Looking for M38A1 info

[Ed Storey]

Originally Posted by BCA

Finally, it was produced 4/53 but when did it arrive in Canadian inventory? Unlikely in time to be a Korean veteran.

I don't agree and am pretty sure Dale's M38A1 is a Korean veteran as his CFR number falls within the known lot shipped back from Korea. According to Canadian Vehicles in Korea - 2015 ISBN 978-1-927822-03-6, 25 CIBG in Korea began receiving its new M-Series vehicles from US Army Ordnance in July 1953. The vehicles arrived in batches of 50 and by September all of the new Jeeps, 404 in total, had been issued. It was in 1954 and 1955 that 389 M38A1 Jeeps and 16 M62 Wreckers were shipped from Korea to Canada as these vehicles were deemed compatible with M-Series vehicles being manufactured in Canada.

The 16 Korean War vintage M62 wreckers served well into the early 1990s before they were replaced by the HLVW. I suspect the Korean War vintage M38A1 Jeeps had all been sold off by the early 1970s as newer M38A1CDN vehicles were procured.

The mysteries that have not been solved with the Korean War vintage M38A1 Jeeps is first tying the post-Koran War Canadian CFR number to the Willy's serial number and secondly tying the CFR number to the US Ordnance number used in by the Canadian Brigade in Korea.