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Old 08-05-20, 04:45
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Default Tires on the Bofors

I see what look to be implement (low speed tires) on the gun carriage. I am looking to do the same on mine.

Nice pics of the gun and tractor. Does anyone know if they used just the Ford or was there also a Chevy CMP LAAT?
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Old 08-05-20, 14:09
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Default LAAT production: F30, C30, F60S only?

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Nice pics of the gun and tractor. Does anyone know if they used just the Ford or was there also a Chevy CMP LAAT?
Jon, the LAAT was manufactured by both Chevrolet and Ford, as fas as I can see only on the F30, C30, F60S chassis.
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Old 09-05-20, 10:27
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Default British LAAT

Attached is the manifest for the 15th Isle of Man Light Artillery Regiment for D-Day.
You will see (in column 10) that they had many LAATs and the Manx Museum informed us that they were CMP.
My brothers and I took advantage of there being more LAATs than guns not to have to find a Bofors.
Apparently they took the extra LAATs for their winches in order to be able to pull the Morris out of the ditch if necessary.
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