CMP vehicles in service with the Royal Netherlands Army

[Hanno Spoelstra]

The Canadian Army did use the F60B during the liberation of the Netherlands and this type was used by the postwar NL Army, too.

A Netherlands census entry for "Ford F60B motoraffuit 4 tl" - which stands for "Ford F60B motor gun carriage, 40-mm, anti air targets" - notes that fifty-three (53) were on strength on 1 November 1954. These may have come from later Canadian Military Aid (CMA) supplies as non were shown on strength on the stock taking dates 31 May 1948 and 5 April 1951, even though the photo below is dated 1951 and the Canadian Army left theirs behind in 1945.

The caption of this photo in the NL MoD image bank dated 1951 notes "this equipment was received as Canadian military aid and was assigned to 25 and 35 Light Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division".

Een Ford CMP (3 ton, 4x4) motoraffuit met Bofors 40 mm luchtdoelkanon. Datum: 1951
Deze motoraffuit is als Canadese militaire hulp ontvangen en was ingedeeld bij 25 en 35 Afdeling lichte luchtdoelartillerie.

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