New D-Day vehicles for the Canadian army

[derk derin]

Peter,
Do you have any info on when they began to produce the new vehicles and how long it took to build up the right amount of vehicles for the invasion?
Bill Gregg's book Canada's fighting vehicles was aparently copied from an original list of vehicles needed and picked for the invasion from what I understand.Were the pictures that were taken of the vehicles already produced and in England ready to use for D-Day or were the pictures a visual list of what to order and build for the planned invasion?

Ed,
I have been a collector of Canadian webbing and equipment for 25+ years now and have always wondered when the British equipment was first used by the Canadians.I can see battledress being readily available and issued as needed but who makes the decision to try new equipment like the MK 3 or 4 helmets,the battle jerkin and other items not normally issued to Canadian troops.
Derk.