlaI purpose
vaNna 'PJ'Cared 10 the late 19SOI and
the 196OJ,. In 1960 I K ..... 1 modcl .....1
Inlrod....:cd WIth lollgbdy revlltd body-
work,
'The snnd,rd i·lon (lIIH i--Ion) model
had an 88 10. wh«I~K ... hlle the :I·lon
model hal a 101110. wh«lbate. TIE b~$I(
Rovn- • hu the S III- whe..lballt and a
ROVH (our..qhndn- engUle. It wKen
(rom commcrcnl modeb m havllli lWUI
fuel lank$, I,s/ung eye Ind ckau. modt--
fltd bumpcn. mIlitary ~tlem lOW hook
and tyre. mlbury I)'pe hcadhmps and
remforced reuchaSSlL It aho hli mounl-
mg pouilS fOf a radio In lhe back. plaiC
lSI w,ows a Rovn' 8 un by the AU,l Ira·
han Army. filled WIth , U.S.-built
M40AI rccDllInI nile (demountabk)
and with locally modified m"dluard,
Ihll havc thelT lenllth redu«d In fronl.
n.e drawlO' !.hOWl the ~ doon and
WlndKrerrI removed. a de.il" fcalwe
O(d~ vcluck wludI can be 10 modJfitd
lIS desired to stilt actl..., Jcrvlce condl-
110m.
The {--ton model (Rovcr 9) hal thc
lot-In. ... hccl~K. and. modlfitd from
Its commC'TCIaI eqwvalem 1$ for me
RovH • ThIS vduck U used 1$ a
tl'Ktor for the 105-mm pack hoW11ZCr In
,un
Parachute FIe'Id Reglmenu of the Royal
Arullcry. both the vehlck and the lIun
")
be,"I ilIr.ponable In m(antry haluhoru
"am MallYI' (or the Womhal r«Otn~1
ann·unk lun (Plait I,l) wnh I JJldulI
ramp (or IUe 111 IGadulI or oK.1oK!m,
IIx wupon. Tht Womhal an aho Ix
fued. (rom the velucle.
50th IIx short :uwi 100& ....·hetlhax
llond ROvn1'~ .ho uied. 1/1 FFR (611cd.
(or r..dlo) (orm III whld! ,"'lOr II hu a
r«tlficd. ~.voll IlUte..d of I ~voll
rlenne.al Iywem. (ull IUPPICileon, a
. ..
,~ac. uble, acrul bnd;ns, 1111'0 una
hallenes and provu.on (or halltry
wrsl"l
Ccn;un 'rlnt, uw:ludulj!; Bomb On-
pogI,nd ochn It'Chmcal bnnchn, IUe
tlx 'Uullly' VttSlOIl ofllx Land Ro,~r
(Pine 1,) .... hu:h IS hawally, com mer·
cui IontI wha:lhalOr model wllh 6bre-
llul hardtop Ind Uln' 1Idt: doon. 11111
modt:I II ,Iso uied. by 1M RN ,nd RAF
,nd (or ml5«U'D(OlII non-<omhaUnl
roln by m,ny orhtl" armed. forCfl.
On 1M Rover 9 chum, well-known
'perial type IJ IIx ambulOlna: (Pbte I,U)
which II mlendcd lpeclfically (or (rom
1UlC' work. Body.... ork on thu velucle IJ
nlurely of alumullum wlIh thnm.al
IIllulmon and oKen ICcommod'llOII
(or 1.... 0 .uClclxn or Ollc Mmchtl" :uwi
lbet( .COlled. wounclcd.. or WI lOraled.
woo"""'-
Forlhe RAFd'ClTISIlPCCW vcntOnof
[Ix Ionl whttlhatc Lind Ro'," (Pble
I,,) IS' fin' fiablt,. and r1.'K\l( vdude
for IIrlKlck. Tbr oonvcnton II by the
""-d1.bio....'11 fin' nlglllC m,k<rt, Mer.)'.
weather, ;md t:Ix cqUlpmcm .ddtd
lIIducks dry chenllc" powder co romhal
I ... cnflfi~ NmOlnllSwedcoducturse
IbePOWder, .ndthlillcameciLncyl...-.d II So
Tht powder Iuclf IS III 1""0 1oo-lb
eontitnt'n.. Floodlampt, a bghl bdder,
toob and C\lttllil C'qwpfII('nl and 1.... 0
'"
7$ ft Iu.,id hOOCl uuclw:d 10 lhe: powdt:r
conl"nen complele the fillmg.
Tho Army Fin Servia uta a Ipco;al
vcnlOll o( IIx Forward Conlrol Land
Rover (PLue 1)6) ",,-hid! arna con-
V<ftnon,1 fin' 6ghlln& eqwpmml lit-
cludlllS hO$CI, W<lf(f ,nd foam uun-
guubert, ;md r1.'K\l( loob for UK ... haJe
'llj.[&lhuOlll. 1lus vdudc II dn1j!;lU.lcd.
oftioaIly. 'Truck, Cab Forward, F~
Fllbnns'
TbC' Fono..rd Conlrol Land Rover
IlJeI( (PUle .60) IS wed only ... KrUll
numbc'l1 (or mlSCCU,1lCOUI dUlia by
t:Ix Bnmb Anoy. but III 1970 I Ipccul
mdllanltd VClVOt'l of tIus ,.conllCT Wil
under dt:vclopmcnl, daffcnng JJlghdy
f,om d~ oogmal rommercu.1 det.lgn
However. t:Ix bua<: dffign wu also
,vlluble (or expon ulel 10 other nub--
IIry (orCfl,.
The mot/. rea:m DeW role (or the Llild
Rovrr emphumng Its Imporlln~ " ,
hllhlwelght ,ur.porublc tyJlC', II .. a
IraClor unll (or the new Rapln mllllic
system. Thc RaplCl' II I I~cue.al IUldW
weapoo dffigncd 10 Ix borh 'llCJ:pmilvr,
IImple co operalC, and flexIble III Opc'I"
uolU.! we_ It IS lII'nldcd (or combllllng
low ft ymg JUpenonlC and ground ullek
lltcr.lA and IS broknl do....'11 U'IIO Ihree
~tlJ - 11x Fill: Uml, Po ....·n Urnl, and
Tracker Unit (or dt:ployrllC1ll (Plate
lSi). Tho lracker and po ....·er uruts hnk
lIP co form I IIngk Indn (or 10..... UI(!:,
Ind Incker Will IS amcd III t:Ix Land
RoVft I"IClhcr With m ....k 'l'f'oIo.ad!'
(Pille 157). Thc compKlIlC1I 01 the
l)'IIem IS apparent from t:Ix dnwmp.
The ~lanvdy smaD IIU 01 the Land
Rovtl" :uwi lhe RaplCl" l)'JIem m,kes
handlUl(!: ,nd coo«,lmrnl ClI)", wblle:
the nlUn' ')'IInn II au-porubk, Ihus
con(orm"" 10 the mO!l Imporlln, ' o(
modem nublary n:qwrelMnu. Only
one man II needed 10 opeUIe lhe .ystem
and I (11.11 dcllchmcru CQII.IUts ollhr«
mnl, I m'Jor $aV1"l1ll manpower com-
~mi WlIh, lolly. the Bofon lun used U\
In IU dt:fcllOl' role. The Rapan systCIJI
cmploY'l1 radar co ICIIl the nonlon ,nd
In opubI trackm, Iys'nn 10 SIght and
COCllrol lhe: mwak a(1n !he "rsCl ..
"'lwml
Tho IIlOII .«nu dt:vcloprllC1ll of the
Land Rover carnes the :w-porubilIlY
qualmcs of ibc vclude co Ihctr Iogleal
conclUSIon. ThIS IS IlpcaaI bghlwnghl
modd dt:vcloped. spccuJl)' (Of nuilliry
UK. EAcnlWly II II I smpped. down
vcnaon of the ~ whttlbatc: Land
Ro'-u w,th all non-fttcnllals omlltCli,
and all fimn" (t.g. hood, body $Ides,
doors, wmdlC.tbI, bumpen. and .pare
wh«1) uuly deuchable for loadlnl In
II rcnfi or hehcoplen. PI~te 15\1 sho .....,
II both (u1ly eqUIPped. and stri pped. (or a
bd,copter hfl by ,n RAF W~X heh·
copier Ri led al ! lon, lhe design II
ralher mOr( tulled. and ICrvocuble th,n
earllb" modt:b ,nd II WIll cvcnlllllly
n'pb~!he older Rovers III Jerv1CC UJe_ II
IS beI"I prnduced III borh a rgoand FFR
VCI'IIOfU bke urher models. A IlS-hln'
(our-qltndcr CII8'De IS standard ,nd
whnllmpped. down t:Ix vchacle .....nglu
bille rna« Ihan I lon, Ovcralllrngth IS
I; A, overall .... dth II , (I, and OVCl"alI
bctShl (WIth an ... nil) IS 6 ft $ III-
161 Car. L1,bl, . x :J, Monu 1000
Traveller
....
161 Car, Medlwn, . :ot :J, Austin
16) Car. Medium, . :ot :&, ford
Zepb yr, 1960-j'O, U.K
(om Imr(1I1 products purch.ucd for
mu.ury 1Ue. Apln (rom lhelr mlilury
colour Khcmes they In' ,denocal 10
Slock veillcin. Can a~ used (or I num--
bn al rormnc mwury dUllei JUdI IS
iliff Iunsport. lCIUor offiorn' Inn'pon,
counc:r, and po!!a or traffic conlrol
work. 11tc fin! I..."() ~hlclcs hen: (pblH
161 ,nd ,61) In' ... IIx muk",s- of a
bomb dllpogl Iquad haied. on BnUtn
...·hen' most 01 t:Ix movnnnllllkH pi,"
OVCl" pubbc .web and thllS an make a
perfectly (onvcruml mode ollnMpOft
1bcy Iu~ onn~ w,nnng bo:acom like
public IC"TVIC( vdaocltJ (or U1IC WI CInCf·
1mc\C$. The Ford Zephyr IS lyp>Cal o(
t:Ix [ralllport utcd. by .uK and lbIJor
offian. Ind II rrpracnllllvc of C'qulva-
1m1 1)'pcI 01 car wed by ,1I.rmtd (oren
for thll !Ilk.
164 Traclor, Wheeled. 6 )( 6. so
lon, Seammcll SUP"'" Conuruelor,
wilh 50-6) Ion Seml·lralle-r Tank
Transporter, Cran.... Fruehauf
166 Traclor, Wheeled , 6 :ot 6,
Snmm.U Sup" ConurlKlor whh
Ballast Body, 196 , U.K
ThIS II an exampk of, 1I1ndard com-
meroal velucle and Irllkr bum UI
Bnlllll and told Ibroad 10 several mili·
IIry authonUCI. ThIS ~rncular eqUI~
mnll .".:l It noc suppbcd. 10 IlK Bnush
Army_ Tht pnone moVCl" has a ped.lgf«
gomg nghl hack 10 !he Scammell
PtOlNXI of pre-"".,r days. A RolI ... RoytC'
C6 I~bl~ l75 b.hp. or! maine pro-
VIdes t:Ix po .....n (or thll vdiKk and a
po",,-cr ukc-oK also drIVel' I$-(on
caPleu)" wmeh mounted bdund the: cab
10 uwt on klldlng the Irlller or for
rKOVCl)' purposes 11tc lracior unu has
IIX wbcd dnw WIth an anu:ulned
,.,
 babncr bo.am ~a, buslC'. U lllotd III
u,11Cf SommeU models. and Ihrrr II a
pre-«~or Ililomauc: lurbo .. Powe,-
u5Iw:d $I«n", Il an<>iher fUlun. ~
uloar Il 10 Ii high and 10 It 10 ,n., wwk.
w'Uu ",bttlbueofl1ft Ii U\. 'Thecmply
wnllhc of die' ,aLU II Jl,480 Ibi.
T.... CL"iIIlC Frochauf jo-6o un.!.
cnrupO<ln" sc:mHn.lla uted wllh clus
outfit a JI It ~ 1lI.1ong and nof the Ilt<Xr
fume Iype_ cnn.!.cd 10 fil the prnm
mover couphnlunlt, TM ikc.!. '''I1l of
m,ld $I«I ....e1ded to lbe fflrM membcn.
TIIC ~;u ",spcnsooo II of the uruprung
rodcer bo.am Iype "'1m nghllwm-wbttl
bogla (16 wh«b U\ III) mountcd '" fout
rows 00 four axk:s. The "1'e1 ukI hive
roI.iCT bcnull hllbl. TIm KmHruiC'r ..
I I It W1dc and lit 1 In hlgh_ Iia cXs.gncd
Ipl'Clfinlly farearrYlngllnks of up 10 So
tonI, III parn('\Lbr the unilinan (~WD)
or the M"'1~8 Pmm ICOCS. Stora
and Ima.ll vdlldc, of up 10 thn «I"IVIIcnI
....nght can 'ho .... earned. Major
('\LSlomen for clus vMlck and Inm;poner
\mIllncluck South Afnca. lsnd,Jonbn
and Olher Mnklle EaSl Slita. Laden
w\'Ighl of the sc:mHraJler WIth Un-
limon tan.k II about t?O.ooo lbs.. Empty
w\'Ighl of I.... IC1JlHraUct a J S, 11' lbi.
16S Tractor, Wbeeled,' " 6,JOlon,
Saommell Conlractor, with ,50- 60-
ton St'ml-Iniler T.nk Tnmporler,
C nne-Fn.ehluf, 1968. UK
The Contunor a vmua.lly a refined
vernon of lhe ConllrUClor dt'slgncd 10
offer a WIde ran~ of ahl'maD~c-nglOes,
Jeuboxa, and CYI'n IUlpclUlon UlIIg 10
lUll tbe rl'qulnmmtS of unhvJduil
cLUtomcn. Though bUIlt In Bntam by
Sommd Loma ltd. tIus ~tuck .. not
,66
wed by lhe: Bnrub Army bul II offc..ro
for ale ro owcncu OUUonL
In addmon lhe: COIllUCUJr a allO IOld
m vanous eommerew forml for long
r~n~ road luul~gc. In milita ry con--
fig:unlloo the Contractor IS IOId u a
pnnx mowu for lhe CrallC Fnochauf
s~on tl'nu-lfliltt unk transporter
(ICC prevIOUS mtry) III .... Iuch form II Il
,Uu$lnlcd, carrying a Cmtunon t.ln.k.
AiI(mlUYft IIKludt' I tnletQf Wllh baJ.-
laK body for lowing full Iu ,krs. a
t«Qvery and ilKa.!.down Ira(tor, or ,
lone wbttlbasc: ngJd eha_ hLgh capr
alY cargo ItueL TIIC number of options
offered. mcal1l thai In moo a,5Ct ttlC'
pUrchalCf ca.n spcafy engmel and.
mcclumc:al p~rtS 10 milch lhate ",·hLch
may a.lR'~y .... Kand2.rducd wuhm the
rCit of hLl Irlnlpon ft«l.
A I),plcal paWtt unll would be a
Cumtrunl .x-cyhndcr dtctcI unIt of
lH b.hp. IU brucs. a hydrauhe cilllCh
and a Fulkr gearbox wllh u forward.
and two revent' I'lItlOl would be pro-
VIded, 'TheContra(tor hal, wlCkbonnct
a.llowmg most avadabk pa""er umtS of
IUltabk type to be KCommocbtcd.
161 Traclor. H _v)' Recover)',
6 )( 6. Sclmmc U Super 90 Con-
UrUClor. 1966. U. K
Thll vdLlck w;as a modernl$cd V(OIOIl
of the Scammell 6 .. 6 ~OYl'ry vduck
~"'..... Putc I l? II wu .. m.!ar 'n all
rnpcetl except Ihl! II IncorpGralni the
cab and. som~ mcclumea.l pans or the
Super ConSltunor ~na. Th .. model
cbd not go mto sc:rv_ ""'m the Bnmh
Army but ....;as supplied for expon "",th
a "nge of power unLlIlO WLlthe nudl of
mdlVlduil CUSlomcn. The draWing i11u-
"Ulel very well lhe ftexibillly of the
famous SammcU IUlpcmiOll Iy$lem
.... hlCh gwa I~ vmlda: the excelleD!
ClOSS eounlty pcrformllltt. 'The elum
~nd rubber IlIeb, Slmd~r to l .... o1d WD
p,attl'm, gl¥r added lTa.ction m muddy
condmooL The roo('COIlVO)" hardo and
m,uunng emopy ar~ fim"" for over-
ICU mdLlary ICrvice.
16' TI':IClot. WhMled. 6 )( ,. :w
10 .... Satmmell Conll':lelor with 0.1.
11111 Bod,., '961. UX
Another Iypc ,upphcd for expo". and
no! actu.ally used by t"" Hnm'" Ar my,
• a luluK body VeniOll of the vdllck
"'O"''JIIII <'htc ,6j. Thll.wedpnmanly
for lowmg a seMOIl full Inder un.k
IrlOSpGrlct or, maduncry earroer. 1111s
vctuck. a.lto IOMt rom~y_ Thctt
• , ran~ of mglllC 0PI>Onl ro lUll IndI-
vidual (U\lomer rrqUItf:mmiL VehlCla
U\ the ConIn(lor and Super Conmuctor
nn~ iu¥r bcm JUpplllCd ro ~venl
counlf1C!lwholndmorully iuYl: bougbl
mlhury vehlde from Bmlln. Indudmg
South Africa and Jordan
169 Airfield fire Tend"" 6 )( 6,
Thorn ycroR Nubian, Mk VII , 1966.
UK
Thll dlKlnctlYe vehlck II Widely uted by
the Bnll'" Ro)'II All Force. a $Iandard
airfield firr: lender and Cluh lruck, and
came InIO sc:rVlCt' m the early Ig{ioL II IS
alto uted by I"" 8 .m'" Army FIt'C
Scrvo~ and h. hem ~Id aU over the:
workho OIbeurnueund :&Ir foren. Sold.
ailO (ommercully. II II uted by many
civil lI.pon ~Uc.honUCL The vchLck IS
budt OIl I"" Thornycrofl TF A B8 1
6 .. 6 ctws. ",hLch Iw , Rolls- Royce
Bgi mglllCofl15 b.h p. Actu.a.lcXs.gnof
the body ""ork and fimngs ..-" under-
la'!'m by the Pyr"'" Co_. lhe major fil"C--
fi&hung apphlna: manufacrurcn. Tbr
PflllClpa.l fUlun II lhe roof-moumcd
dual OUtput fNm monnOf' wluch a
luprhcd from a 110 lallon fNOl com-
pound taM and a 100 ga.llon Wiler lank
earned ""'Ihlll tbe vehLck. Thctt IS a
'blowa 1U1II' 10 nuI the: COIlIIIIUC1ltl and
genCTale lhe: rNm. In addlUOIl 10 lhe
momtor dKft an four hand. hote; con--
ncacd ro I .... fNm uml. The WIll II 10
"ungcd thl! for kngthy operalloru
exIra water and fNm cOOlpG\Lnd ca.n bo.
pumped m from In adJamu Yl'htck
...."hout dlllurbt", OUtpul. Cr-cw of lhe:
Yeh"k Il four.
'10 Truck, CarlO, ,, )II ••
J Ion.
Bedford RL
111 Thunderbird, H i,h_Inel Air
Defence M.IJlile
,,1 Truck. Cargo. 4 .. 4. Air pori_
.ble. Droplide Bedford RL, with l-
Io n Tntruporublt' Conr.iner
'?J Truc:k-molUlled Repeir Shop,
.)1 " J tOIl Bedfo rd RL. 19H -?O.
UK
In the early 19j01 new l-lm vehlCln
Kuted 10 wier SCTYJCC " r-cpbccmcnu
for the w~nlrM J-Ionncn wluch 101-
dieted on, to somc (aXS unul 1960 Of
beyond. Ford. Comnll'l' and Bedford
aD rCCt'lvtd COIltnCIL AU daigns In--
corpor:ated" many rommer-cWp,am.
pouiblc. UIlLmatcly VauxhaU (Bedford)
became ItIC' mlJOl' produ«n and 1M
8ntford RL )-Ionner h«amc a.lmoo U
familiar I I I.... WOlnlme Bedford!.. It
R'n'lJlno:d. In producuon IInul " kaK
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'\l69. bNi, .cplK'td by }'fC InocMr
Ikd(ord model. Thor Ikd(ord RL IS I
ptr(wly flrllght(a.ward ld~puuan a(
dIC: b.am 1kd(ard 7-ton cammer(~1
(hI""''' Tile lddnlOm InClude I TCU
"'''Inch mauntrd In tho: Ch.Hllilnd g'VI",
a l!-can pull Thor Heel ab IS a wlghtly
ma.bfird ~noan of' tM arduu.ry com·
metall cab.
In us b.a..r ClrlO (orm (PIlI(' 110) ...·uh
)led lentnl lC'fVI« body, the Ikd(ord
1110 Ii to m.lan" 10 Ii: high. and 1 (tl) In.
"'''Ide. It Ius dropsidcs, and fokhng
bmch Kill for IXnofInel. Permmni fOP
5pfni IS 15 mph. VeT)' many vanlnu
unt an dm ch,,""", wcludmg I eargo
tn.w:k .... ,th Adlt hydnuhc cnl1£ fot
handlong palleuni Slore1 and ammuni-
tlon. ~ IS abo an Iltpottablr VCTJIon
(PiaI(' "1) ...·,th r('mo.~ble ab roaf' to
prrmn dow 1tO"'~gc With other c-qUl~
man III 1M canfillC'S 0( an IIrI:nn hold.
A bulk (ud linker. mabik rqmr.tlop
(PilI(' 111), mabtlr !knt"! cluuc, cnd
uplXr. light b.eakdo ....n truck. and a
"'''I.de.. tru.;k uc allallO produad on 1M
$.Ime elu_.
Thor mou: IKcm devdopmmt "'''Ilh
IhlS vdudr IS tho: UK oflruck tunlporl·
able contalncn which arc made In 1I1~
dud paDC'b JO thai a layout of'doon and
...,ndoW1 an br lC'IKled (or a g,ven
role. The !'JoDC'b are made 0( aluminium
10 k«p ...-elghl to the mInimum. A
tyPIcal uranlement IS Uto...~ In thc
dn ....ml ~n'"'Uude Kleen! are fined II
nKn$.lry 10 (orm pmlhoulC' c .. lenSion ..
Jacb below tIM: COlllalller luppon II
whm 11 IS bemg cbanled_lhe ,·ch,cle
.. mpl)' dnvn OUt ;and lel\·~ thr con-
lllneT sundlnl on IU legl.
Onto u .. 0( lhr Bnifard 4 II 4 .1IS1
10.... '''1 bdllclt for the ThwlCkrbml
IUldni mmilr • .tIown on 10 "anlport
.'"
- ....,.....
.rader (pbrc 171). ThIS very fklllble
...·upon! l)'lIem .....01 ckt.olned from 1M
Slart .... lIh a h'gh !klr" o(porllb,llly 10
.hat laullchml loIt~ an br !'lIpldly
chanled 10 a (all-mQvlllg ta.CU.:alloIIUr
uon. AU pam of the m.BIIe and IIJ
~UlpmerM bruit down InlO con-
v~ndy lIud 10"'"
In 1\l6Illhr rlllSlll111-ton II'\JCk ran(!C
was r~r;",ed 10 4 tons ~nd re drSlgnatN
a(CQrd"'gly
174 CIa.. )O TrKk .... y (poft.l b le
IHd .... y) m o unlecl on Trla(:k,
Ca rlO, Dro pade, 4 II 4, 1 to n, Bed.
ford RL, 11)66. U.K.
Thr CLuI )0 Track .... ay (popululy
alIed Ihr Suo Tnck"'JY) Ind '" brier
dem"lllvc, thc CaB 60 Tnck.ny, are
Widely 1UC'd. p~mcululy III amphIbious
work. The: Cia_ JO poruble roadwa y
J)·lIem conRIl of Aexlbly JOined alu-
mlOl\lm alloy ·planks· II II: ....·.de and
ISO It 1)111. lang. Tbc: Cla_ 60 rOMl"'"lY
coma IftIWO .Z~ Ij ft and 1~ Ii WIde
and IS wua.Uy p~mbled U\ l} It
knglm (or JOln."I 10 OIMr IengtM OIl
loll('. Tho: Cia. 10 TrackwaY '1 llied (or
w!lttlt'd and hlht trackni ~hKIa lnd
ClIn bcbundlNOlfiuspoollndrecovcred
bIer by d~ ClImer ~lucle. It IS normall)·
arned (XI lti lpool all mounted on a
IUmuble IO lhat II IS SImply JW\lnllCrOA
the un O(,IM: earrler ,·rh,ek for bunch-
mg. A roller fUIm IS$oembly lI(rcclni to
(orm a Iauncm"l gUide 11Jc mOIl
Vlml camer vdude H thr Bed(ord J-4·
1000ner shawn. but thr J;l1tIr ~ulpmenl
ClIII br cuned and lau.ncbni from other
vdudcs. naubly thr M.chigan D$n
TraCIOr. Thor lOul Weigh, of a IjO It
IrICk"'IY leng.h (Oa. )0) II 1),11)1 Ibl..
11Jc Cb.6olnck Wf1gh,IOj Ib prr foot
uloC'd. ThH lauer's. of (()UrK, ItIlendcd 10
make a f(),Idw~y ovcr 1M brach for
un'" Illd ocher vrry heavy Yflucla.
175 R o u , h Ternin f o rk Llti Trac:·
lor, Ea,er BMver, 1\161. U.K.
Tho iouit' vehIcle IS typlUl ofil~ Iypa
....meh m«l lhe bIt'S! rcqulremmli III
millury Innt.plN1 demandn. vcnatilllY
IS ...-eO IS ponabllllY by ~r The: EaF
Ikaver w.u cinlgncd (rorn Ihr "art 10 fil
comfonably ltlloIdc elllltll1l II1IllIary
lramper! IIrcran ,,·co lhe Ha .... ker
Suldeley Andover, thr Imailnl (on-
vcnnonaJ ~ arner 10 RAf t('TVi«".
The vdll(1e combines 1M IWO (un('l1OfIS
of forI. lin !r1lC1. and IrlClor for .... ork
"thCT on advanced lIn1nps. plrl(:hulC
drOPPIng rona. or III englf>Ccu· ficld
Jquadrons. For III rdallVcl) low wnihl
of6.100 Ibs 11 hln very high I~ npaaly
(4.000 lhi) and I powerful millie glVI"l
a ma.nmum 1peed 0( 40 m.p.h. Iii (our-
cylmder Perklft$ dIt'Sd engal1£ g"·es
18 b.h p M l •.soo r.p .m. The: velucle
Ius four-wheel dri~-c and four· .... h"1
""nag 1'''1011]0 11 lu.mnl mck
A IUllk beam m~S1 ...."h h),draubc h(t
finni 11 thr (ront can (lIny ather forb
(for handline pal~urd IoadJ) or a
glnl'l·. For lIonlC on an llraan, !he
mUi ulll bl(:k 10- 10 reduce overall
hnlht
To 80 with lhe Ealler ~l .. er In ItI
U"ICIOI" I'()k 111 ,Ion IIr.ponablt' ITlller,
of' wlud! 1.... 0 can br luukd ....hm fully
laado:d. The traUer n dc$olncd 10 br
ul.m aplrt for euy 1I0... agc on an .lIr·
tr.Irl. For a !'lipid rum round of I traM-
porlllrtr.l11 (WI a for .... ard IInp $ever..!
EaICT Beaven would operate ...·"h
' !raulS· oflr.ulers. JOn~ veh"ks!.»dorIJ
tIM: ltallen and OIhen .0"'11li 1M lo.>dcd
trlllfn 10 Ihf 110m area.
TIM' Eager Beava- could operaI(' un-
prepared 111 "'"ller up 10 10 Ill. ckcp Ii II
11 n I) In long and 6 ft WIde The chaun
IS of lpa« (rame lubulll conllrUt'UOll
~nd body .... ork II l"lely ommrd to A~
wCllh.
176 T n c.kfd Ce lTier, Vo lvo BV
1OO.,1\l68.SWNcnIU.K
Th.. novd hsht .... elght SWNISh lrtl·
cubIt<! II'lIckrd vchlcle lui been Wldely
adOPIed, and the Bnn.tl Armyuscs" l1a
....ow vm,,1c uutead of lhe old WU$e1
(Pial(' uJ). 1bc .. rry w>dc rubber rracb
and him Wfl8h1lP~ I ,.try low groWld
prcuurc mll.,"1 II Jpc(l.all)· IIl11able for
0IXUllng on IOOW. 1«". mud or J.... lm~
bnd. The IXrm..lfndy cDuplni ITailer
IS dnvco VII a IkJllblc Ituft from lhe
enl,ne In lhr tnC'lor UIUI. Thor Volvo
can ClIrry 10-11 mm or JIOrct on lhr
ITa"" UIUI
.n Tnc lo f, Whul<HI , GS, 10 ton,
6 II 6, Scammcll, l\I6l. U.K
A modoficd ~nMln ollhr IUC'lor .tIo...-n
In Plair; tH.!lUI ,·tlucle .:blff" nwnIym
haVlrIJ a more po .... erful Rolls Roy«
OSmgll'll:of,84 bhp. anda rMnIgnni
abo II can lOW a ]~on low 100ditli
!T;1Jkr for rngll1ccn"l plant or a normll
arso maier A!'Jon from bang uted by
the Bnmh Army". allO wed by 1M
RAF and l1.t1o ....n bt'rc IS a JlOfCI wpporr
vch,,1t' (or !he Harner VTOL IIftr.l(1
II a (or .... ard landmllround.
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178 Trl>Ck , S lo n, c.rgo, High
Mn bilit y LotId Carri~r, 6 X 6, Alvl.
Stalwan M.k 1, 1966, U. K.
The St~lwart suw:d as~ 'pn vau vCJ1ture'
by AlvIS In t{l6o and was CJ1Vlloagro for
both military and commercia.! u~, in
tho: 1~1I(T e-~ as an expioranoo v~htde
for 011 companlel and the hke. The
mtluary v~luc of the Sui wart wu
obVIOUS and afll:r m.Jlluy mats, which
led to a few mmor prodUCtlOll changes.
the veh icle WOIl IntO production (or the
Bnmh Army. The first vehldes In
KfVltt wen: deslglUtro Ml< • and had
Jmatt cab windows ~nd was k:. power-
ful In the w~ler. 11tc definlll~ produc-
tion vmlDn illhe Ml: 2. wnh enlarged
wmdows to give beller YUlon. The
Stalwart IS used exclwlvdy n a Mora
and supply carner for armoured div ...
UoIlS, used mamly to fottow up the unk.
.,.
,
wnh mM( fud and ammunition. The INDEX
Sulw~n can go vllluaUy anywhere that
the unlu go. A further vanant hu an ThiS mdex II ~rranged broadly by type or fuoc:u<ln under IJ headlnJP M) that all
Atln hydraubc cnne for handhng vchldes Illustrated In a ~nlCul2r c:ltcgocy (e.g. TranlpQrt Vchtelct) ean Ix: turned
ammunmon and IS uK.! 2IiI a hmber up qUICkly by refC"tcntt 10 the relevant IIlI. Mult i-role vehICles appc:or hen: more
vehIcle for the Abbot SP gun . t!un once. Ullder evcry appropnau: heading. o.utis of wid of ~rvltt are I'VCll
The uniqlll.' fenure o( the Stalw;on IS In the f~XI ~nd ~re nO( lilled heree. When dates are glYCJ1 In t~Xf headIngs (or ~ Iroup
Its ablltty to eros rough country wing of vehICles they ree(er 10 the gcncnl pniod 0( terVltt ~nd nO( n«..... nly 10 every
Its ux-wh«l clu.\.SH layout. and also Its vehIcLe 5hown ... the group. Country of otlgm. and any major secondary UK!" or
amphibIOus qualulCS. PropUlsion In 1M usen ur al'lO ... die-Ied III the text headmgs (e_g SwcdcnfU.K.). In many e-~
.....ate.. IS efl'cc:tcd by 2 Dowty mannejoet howevC"t. vehICles wen: uK.! by doUTIS 0(" (OUnlrt('S (e.g. lheJccp) and the COUnttlCS
umts whICh nkc ... and ept wUtt at IndiCaled generally refer 101M actual exampk drawn.
prtuure to gl~ forward movement. For J""pltelly. crou-rrfereences on the text arc m~de 10 piau: numbers only,
Vanes ~re filled In the propulSIOn unm though rerercn« should abo Ix: m~de 10 the correspond'ng dcw;:. IpUV" ,,,XI where
for $leering If the propulJ.OIl 'y$lem reekvam.
faliithe mad whttlscan be uxd for both
crude $lecnllB and wattt propulsion. All
whcch are Ind..pmdcndy lprung ..,d c"llH4f
the vchlCle can (rO$l j ft rrenchcs and
climb I In 1 dopes. The vehlde IS lO fi
Pi", [).oJ(r;P'H",
Trl" ( .... ",IIn) (pttgt IOIJ.)
'01 m. 101lB•• ft 7 in. Wick. and 8 ft 10m.
high.
t AMBULANCES
Ambu I2~,llon. 4 x l. Bedford ML
LclchlC Zugkraflwagm Sd Kfl I I (Hanomag) conVt'rlcd
. .,
to Ambulance
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Ambulance. Ii IOn. 4 x l. Chcvrokt
Lorry. Ambulance. Indian Army Type ,". .n
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Lorry. J ton. 4 x ~. Mob,le Labontor y, Bcdford
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Lotty. J ton. 4 x 4. Mobile o.ntal Surgery. Bedford
Mlltlerer Personcnkra(twagen (Opel Dhtz) Wehrma.chtbus
Trock. J tOil. 4 x 4. Ambulance. Chevrolet CooL .." ., .
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Truck. i tOil. 4 x 4. Ambulantt. Dodge
T ruck. i tOil. 4 x 4. UuiJty. Wtllys M D Ambulance Ottp " ."
Ambula"«)
Kfl J' Krankcnkraflwagcn (4 x 4 PMnomcn Cnrul.
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Ambulance. 1-4 MreICher. j Ion. 4 x 4 (Rover 9)
l GUN CARRIERS (VehiCles mountmg heavy ahbre wcapons)
."
Sf! (Sd Kfz 7/l) WIth l"7 em Rak)6 29
SA (Sd K& 7/ 1) wllh 2 cm FlakvlCrhng 27 '"
Trud:. t S (Wt. Bedford. filled expcnmellully WIth :w-mm '"
Polncn unnon 3'
Trock, GS. i ton. 4 X 4. Rover' (Land Rover) WIth '"
M40A,. ,06-mm RecrllUeJS RIfle 'St
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Dr"",.,....
T".
Truck , GS. :lIon . .... 4. Rovt'f 9 (Land RoVtt) with
f _kr)

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Wo mlnl Anu_Tlnk lun Ca r. Medium. 4 II: ,. FOI'd Zephyr
Tnckrd enTler. Volvo ox JOe)
1 MOTOR CYCLES Ind M OTO R CYCLE COMlJINATIONS
., .",
MOCOf Cycle. 1010. A,",1. HO IX
MOoIOfCydrComb.nlllOl1, DMWR7$
Kleine Keuornluflnd, Sd KfJ: ~
16
26
11(1
III
OUI. "EC Regent
OUI. 1i IOn. .. :II 1.lnlernlllonll K7
Truck, GS. Unllly. ~ Ion, ,, :II 4. Land Rover " ...
7J IJ7 'B
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Kk'll~ Kctlrnkuftnd, Sd Kfl #I (LolK--bycr)
Kin .... K.:umknflnd , ScI Kfl J (\l1td I i gun !fXlor)
74
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1)7
1J7
, .... RTIUERy TR .... CTORS
FlCkI .... ruUny Tra(t()r. 4 .. 4. MOf"ns CI
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.. PATROL C ARS. STAFF CARD, lTTlLlTIES ~ PERSONNEL C ARRIERS
Tl'\lck, )0 (WI, CS, .. Ie J, C hevrolet (conven:rd for
FICId .... mllcty TnnOf". 4 II: 4. Ford (CMP)
Med.um .... rullery TnClOr. 4 II: ... "EC Mludor
Medium .... rulkry Troaclor . .. :II .. . .... EC Malador (wllh " j
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LRDG) 9 III
Car, Light UuIIlY. Aumn 10 17 t16 gun-howllzcr)
FlCld .... ruJlny TrI(IOI'. IkdfOl'd Tncul
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Kfl I Kubc,lwaam. Volbwlllnl h (Lachlc
Kicll1c Knlmlr.rartud. Sd Kfz , ""
Prr1OClmknfiwJglm)
Kfl •flO Schwlmmwlgm, Volluwl~ 166
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II' Hnvy .... rnllcTy TnctOf". 6 II: .. Albton CXll
H(ny .... rnUuy TnctOf". 6 II: 4. SammeU R .oo .." 'J7
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Lony . .. " J.jOcwt,Ann-T,nk,lkdford(umoumi)
Cat, light UuIIlY. Stuwhrd. 11 hop
Car,HC'lvyUtllilY,4" . , Humber
Ca r, He!"'y Ullllly . .... J, Ford
11
J..f
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110
1l.4
Il.f
FlCId .... rollny TnaOf". " :II 4. MOtru 0
Lorry. 4 II: 4. .... nu-T,nk Ponff (6 pdr.) .... UKII1 Kj
.... rtdlery Tn(tOt S-3o
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Ca r. Heny Unh,y. Fold 56 1)1 M S. I) Ion. H'gh-Sp«d Tuctor "7 .S'
Car, He!vy Ulllny, .. " J. Ford
Car, Light Sccbn, Ford llA
70
7'
1)4
1)7
M6. )8 Ion. Hllh-Sp«d TrlClor
M ... 18 Ion. H.gh-Spc'rd TnClOl" "..,".. .,.
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TnI(:k, Huvy UnlIlY . ....., Chcvrok1 0....
Truck. i 1011." :II .. . Comm,nd RocOl1Il.J,u.ul«. Ford
67 114 OtIndtchkppcr (.. :II 4. SklXb 17,S)
TrI(tO<". Wbcclcd. GS. ~ I0Il., 6 II: 6, SammclJ .n ."
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Truck. i ton . .. :II ... Commlnd Rocoruu.ltsu>«. Wlilyl M.... 109
149 Truck. 7i Ion. 6 II: 6, Pnme M ovn. MK k NO
L.,hl "ndlny Trxt()r. 6 :II 6. Dmnll Octol,.
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Truck. i Ion. 4 :II ... UIIiIlY. Ford GPW. ~on vnled (Of"
')ttp RulwlY' . 11
149

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TrallOl'c MedlO. " II: ... FUI TM..o
6 TR .... NSPORT VEHICLES (CrnmlSrr-vlCc (as) TruckJ 0<"
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Truck. i Ion. 4 :II .. . .... mphlb.n. Ford GP.... III 149 C nrK'n, and Load Carne ..)
Truck. I ton . .. :II 4. Comnu nd Dr. Dodge 110 I j) Truck.Jlon.aS.611: . . .... u~nKl Sill
Truck. j Ion . .. :II .. . Comnund RocOnlUlJ$;Intt Cat-. Truck, .. Ion ... II: 1. Fordlon 11uma II 11\1
Dodge UI IH Truck, S cwt., FFW. 4 II: 1. Humber IS I JO
M19 Df']Io D rnn'. W(,1Id UJ IH Lorry. )0 CWI. GS • • :II 1, Dmnu JJ I 'J
M.l9C UI"JO Utnrr . .... mphll......... Wr,1Id U.. IH LOfTY, I S CWI. as... II: 1. Bedford J1 I~
Sc:hwnrr Prnonmknrrwlgm (4 :II 4. Pblnomm G r;UU1 LotTy, J ton. as, .. II: I. Bed(:,rd .. I 116
I JOO .... ) 116 ISS Millie-ret Gcbndcglng'gn LaMkrlftwIgcn (Opel 81111.
G .... U7BF,ddur IJO 1,6 .... Type) 57 1)1
Truck. I Ion. 4:11 ... Wrlponl Drnrr. Dodgr IJ9 IS9 Gk..,kcucn-Lkw.IT. M1Ulltrr (Opel BhlZ) SI IJI
e, ••",. "..ti,
"mpl,,!,.oul Pt.", ..m.,] I .. , 160 Lorry.as.ljCWI,4II: 1.Dodgc 61 114
D r. ughl." :II I. Morns 1000 Tnvdicr 161 16, TlVCk . as. JO CWI." .. 4. Chevrolet C)O 6J 114
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TrucIr. IS CWI. " )I 4. Chevrolet C ljA ..
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Lorry. J Ion . .. )I 4. 8,ukoown Ganlry. Ford WOT 6
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"" 'J< 7 SPECIAL 60DIED TYPES (Vlns., Officu, Cunn. Tanke... ClC .)
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Trvck. 11100, 6 .. 4. Cargo. Sll~dd»ktt
Tl'\ICk. l~ 100,6 " 6. Caf8o. GMC
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". Fbghl Rcfudltt, 1,$00 '1IIons. 6 " 6, AEC oSj.,
Truck., lOP, GS, 6 x •• AEC Mar~al conv..md to '"
Trud" allOn, 6 lC t. Cargo, GMC ". Mobtk Churth
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TI'\ICI. 11 Ion. 6 IC 6, UTio Dump. GMC
" ". T""k. '1-) 100, Ordnance Rc~'r, GMC " '"
Truck , 11 lon, 6 It 6, Cargo FWD
Truck. 11 lon, 6 )( 6, GeM, COE TyJ'C' "" '"
". Truck. 11 Ion. 6 )( 6, Cugo. GMC, converted 10 RaIl
S.... nc~r
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Truck, 4-' Ion, ,, )C •• Federal wIth Io-Ion Rcfngentcd
T.lIleT ". RadIO Tl'\lck, of )( • • CrOMky Q w
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Lorry. J Ion. 6 )C 4. Ford. ""'Ih Balloon Wmch

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