CZ numbers

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Andy, all Canadian vehicles had numbering beginning with a C prefix. British vehicles were assigned a L prefix.
CZ was given to trucks in the 15cwt range. Heavier lorries usually were CL prefix.
I suspect your truck was assigned to both Canadian and British units over a period of time, hence the CZ and L prefixes.

Hi Chris,
Unless I have misundertood your post, the letter L was used by the Briitsh only for Load carring vehicles over 1 ton payload. It would have been mistakenly painted on the CMP 15cwt. The whole lettering system was British, with Z being trucks up to 1 ton, L over 1 ton, X for trailers, C for motorcycles and so on, if used by Canadian Forces then whatever vehicle class letter was used it was prefixed with C. There is a listing available of the Chilwell Census Numbers and their allocations to UK, Caandian and other allied forces under British command.