Which Conflicts Have CMPs Taken Part In?

[Marc Montgomery]

In cleaning old papers, I came across a note I myself had scribbled saying the last CMP to come off the line was a C8a in Aug 1945..

Dont know why, or how I wrote that line, or where I might have obtained that info...but is this correct?

[David Dunlop]

Quite possible, Marc. For certain, GM was pushing out the last of a British contract for 1C11 bodied C8A's - July through September 1945 - at Oshawa. Don't know if anything else was being run at that time. I suspect GM finished vehicle orders first, spare parts commitments second and then sat on their thumbs until C.D. Howe gave the OK for them to retool for civilian production again. Not sure when that officially restarted in Canada at GM.

Holden may have seen a similar process in Australia.

David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery

In cleaning old papers, I came across a note I myself had scribbled saying the last CMP to come off the line was a C8a in Aug 1945..

Dont know why, or how I wrote that line, or where I might have obtained that info...but is this correct?

Don't know about C8A's, but I do know the latest-built CMP I ever saw was this Ford "F22" which was built on 12 November 1945. It is still alive and well in the hands of one of MLU's members.

f22_nunn_07.jpg

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Marc Montgomery

In cleaning old papers, I came across a note I myself had scribbled saying the last CMP to come off the line was a C8a in Aug 1945..

Dont know why, or how I wrote that line, or where I might have obtained that info...but is this correct?

Here's a Chevrolet data plate fitting your notes: C60L APT built on "AUG-22-45"

C60L APT dataplate aug 1945.jpg

[João Freitas]

I am new at this forum, congratulations to all
Lots of CMPs are used by the portuguese army before and specialy during the colonial wars in Africa (Angola Mozambique and Guinea) 1961/1974.
After that many are sold to tree cutters, for work in the forrests. All have their original engines changed to diesel ex. Perkins.
Now only a small bunch (10?) survive, and on very sorow condition

[Darrell Zinck]

Hi

Israel 1947:


http://www.warwheels.net/Review_Book...ACsKeenan.html

Indonesia 1948:



http://oldindonesianvehicles.blogspo...ern-30cwt.html

and this pic of Portugese CMPs apparently come from this Forum:



https://www.pinterest.com/pin/415034921884734131/

regards
Darrell

[Ed Storey]

I happened to spot this C15TA image in Episode 2 of Ken Burn's Vietnam War series on PBS.

IMG_2351 - PBS.jpg

[Rich Payne]

Belgian miner's strike, Zwartberg 1966. There were two shot dead by the Rijkswacht who abandoned their Chevrolet and a Minerva Land-Rover to the mob so I think it counts as action !

[David Walmsley]

Tokyo Police Dept had some FGT's as riot control vehicles (A Corgi toy model was made of these if any one is interested) and Hong Kong base workshops converted some 15cwt trucks to 4.2 mortar tractors (presumably for Malaya). One of these turned up at W&P some years ago but I have not seen it recently. I hope no-one converted this to an FGT.

I believe the dates for these is the 1950's