Canadian Mutual Aid Programme: WW2 equipment supplied to NATO Allies

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55-256 is the 5,256th vehicle assigned a Department of National Defence (DND) number in Canada. The new numbering system started about January 1943 for Canadian Army vehicles, at 50,000. There was no “,” so they used a “-“ or a “.” Motorcycles and Royal Canadian Air Force vehicles were in different number series.

I am not so sure the above is quite true. I believe the numbers may have been assigned locally or regionally out of blocks given form higher formation as opposed to going to a National central registry to be assigned.