Morris C8 Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Photo of old captured truck , pre war, soft front tyre, hard back tyre used in ww2. i think the French used a lot of very old trucks in ww2. photo from my collection. Keith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 HI NICE PICTURE looks like a mack ac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Great War truck Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Yes you are right. Solids on the back, pneumatics on the front. Nice photo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 The BEF used an awful lot of civvy trucks. 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars converted to tanks in late 1939 from horses (which they gave up in 1938: that's how dire the equipment situation was). They had 12 operable Vickers Mark VI tanks in September 1939 (no shoulder pads for the guns) and received almost all their mechanical transport (MT) in the form of butchers', bakers' etc lorries that has been compulsory-purchased immediately prior to shipment to France. They were painted khaki iirc either the day before they sailed or the day after they arrived. Free to download from http://www.lightdragoons.org.uk/downloads.html, select History of 15th-19th The King's Hussars 1939-1945 (21.16mb). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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