Post-War Disposal
Is there any information and hopefully pictures available relating to the post-war disposal of military vehicles in Canada? Something like the fields of CMP’s photographed in Europe must have occurred here in places like Hagersville, Ontario. I’ve heard tales of CMP’s being sold only to municipal governments and fire departments at first. There are other tales of Otters and Foxes that were not very desirable for post-war civilian use so they languished until presumable sold for scrap (once the working parts were stripped by Levy Brother of Toronto to supply foreign markets). One enterprise converted a large number of CMP’s into fork-lifts and many still exist in the Peterborough area. Several hundred Bren carriers were to have existed at a foundry in Toronto near where the CN Tower exists today. Apparently WW1 era ex-USA Renault tanks were converted to bulldozers. Are there particular firms that are know to have cut up the dozens of Rams, Valentines, Vickers and experimental vehicles that were surplused? A second wave of CMP disposals occurred in the late 50's and early 60's mostly of wireless vans that were retained longer than other types, having served, amongst in other ways, at "Pine Tree Line" posts.
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