mick.wilson Posted August 15, 2006 Share Posted August 15, 2006 One of our guys has bought a Jeep and wants to put M.P marking's on it, we would like to make it up to be part of the 783rd M.P Battalion from the famous Red Ball photo but not sure what the bumper lettering would be, anybody got any ideas ? Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted August 16, 2006 Author Share Posted August 16, 2006 For our trucks its: ASCZ 514 TC TRK41 ASCZ = Advance Section, Communications Zone 514 = 514th Regiment TC = Truck Company TRK41 = Truck 41 So would it be: ASCZ 783 MP ???? Come on somebody must know......Please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Making a repro MP helmet is the next on my list. Check my repro helmet thread in the uniform section... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 16, 2006 Share Posted August 16, 2006 Mick, according to the 'US Army Hand book' by George Forty each Army would have MP battallions attached so the markings would read something like this:- 1A 783P HQ 1 1stArmy 783rd Military Police Battalion HQ Company 1st vehicle. The HQ could be replaced of course by a company letter, note the P, rather than MP. I don't know if the letters ASCZ were used on MP vehicles and can't find a photo at the moment to confirm thiis either way. Hope this helps. Cheers Degsy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted August 18, 2006 Author Share Posted August 18, 2006 Mick, according to the 'US Army Hand book' by George Forty each Army would have MP battallions attached so the markings would read something like this:- 1A 783P HQ 1 1stArmy 783rd Military Police Battalion HQ Company 1st vehicle. The HQ could be replaced of course by a company letter, note the P, rather than MP. I don't know if the letters ASCZ were used on MP vehicles and can't find a photo at the moment to confirm thiis either way. Hope this helps. Cheers Degsy Thanks for that Degsy, I think thats the info we are look for. Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 18, 2006 Share Posted August 18, 2006 Mick, what I forgot to say was that units did sometimes mark vehicles with a certain amount of licence, often using much larger size letters and numerals than authorised or varying the position of the markings etc, some of this apparently at the whim of the C.O. (but probably not in Patton's Army). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8Greyhound Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hi Degsy and Mick...i personally think it would have been something like 1A-HQ-X..........P-1.......denoting Police..... Hang on i will definatley find out looking at some pictures of MP vehicles... I think the only reference to MP would have been in the lettering on the windshield etc Regards Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Hi Lloyd, I am quite happy to be corrected on this, as although I must have photo's somewhere I failed to find them :oops: and as nobody had answered Mick I had to follow Forty's book. I hope you have more success than me with the photo's :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8Greyhound Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 MP jeep pictures on Daves superb MP only website..... Cut and pasted from The website.....Dave i hope you dont mind http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v98/faabala/WWII Military Police Photos/MP vehicles/ Regards Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Can't get that link to work Lloyd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M8Greyhound Posted August 20, 2006 Share Posted August 20, 2006 Think you may be right all along Degsy.......check the link to the US re enactors website where Mick also posted his request for help.. :oops: http://ww2reenactors.proboards35.com/index.cgi?board=mp&action=display&thread=1155714862 Regards Lloyd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mick.wilson Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 Thanks for your help guys, I have some to choose from now. ASCZ 783P HQ 1 or 1A-783P * C-5 or 1A-HQ-X..........P-1 or 1A 783P HQ 1 Lots of 1st Army there, where the 783rd 1st Army? Mick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted August 22, 2006 Share Posted August 22, 2006 Sorry Mick, I have no idea which Army they were with, I just used 1st as an example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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