M-h
 

Clive..
I'm not positive but could be a M-H..
See the Ford design front axle housing for the front wheel drive..
But not positive.
And the front wheels and dual rear wheels..
All typical of M-H..

Its a GMC ACK353 ex French Contract.
The reason for the Ford like front Diff is that they are Timken (split) diffs and they used Budd five stud wheels

All the best
Kevin

I agree with Kevin.....An ACK353 during it's ownership by the third (?) party.....French, German, Canadian.

Interesting picture Clive. Do you know where and when it was taken?



http://yemenclassiccars.tripod.com/i...ck353_full.jpg

source: http://yemenclassiccars.tripod.com
(but likely to be borrowed from Bart VanderVeen's military vehicles directory)

Bedford ww2 colour
 

photo taken off my original ww2 neg from 1940. can any one ID the sign on the Bedford looks like yellow blue yellow & L4164374 on the bedford & L181462 on the bonnet on its own = the German has the number 537 on his uniform shoulder strap with yellow around the edge.

bedford in colour 1940
 

This is the same bedford in the background with a close up of the german that is in the other photo that i have from my original colour negs collection. you can see the 537.

L181462 relates, according to the Chilwell lists, to a Ford Lorry, 1 ton 4x2 GS (V3593 - L181101 - L181600).

I wonder if the marking that we're looking at on the off-side wing is the yellow top corner over blue of the tactical marking for a Royal Artillery Survey Regiment with a white bar below indicating Army troops ? It's my best guess from thumbing through Hodges & Taylor anyway.

There's a couple of fascinating pictures on eBay.de at the moment :-

ebay 170556777285 & 170556790835

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...6h/MLU/CMP.jpg

I'll leave it to the Ford and Chev fans to fight this one out ! :)

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...6h/MLU/Vee.jpg

Well, Rich, the top photo is a Chev and the bottom one is a Ford.
As to exactly which models they are, I am not sure but they are really interesting photos.

Bill

Top photo
 

Yes, top photo is a Chevrolet C15 by the look of it, and not in Allied hands!

German kit on cmp truck
 

on this photo is that a mg gun mount on the back? photo from my collection.

Keith,

It looks like a 20-mm gun mount. Those guns were frequently placed in the cargo box of captured vehicles. Also note they have cut away the side over the wheel arch for inmporved access; also note the wire on the side for the crew to hang their kit on.

Regards,
Hanno

PS: I have moved this posting to a related thread, rather than "In the background".

Keith, maybe even a Flak gun, considering the size of the parts visible. Maybe Italian Breda?

I agree...would be nice to see a replica of one of these one day.

Alex

Another Ford under new management . . . but only just, they have not been able to do anything more than chalk "WL" (Wehrmacht Luftwaffe) on the door.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787...7605269786717/

Wow,

Excellent find Hanno! The quality of this pic is surprising.

Alex

... wonderful pics, Hanno.

And here's a Monkey Face Gun Tractor from the same user
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787...7605269786717/

Interesting photo link from Hanno...
 

....unfortunately it cannot be copied to my computer....

Interesting to notice the fender top seat cushions at the back...and the glass rear window as opposed to the sliding sheet metal.....

The box seems to be wood.... but not sure since I cannot see any seperation between the boards.... or is it rivited steel....?

Bob

Check your e-mail Bob
 

Hi Bob

Just sent you the photo at large size in your e-mail.

Cheers Phil

Thanks Phil....
 

This is a good picture of an early Cab 11 Ford..... no roof hatch.... good visual of the mud flaps.... box details.....which I am now convinced is steel 2B1...tai light..... and actual mud splatter of front line driving..... rigid mirror post..... too bad the pit helmet is hidding the mirror.

Bob

Truck 3 ton
 

I have just bought this ID plate.
This plate was dug up in the Stalingrad Area . I know it says Vauxhall but i think it is a Bedford 3 ton truck [ Vauxhall made Bedfords], so the truck may have come from the BEF in 1940 and must have been just a year old when left. The plate / truck must have been hit as the plate has a big dent in it. I have a few ID plates from trucks but they do not have the WD Number or the Wait of the Veh stamped in the plate? Original Photo from my collection.

photo of bedford
 

one more photo of a bedford in German use. Original from my collection. The other photo [above] was of a twin wheel bedford so not the right one?.

I have the same plate on my Bedford MW body .

Bedford
 

Does it have the same contract number as the plate i have has 3 ton and a bedford MW is 15 Cwt, then they were up rated to 1 ton after the war. Original photo from my collection.

Another couple of Afrika shots from eBay.de

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...187348733S.jpg

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...187390294S.jpg

Whilst NOT YET in enemy hands, these vehicles were photographed in Singapore not long before the Japs invaded.

Found on:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8270787...th/5441311842/

touched up pic
 

looks like a black&white photo been coloured in

F15 + CS8 in Italian service
 

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...187348733S.jpg

Great find, Rich, thanks.

Part of the photo has been published in Squadron/Signal's "Italian Truck-Mounted Artillery" by well-known Italian specialist Nicola Pignato with the inscription :

"A front view of the F15 with the Breda Model 39. Two ammunition boxes are placed near the spare tire, behind the driver's position. The commander is a sergeant. The weapon posed a danger to Allied aircraft below 2,000 meters (about 6,700 feet)."

You can find additional info on the bottom of my site :
www.o5m6.de/wehrmacht/2cm_Breda.html

The truck folowing the F15 is a captured Morris CS8 15-cwt with an Italian Autocannone da 65/17 mounted onto the truck bed. The Italian Regio Esercito had some 30+ vehicles in service in 1942.

-Oliver.

You can download this nice little book for a preview by googleing. There are some nice pics of captured Cab 11 and 12.

The Italian photo is an official German agency one from the look of it. My apologies for not showing the reverse.

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...187350473S.jpg

Specially for Mike Kelly
 

...who will certainly appreciate the comments on the back...

http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/g...W2talk/2-1.jpg

"Brit beute wg Morris sind viel besser als unsere" :cheers:

Hmmmm
 

Translation: beaut Morris with besser brick bodywork.