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05-11-03, 17:34

Tony Smith Tony Smith is offline

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According to Brendan O'Carrol's book "The Kiwi Scorpions", when the Long Range Patrol (Forerunner to LRDG) was formed, 14 of these trucks were obtained from the Egyptian Army and 19 "From a branch of General Motors in Alexandria". Perhaps these were "Egyptian pattern" trucks?

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