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Old 02-09-10, 00:33
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Post Re: How a jeep got to a unit, in simple terms . . .

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Originally Posted by Ed Storey View Post
Does anyone know the supply chian of how Jeeps would get to the Canadian Army in the field?
Hi Ed;

In its simplest terms - for a unit in an armoured or infantry division - at the Corps level - No. 3 Section of the Corps Ordnance Field Park, RCOC held ‘wheeled’ transport - from which the jeep would be sent forward to the Divisional Ordnance Field Park, RCOC (later Divisional Sub-Park, RCOC) from where it would either be picked up directly by a driver from the requesting unit or it would be sent forward to a DP where it would be picked up by a driver from the requesting unit.

The paper trail or the request for a jeep on the other hand went the other way - from the requesting unit to the ADOS at Div HQ - on to the DDOS at Corps HQ from where it would go to the Corps Ordnance Field Park, RCOC who would pass it to No. 3 Section to deal with the issue downwards to the unit as explained above.

Now back to . . . . . .

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