Vehicle Door Numbers Canada

Bob Carriere · #1 13-06-13, 02:32

...must be getting dummer with old age....

..... or was it a ploy to Kornphuse the enemy ????

what is the differece between a RCASC truck picking up parts from a Railroad depot to a truck from the R. DE Chaud. picking up similar parts from the same RR depot...?

all these years in the Pubic Service should have thought me something...?

Bob C

servicepub (RIP) · #2 13-06-13, 02:42

Bob,
You should know better than to try to find logic in the Army!
Obviously there is no difference in the scenario you identify. However, in most cases it is the role of the RCASC to pick up parts from the RR station while the R de CHAUD vehicle was there to support unit training. This doesn't mean that the Chaud CO couldn't order his driver to do a pick up but if the goods were in the military supply system and had to go via the QM Stores prior to unit/individual issue then it is most likely an RCASC lorry that would be dispatched, by the QM, to pick up the goods.
To over simplify the difference between the two fleets, MGO vehicles were issued to units to provide support to the unit while RCASC vehicles were to provide support to the Army.

Clive

Bob Carriere · #3 13-06-13, 02:56

.....it's starting to make sense.....

I am leaning toward a not RCASC marking for my truck..... such as.....
R. DE Saleberrie (aka regiment de Hull) which was an armored corp. ...... will need to contact the archivist for the regiment to see what they were issued in 1940..... or even waht status it had in 1940.....

Bob C

Bill Alexander · #4 13-06-13, 13:28

Hi Bob, The R de Hull were converted to armour on April 1, 1946. They were organized as an infantry battalion and served as one during the Second World War, when mobilized on July 29, 1941.