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[Bill Murray]

Hallo David:

Pending further research that leads us elsewhere, I believe that these are both ex-French White Ruxtall 922 models.

Bart's book shows both the "White" 920 and the "White-Ruxtall" 922 and two more excellent prints can be found in the Bellona Handbook #3 "British Army Transport 1939-1945 Tank Transporters, Recovery Vehicles, Machinery Trucks".

All photos are as close to identical to these two on this thread as can be except they are "used" It also seems the side mounted spare got ditched in the field in favour of the front mounting.

As regards the three "truck" photos in my post, the first is said to be used in mining operations in the US and the Orient???

The second is used by British Forces to transport their tanks.

The third is described as a load carrier for British Forces in Africa and of course, so was the tank transporter.

Sadly, my files are in a mess again with all the moving and removing but I know I have a short article on these trucks with more detail somewhere. I will post more when I find it.
Edit: Ruxtall were involved in making differentials and I believe some, part or all of the reart bogie and diff systems on trucks such as White. Sort of like a Chev-Thornton or Ford-MH deal.
Bill