Truck identification

[Attilio]

On e-bay I have found this pic: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...530536852&rd=1

In the description the seller mendioned the LRDG:

The truck is (i suppose) an CMP and the guncolud be an 2 pounder

In my data the LRDG dont have similar trucks

What's your opinion?

Regards

Attilio

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Can anyone identify the Census Number please.. L 4 etc.?

[Crewman]

I would say L4714284

[Keith Webb]

It's a cab 12 C60L, probably a portee which carried the 2 pounder gun.
It wasn't the sort of vehicle the LRDG used. I know we (the Australians) used them, as well as the British and possibly the Kiwis who used large numbers of cab 12 Chevs in the desert. There are lots of pics around of captured examples.

A nice pic all the same, but at that price?

[Tony Smith]

I agree, it's a Chev C60L with a 2pdr AT gun en portee in the back. It is NOT a 101"wb Portee, as it has doors fitted. And the "8" sign does not mean 8th Army, it's a bridge classification sign meaning this vehicle can cross bridges rated for vehicles weighing up to 8 tons, which leads me to think it's a 158"wb Portee as a GS truck would have a bridge classification of 6 or 7 tons.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

I agree C60L....to either S/M 2005 or 2019, possibly the latter on the balance of probabilities. The Census Number is a Mid-East allocation one.

[Attilio]

Thanks!

Can the gun fire in this position?

Usually in the 2 pounder portees the gun was oriented and used to the rear of the truck

regards

Attilio

[Tony Smith]

There is nothing to physically to prevent the gun from from firing except that the barrel cannot be depressed low engough to engage a target unless the truck is facing down a slope. The carriage of the 2pdr gun was clamped into position on the deck of the truck and the 2pdr can rotate 360deg on it's mount. It was generally fired to the sides or rear only because of the angle of shot.