Ford US trucks for RAF, Egypt

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
I just noticed that the Afrika Corps truck looks very similar to the top one! I wonder if it was a similar truck, as sent out to Egypt..S/M 2037? This was for C60L, CC60LX2, F60L and I think C098TFS with a total of 6,847 trucks delivered by 30 June 1942, some of which went to Egypt!! I am pinning my suspicions on the captutred truck as being one of that contract.

Yes, from what I can see in the picture the EC098TFS in your picture is the same type of truck as the captured ones in use with the Deutsches Afrika Korps. Like I suggested, these 1940/1941 models nicely fit those 1940-41 orders supplied to the RAF and RN in Egypt.

And what about that EC098UFS 3-Ton Dump Truck? I suspect that is the 3-ton tipper type of which the Admirality ordered 50.