ozm29c

Richard,

It would have been either Adrian C........ or Warwick J...........

Cheers

John W.

Hello All,

Apologies for the delay in posting here as I jumped the gun and posted in the Tracked forum first.:nono::nono:

I live near Narrabri, New South Wales, Oz and work at the Australia Telescope (Radio Telescope Compact Array) as a Cryogenics Officer. I have two Amphibious Studebaker Weasels (albeit in kit form) plus a Ford Gpw. My reason for joining the forum apart from the good company here:) is that I recently imported #2 Weasel from Sweden and thanks to some good feedback and information, both on the US weasel forum and here, I found out that this weasel was indeed used by the British Army.

In a past life I spent 20 years in the Royal Australian Navy retiring as a Chief Petty Officer Marine Technician. For the more senior members of the forum I was fortunate to Visit the UK in 1977 for the Spithead Review as part of the celebration of the Queens Silver Jubilee. I was young 'stoker' on the Aircraft Carrier HMAS Melbourne. I had a good time over your way spending Pounds and Pence like our Dollars and cents even though the pound was double the value. I do remember visiting a fellow by the name of Peter Gray who had MV's in Worthing. I wonder if he is around today????

Well thats enough for now

Cheers

John Wilson

Richard,

Any leads on where to search. I have found some weasel photos in British Pathe and by Google searching 'Battle for Walcheren'.

Cheers

John W.

Fellows,

The British P number has finally been revealed. It is P6180963. Phots below.

Cheers

John W.

Hello Richard,

Thanks for your prompt reply. Can I assume (using simple maths) that approx 2449 weasels were supplied to the British under this contract? If this is indeed the case, this is a significant number of vehicles out of the total amphibious weasels production. I will endevour to recover the original P number for you. Of interest my weasel retains its original USA number which was not painted over when the P number was applied????

Thanks again

John Wilson

Fellows,

My first post here:). I have just imported a Studebaker weasel from Sweden to Australia and although I am sure that you are well aware Weasels were used predominately by US forces, this particular weasel was a Lend/Lease (I think) to the British forces. Hence my posting on this forum. Could anyone shed some light on British forces and in particular their use of Studebaker Weasels. I have attached some photos for info. The supply/mech 6362 data tag photo was the key to this. Also there is a photo showing the partially hidden British "P" registration number.

I look forward to any infor that you may have.

Cheers

John Wilson