Heads Up: Limber in UK...

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

It seems to me that if we followed or used the correct nomenclature for things military, then we would all be a lot less confused.
I recently sent a p.m. to a well known forum member, asking that he change the title of a thread to correctly identify a vehicle, that he had posted about.(all the old photos posted, carried what I believe is the Australian nomenclature) Result; not even acknowedgement of my p.m.

Not wanting to get off subject too far, a lot of MV's are called by names far from the official designation, for starters, down in the Southern Hemisphere a Ford or Chevrolet Canadian Military Pattern truck, although bodied locally is known by everyone as a Blitz, the only truck I know of that had that name officially was one made by Opel from late Thirties on. The Champ was the civilian version of a military vehicle built by Austin, the name was not seen on official military literature. Daimler Dingo, it actually got the name from another of the competitors for the contract, Alvis Dingo. Quite when it happened or by who we do not know but it has stuck solid with that vehicle and no one questions it.
Going back to the "limber" or Artillery Trailer, was so commonly used in the British army and the towing vehicle was generally termed a "Quad" by all who used it, whether it was a Morris, Ford or Chevrolet. I think the name may have sprung from an early gun tractor, the Guy Quad-Ant, as well as it being 4x4 of course.
Then there is the jeep, officially, for the best part of the war, it was a nickname.
Lastly, what about the Blitz Buggy ?