Canadian Chevrolet Maple Leaf 4x4 artillery tractors?

[nuyt]

David,

please allow me to refrase my last post. I am trying my best to get a clear picture here (am getting older).

According to the US mission report August 41 (which I sent you last month) KNil needed:

- 1100 4x4 Chevrolet trucks 1 1/2 ton of which 200 were on hand at that time and the rest, a further 900 were eventually shipped by Feb 42. As abovementioned.

- 7000 4x2 Chev trucks 1 1/2 ton of which 4700 were on hand at that moment (1700 army trucks and 3000 civil or requisitioned trucks). Trucks on hand were 1937-41 Priok assembly (including probably the 750 post-1940 order you discovered) and some Continental imports. Remaining need (partially ordered): 2300 trucks. According to a note in the report these trucks normally arrived CKD at Priok and had 160 inch wheelbase.

As you said 160 inch models were MS 1942, what model were they talking about there in 1941? Canadian 1541s? Vanderveen mentions MS4403 as 1941-44 production.
Also the troop trucks pictured on the overvalwagen posts which we identified as MS were photographed in 1941, so they cant be 1942 models but were Canadian 1541 or still MS 1941? Or possibly shorter wheelbase trucks?

Kindest regards,

Nuyt