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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra
On p. 246 of Les Freaty's British Military Trucks of WW2 I found this interesting picture of a Ford CMP F15 4x2 truck fitted with a British-built cargo body.
My hypothesis is that these trucks were originally assembled as Truck, 15-cwt, 4x2, AA, Mk II, more often referred to as a 15-cwt Polsten AA truck (or similar).
When due to Allied air superiority this type of AA truck was not needed anymore, they were re-bodied with GS type bodies commonly found on British 15-cwt trucks.
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In the background, here's another 15-cwt 4x2 truck with British GS body, picture was taken somewhere in Normandy on 13 August 1944.
© IWM (B 9093), source:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205202473