some new ww2 aussie vehicle recovery photos from north africa unearthed

[cliff]

Originally Posted by kiwiquad

the unit water truck,, what is this one?

1941 Chevrolet. Holden assembled going by the quarter vent windows and the cowl would have had side vents as well.

[kiwiquad]

cheers for the quick reply cliff,i know where there is a truck that looks like this, but looks like it used to be a tow truck as it still has the old style tow frame on the back, ill have to take some photos...mike

Originally Posted by cliff

1941 Chevrolet. Holden assembled going by the quarter vent windows and the cowl would have had side vents as well.

[kiwiquad]

[kiwiquad]

written on the rear of the photo it looked like italian, once blown up though it was probably indian...

[Grant Bowker]

My immediate reaction to your photo captioned "italian heavy tow truck?" was that it was a good example of a Scammell wrecker with a trailer that I suspect was built in the local shop to meet what the boys saw as their needs.

[cliff]

Originally Posted by kiwiquad

In this 'Staff Car on tow' the wrecker is a 12 cab CMP which is unusual in itself as most photos show 13 cab's but I wonder what the writing on the cab door is?

The missing sheild on the 25lb'er suggests that it may be a recovery from the battle field or from an accident involving the gun's original tractor as the photo's are of a recovery unit.

Thanks for sharing these as it is nice to see the photos taken by soldiers at the time and not 'staged' as many official photos were.