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French post war forces in africa


martylee

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but "allegedly" a couple of Legionnaires went for a stroll into said local village during the night and cut the snipers trigger fingers off! sniping on the airport dropped right off immediately afterwards!

 

 

 

Seems fair enough;.......:cool2:

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I scanned the following images out of some French publications I have.

These are very good resource material, and being of French origin there is good coverage of the vehicles post WWII usage in Indo-China & Nth Africa.

 

"Dodge; Cinq Generations de Tour Terrains" Boniface/Jeudy

 

NthAfricaDodges.jpg

'La Compagnie Portee des Oasis en 1958'

NthAfricaPowerWagons.jpg

'WM300 du peloton nomade d'Agades' (undated)

Bablefish translation on this is 'WM300 of the wandering group d' Agades'

 

Of most interest to me, being a WC Dodge owner, is the French usage of the WCs then the 'upgrading' to militarized WM Power Wagons.

 

"The GMC, A Universal Truck" Boniface/Jeudy

NthAfricaGMC.jpg

A little guess work on my part here as the photo credit doesn't say where it was taken. Looking at the architecture in the background, Algeria?

'Sud-est 4200 ground - ground missile'

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