RAF vehicles

[Bill Murray]

Found a few more.

Bill

[Larry Hayward]

What about my Mack then Bill? Which sub type is it?

[ted angus]

Bill, I believe the question was refering to the ARMED TENDERS not the armoured cars ; The Armed Tenders acted as the support vehicles to the armoured car patrols, some of which lasted several weeks especially in Trans Jordan Iraq etc. Firstly were the Rolls Royce versions as in Leon's post containing the request, Then there were some on Morris chassis followed by Commer Raiders and finally the Fordson 79s. Before any of the RAF's Armoured cars were fitted with wireless sets some of the Armed Tenders were converted to wireless tenders.
Turning to the Armoured cars, The RAF appear to have used all the versions used by both the RN & Army plus a number manufactured at No 1 supply depot RAF Kidbrooke that appear to be unique to the RAF. The RRs of No 2 ACC were remounted on to Ford commercial chassis in early 1940 under contract at the Thomas Cook garage in Cairo.
These pictures are all downloadable from The National Congress Library in USA search under Palestine some cracking RAF & Army shots. Many of these have now been uploaded to FlickR and last month there was an article containing some of these pictures and a potted political history of the times in Classic Military Magazine.
Regards TED

[Bill Murray]

As far as I can tell Larry, it is an ex US Mack NM6 with a completely new body from the cab on back. Post 1945.

AFAIK, these Mack trucks were not provided to the British forces during the war but like many other US vehicles of the 1939-1945 period that were not part of the normal "sharing", they ended up on strength in various British units.

A quite smart looking vehicle, by the way.

Bill

[Bill Murray]

Hi Ted:

You are indeed an honourable man in calling my obvious mixing up of the subject matter in such a kind and gentle way.

As I have posted here and on other Forums of late, at the tender age of 74, my mind doesn't focus the way it used to 5 or 10 years ago. I read "Rolls Royce", I saw two armoured cars and that is what I jumped on, not the armed Tenders.

I do have some photos of "real" Tenders that I will post later but in the meantime, the group does now have some interesting RAF armoured cars to look at. As you point out, the Tenders do appear to be based on the same RR chassis as the armoured cars, an interesting development.

Thank you for the correction and for not making me look foolish.

Bill

[ted angus]

Hi Bill, ahh confusion -- it is affecting me badly at 65 I hear the words pocket and/or money and I think my wife is getting her purse out !!

look forward to your pictures in the meantime here is a shot taken in 1936 outside the Barclays in jerusalem, the lads picking up their pocket money with a Commer Raider providing cover !
regards TED