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Indian Pattern bodies
Over the years, we have seen quite a few CMPs trucks with “Indian Pattern” bodies. These are not official designations, but a name given to all MCP and CMP truck with bodies which were built in India.
The Indian Army was a large user of MCP and CMP vehicles – see Revised 1942 S/M Contracts Listing – and assembled both complete vehicles knocked down for shipping, but also chassis/cowls with locally made cabs and /or bodies. My interest is in gathering information about the Indian Pattern bodies for modelling and restoration purposes. These bodies were of composite construction, consisting mainly of wood with angle iron reinforcements, similar to military truck bodies as manufactured in Great Britain at the day. For now I’m focusing on the CMP range of vehicles with these wooden bodies. 15-cwt: both 4x2 and 4x4 – see Indian Pattern 15-cwt GS truck FAT: Chevrolet CGT and Ford FGT – see Indian Pattern FAT
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3-ton GS truck: today, I found some new pictures on the IWM website of 3-ton GS trucks with bodies of the same construction:
Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208610 IWM SE 6742.jpg "Under close supervision, Japanese prisoners of war load a lorry with crates of munitions from the former Japanese ammunition store in limestone caves at Batu, Selangor State, near Kuala Lumpur. These bombs and shells were later dumped at sea in the Straits of Malacca." Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208991 IWM SE 7463.jpg "Japanese prisoners of war sit in the shade of lorries they have just loaded with some of the 100 tons of supplies flown daily into the city of Bandoeng by Dakota aircraft of 31 Squadron, Royal Air Force. Due to ambushes and sabotage by Indonesian nationalists on the roads between Batavia and Bandoeng, the only secure supply route to the latter city was by air." Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209018 IWM SE 7517.jpg "Transport of the 2nd Battalion, Frontier Force Rifles (26th Indian Division) that carried men and material to establish a strongpoint just outside the British held sector of the town of Medan in Sumatra." Source: http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205209016 IWM SE 7515.jpg "Troops of the 2nd Battalion, Frontier Force Rifles (26th Indian Division) unload material from their vehicles to construct strongpoints just outside the British held sector of the town of Medan in Sumatra." Always interested to learn more about the construction and use of these truck bodies! Thanks, Hanno
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Here's one more photo of a 3-tonner:
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459846.jpg 463135.jpg Source: Dutch National Archives (http://proxy.handle.net/10648/aefe67...8-003048976d84 | http://proxy.handle.net/10648/af085a...8-003048976d84)
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Some more 3-tonners, linked from CMPs in Asian campaigns:
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Repost of an earlier reply in Bombay Chev, now with updated link and screenshot:
https://www.britishpathe.com/video/V...HAH-TAKES-OATH Quote:
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15-cwt
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From what I can see these Indian Pattern 15-cwt bodies had the same dimensions as the No1 Australian body, and were very similar in construction. 22089279_10155034225972939_5530197811101731850_n.jpg Source: https://flic.kr/p/d9qznQ 22047865_10155034224792939_5994359432423784599_o.jpg Courtesy of Colin Picket
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Another Indian Pattern 15-cwt truck lurking in the background.
"Marmon-Herrington armoured cars in the streets of Aleppo, 22 July 1941." The_British_Army_in_the_Middle_East_1941_E4409.jpg Source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205203562
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1938 Ford truck
Here's an interesting variation. 1938 model Ford truck with Indian made body, this has a higher sides than other Indian bodies.
As with many vehicles in the North African desert, these were captured by the German Army. Ford DAF -059a.jpg Ford DAF -059b.jpg
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Hi Hanno, If it is any use to anybody the carrier in post #2 is an Armoured O.P.MkIIIw that would likely have rolled out from the Dagenham Ford plant in Jan 1942.
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"Chevrolet Delivered the Goods to the Forces Battling Tyranny"
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It makes for interesting reading, although GM Canada's effort is grossly neglected. One remark is all they get: "General Motors of Canada’s Chevrolet Division was extensively involved in the war effort as well, building a forward-control utility vehicle on a 101-inch wheelbase–with a bowtie on the radiator cover, no less–that was widely used by British, Canadian and Australian forces throughout the war."But the article contains some previously unseen pictures. I wonder what else is lurking in the archives.... 47870.jpg "GM of Canada’s Chevrolet engineers designed AWD trucks for Brits and Aussies" 47877.jpg "For jungle use, Chevrolet produced 4×4 ambulances with high-floatation tires" 47867.jpg
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Yeah... and they weren't made "for jungle use" either.
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source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl
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Note the wooden Indian Pattern body, indicating this C15 was assembled in India.
"Chevrolet C15 4x2 truck towing fuel bowsers at an airfield in Burma, 27th March 1945. It belongs to a formation using 33 Indian Corps' sign. Probably an AOP Flight/Squadron, combined Army/RAF." 162049399_10222352019022951_5444747141787128291_o.jpg
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It looks like a late F60L with the Indian made wooden GS body pressed into service as a water tanker. 2174-1674_cropped.jpg Source: Netherlands Institute for Military History (https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...3-0fa0d2c44da6)
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From the Time Life archives: "Singapore On Tin And Rubber | Date taken: 1941 | Photographer: Carl Mydans"
Fordson WOT with Indian Pattern body: 57595787320a7e62_large.jpg Source: https://images.google.com/hosted/lif...7320a7e62.html Plus another Ford: b0b084c8ac43ac74_large.jpg 7277e44bcd1b6ba2_large.jpg Source: https://images.google.com/hosted/lif...8ac43ac74.html
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