Early CMPs in NW Europe - Page 2

Alex van de Wetering · #1 17-01-08, 11:12

This one has been discussed on the forum before, but it might good to post it in this thread, too.

Origanlly posted by Marco in this thread

Keppeln Germany:

Alex

Colin R · #2 17-01-08, 22:58

Anyone found a pic of a C8 wireless truck out there yet?

Alex van de Wetering · #3 15-02-08, 16:52

Gotcha!...Utrecht, The Netherlands 7 May 1945.

It's hard to see what type, but I think Chevrolet is the brand, judging from the brush guard/bumper.

source: www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl

Alex

Hanno Spoelstra · #4 18-02-08, 22:44

Some Cab 11/12's seen in Italy:

H.

Jacek Nitkiewicz · #5 07-04-15, 23:09

Is it C15 cab 12 tanker ?

Alex van de Wetering · #6 07-04-15, 23:15

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Is it C15 cab 12 tanker ?

To me it looks like an 8cwt Cab12. Going by the brush guard, it seems to be a Ford F8.
Interesting picture! Is that Jeep moving a 15cwt water trailer???

Alex

Jacek Nitkiewicz · #7 07-04-15, 23:25

Poor quality , it is photo from magazine "Parada" , polish version of "Parade" , nr 13 June 25th 1944, shows polish vehicles in May 1944 discharge ground close to Cassino , can't make photo any bigger.

Alex van de Wetering · #8 07-04-15, 23:55

Jacek, thanks. Lovely to see an F8 cab12 still in use in may 1944!

Hanno Spoelstra · #9 08-04-15, 10:03

Jacek, Alex, I moved your postings from In the background to here. Italy is not NW Europe, but Europe anyway, and I think it fits better in this thread with other ealry CMPs in use later on during WW2.

Hanno

Alex van de Wetering · #10 03-02-19, 22:12

Cab 12 in Utrecht, may 8th 1945

source: https://hetutrechtsarchief.nl

Alex van de Wetering · #11 11-03-19, 19:38

Cab 12 3 Tonner by the looks of it...

Normandy 11 August 1944. RASC trucks at Le Fresne-Camilly
source:https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ect/1060019739

Hanno Spoelstra · #12 15-10-19, 19:24

Holland 30.10.44

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/groups/8596...172568?sfns=mo

Alex van de Wetering · #13 28-10-19, 13:54

Italy.....maybe not North West Europe, but I wanted to share this anyway.

"BRITISH EIGHTH ARMY TROOPS CROSSING THE RIVER PO, BEYOND FERRARA, ITALY, 28 APRIL 1945"

source: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/i...ject/205189155

Alex van de Wetering · #14 17-11-19, 12:56

Leiden, Holland, may 1945...C30 LAAT cab12 and an F15A cab 12

source:https://youtu.be/-paX0Lz1xIc

Alex

Alex van de Wetering · #15 21-12-19, 13:25

Some more early CMP's in Rotterdam.

Water tanker. Hanno already posted this picture (Heemraadssingel Rotterdam) showing 2 early CMPs on page 1 of this thread, which he scanned from a book. The same picture now also appears on several locations on the web and honestly I don't know who has the rights for this picture. Anyway, the picture can be downloaded in reasonable quality, which makes it easier to zoom in on the water tanker.

The same truck appears one two more pictures attached. It seems it did loose it's cab doors during service.

Picture 1, 2, 3:
source: https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/bele...l-in-rotterdam

Picture 4 is a still from a movie from the Rotterdam archives:
https://collecties.stadsarchief.rotterdam.nl/

Any ideas about the house type trailer in the pictures? Back half of a Humber FWD ambulance made into a trailer??

Alex van de Wetering · #16 21-12-19, 13:34

More Rotterdam.
Stills from this movie:
http://in.beeldengeluid.nl/collectie...178/false/true

Two different early CMP's can clearly be seen in the movie, a cab 11 Ford F15A and a Cab 12 Chevrolet C15A. Both show the same modification to the roof....or rather the removal of the steel roof in favor of a canvas cover. I am guessing the roofs were removed in warm Italy and after the unit moved to Holland, the weather required a new cover???

Alex

Hanno Spoelstra · #17 21-12-19, 21:44

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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

More Rotterdam.
Stills from this movie:
http://in.beeldengeluid.nl/collectie...178/false/true

Two different early CMP's can clearly be seen in the movie, a cab 11 Ford F15A and a Cab 12 Chevrolet C15A. Both show the same modification to the roof....or rather the removal of the steel roof in favor of a canvas cover. I am guessing the roofs were removed in warm Italy and after the unit moved to Holland, the weather required a new cover???

Great finds, Alex. That footage shows a real hodge podge of vehicles, it seems most have been modified in some shape or form.

Here’s a roofless Cab 13 passing by. The tilt is modified as well.
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Ed Storey · #18 22-12-19, 02:49

The Canadians in Italy, especially 1st Division did get saddled with a lot of British 'left-overs' which had seen time in the Western Desert; so there is a good chance that some of the wheeled transport filmed in the Netherlands were real veterans.

Hanno Spoelstra · #19 16-01-20, 21:13

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Originally Posted by Ed Storey

The Canadians in Italy, especially 1st Division did get saddled with a lot of British 'left-overs' which had seen time in the Western Desert; so there is a good chance that some of the wheeled transport filmed in the Netherlands were real veterans.

Indeed, very likely. Add to that some of the fiercest fighting in NW Europe, and you're left with very worn-out vehicles.

H.