Tankers at Truscott Airfeild
 

Hi

I'm interested to know more about this type of tanker (I assume that it is a petrol tanker). It would appear to be on a Chevrolet chassis. Were these of a type issued to the RAAF and was the tank made here in Australia.

PS These photos come from another website and I have only used them for the purposes of illustration.

Regards

Matt Lombard

700gal petrol Tankers built here in Oz on Chevrolet 3 ton chassis. Photos from the AWM. They were also built on Ford chassis and maybe, but not sure, other 3 ton chassis as well

first 2 are of a 1/35 scale model I did some years ago

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one of a RAAF aircraft refueler and two more of the 700gal Bulk fuel delivery vehicles.

Tanker
 

Hi Cliff

Thank you for the photos much appreciated the rear of the tank appears to be flat, where as those built in Britain had a convex rear end. I take it that these were a bulk tanker and therefore not meant to pump themselves and were either gravity discharged or pumped out.

Regards

Matt