Vehicle Data Book: pre-March 1944 edition??

[Alex van de Wetering]

I can confirm that the Universal Carrier page which I attached to my post was indeed from the Canadian Armoured Vehicles book.

Thanks Ed. And the C60X Mach-A page in Hanno's post #15 ? Is this from "Data Book Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles" or the "Vehicle Data Book - Canadian Army Overseas - December 1944"?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Thanks Ed. And the C60X Mach-A page in Hanno's post #15 ? Is this from "Data Book Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles" or the "Vehicle Data Book - Canadian Army Overseas - December 1944"?

It is from Data Book Canadian Military Pattern Vehicles, see the earlier thread on this book.

[Ed Storey]

The wartime Vehicle Data Books were supplemented in 1946 by Data Summary sheets published by the Army for each specific vehicle type still in service. Data Summaries were not only published for both military and civilian pattern vehicles but also for weapons and communications systems. The Summaries are a living series and is still in publication by the Canadian Forces today with items being added and deleted as they are purchased by the military.

For those interested in CMPs, the last of these wartime vehicles (mostly specialist versions) were eventually replaced by M-Series SMP Pattern trucks in the mid 1960s.

Data Summary - Chevrolet, Truck, 8-Cwt.jpg

[rob love]

Didn't the KL lorry at Borden remain in service into the 70s?

My microfiche of parts was still listing some items particular to the KL into the mid-80s.


Another long serving WW2 CMP was the Ingersol Rand 105cft compressors on the CMP trailer. We had one here in Manitoba that remained in service until 1987. It now resides out in my yard.

[Ed Storey]

Just because a part is listed within the DND microfishe does that mean the vehicle or vehicles it is associated with are still in use, or is it that the supply system has not caught up with removing the listing?

As in the case of the Ingersol Rand compressors, I agree that there are always exceptions, but on the whole, the CMP range had by the mid-1960s been replaced by the SMP M-Series.

[rob love]

Back then it was the system not keeping up. The computer system was not up to identifying or removing obsolete part numbers. You could still order CMP Cab11/12 blackout headlight assemblys right into the mid 90s.

[Sergey Egorov]

Does anyone know about the contents of this book?