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Old 16-05-16, 22:02
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Default Chevs with hatches

Another possibility is they received Ford roofs during a rebuild if the Chev ones had fatigued sufficiently - it was a design that fostered splits and cracks.

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Originally Posted by Tony Wheeler View Post
Another confounding factor may be retrofitted hatched roof. If this was Australian Army practice on hatchless CMPs retained in service we'd have no way of recognizing ex-ME Cab 12 F60L in Australia. This may explain our failure to observe a single example in all these years.

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