Armoured Carrier, Wheeled - Indian Pattern

Hanno Spoelstra · #11 13-11-24, 12:04

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Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

There are two Wheeled Carriers, both of which have the typical Indian Army census numbers of which the /|\ has been supplanted by a Dutch flag. They are following a Universal Carrier and what may be a Humfox leading the column.

These photos show Dr. C.P.M. Romme, a Dutch politician (in the light shirt) sitting on a Wheeled Armoured Carrier, part of a column on the "death road" from Medan to Belawan, Indonesia.
Apparently there was not a high risk of attacks on that day, otherwise Romme would have travelled under armour.
Date: 2 February 1947

NL-HaNA_2.24.04.03_0_145-2-4-klein.jpg

NL-HaNA_2.24.04.03_0_146-1-2-klein.jpg NL-HaNA_2.24.04.03_0_145-2-6-klein.jpg

Source: http://hdl.handle.net/10648/8e515100...f-c6c68ae1fe61 | http://hdl.handle.net/10648/96adc277...b-a9e7744049c1 | http://hdl.handle.net/10648/38b89ede...0-08127ab354c3

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