Free French mix...

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Phil, here's an idea for your Pattern 12 C60L!

From: missing-lynx.com > Free Fench mix... "Chevrolet Canadian C30 or Ford F 30 and pack 38, only one in Cyrenaique".

[Attilio]

[moderator´s note: postings below were originally in another thread; these were merged with the first one to keep material on this subject together]

I have found a pic of a German 5 cm PAK AT gun mounted on the rear of a truck.
What is the truck.

Is a German or an captured allied vehicle?

Thanks

[cliff]

It is a captured CMP 3 tonner.

Cheers
Cliff

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Attilio
Is a German or an captured allied vehicle?

Attilio, see Free French mix.... I understand it is a Free French C60L named "La Revanche", fitted with a captured German PaK. So not a CMP truck captured by the Germans, but a gun captured by the French.

H.

[Attilio]

Where was used this truck?
Bir Hacheim?

Thanks

[AKosion]

Attilio,

"La Revanche" was part of the Free French 1st Independent Tank Company (1re Compagnie Autonome de chars de combat), which combined with the Moroccan Spahis "Field Regiment" (Regiment de Marche de Spahis Maroccains) to form the "Free French Flying Column". This formation functioned as a quasi-independent flank guard/pursuit force for the 8th Army from Alamein on, and was incorporated into the Free French 2nd Armoured Division after the fighting in Tunisia finished.
The 5cm PaK on the Revanche was probably captured at Alamein or early in the pursuit. They certainly kept her until Tunisia.
The Free French had an amazing array of such improvised weapons. If you take into account Leclerc's independent "Force L", they mounted anything from 4.5" howitzers to 40mm Bofors to 75mm French field guns on trucks, not to mention upgunning their Marmon-Herringtons with 25mm French ATGs. An amazingly colourful bunch.
I'm attaching another view of the Revanche- sadly I cannot remember where I got the photo.
Happy New Year!

Aris Kosionidis

[Attilio]

Thanks! very useful informations

Attilio

[Attilio]

There is any pics of gun portee of the Free French libre in North Africa?

Thanks

Attilio

[Phil Waterman]

When this thread was first posted I knew I had a picture I snapped off the TV from a program about Rommel.