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Old 31-08-06, 23:19
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Default Early CMPs in NW Europe

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This picture may have appeared before on this forum but it's worth another look, something here that connects both our interests Rick…………….. C15A 12 cab with round hip ring and a D60L………………. the picture is taken in Normandy 1944 and is IWM Ref 137301

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Old 01-09-06, 23:22
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Thanks Pete for posting the very interesting photo of the 12 cab with the hip ring.
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Old 29-11-06, 15:19
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This picture may have appeared before on this forum but it's worth another look, something here that connects both our interests Rick…………….. C15A 12 cab with round hip ring and a D60L………………. the picture is taken in Normandy 1944 and is IWM Ref 137301
Pete, excellent picture!

Found the picture below at http://beeldbank.zeeuwsebibliotheek.nl, it shows another Ford/Chev Cab 11/12 4x4 15-cwt truck in service in NW Europe. The picture was taken on 21 Nov 1944 at IJzendijke during the battle of the Scheldt. Credit: Public Archives of Canada, PA-41774.
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Old 20-12-06, 13:09
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This picture may have appeared before on this forum but it's worth another look, something here that connects both our interests Rick…………….. C15A 12 cab with round hip ring and a D60L………………. the picture is taken in Normandy 1944 and is IWM Ref 137301
Another 12 cab in Normandy, Pegasus Bridge.

What type is this? Tipper?

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Old 01-03-07, 15:10
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"A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944."


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Old 01-03-07, 15:50
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I hope that wasn't the soldiers head that cracked the window.

Anyway, great pictures as it is always nice to see the roofs of trucks.
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Old 01-03-07, 20:55
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"A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944."
Great to see an early CMP in action in NW Europe!

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Old 23-12-07, 15:04
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Default Canadian Army in Rotterdam

Here's a nice pic I found recently in a book on the city of Rotterdam during WW2. It shows the headquarters of a Canadian Army unit set up at the Heemraadssingel, Rotterdam, May 1945.

If you look closely you will see a myriad of interesting vehicles: C8A's (HUW?), Bedford QL, Cab 13 15-cwt, Chevrolet K-51 Panel Van, and two Cab 11 or 12 15-cwt's (one water tanker), showing those early CMPs did soldier on during the NW Europe campaign.

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Old 23-12-07, 18:33
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Here's a nice pic I found recently in a book on the city of Rotterdam during WW2
Ins't the vehicle at the right a dodge ?? (with the big star on the hood)
Kinda looks like a WC54...

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Old 23-12-07, 20:20
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Ins't the vehicle at the right a dodge ?? (with the big star on the hood)
Kinda looks like a WC54...
It is a Chevrolet K-51 wireless panel van. Based on the Chevrolet 4X4 1.5 ton chassis with dual wheels at the rear.
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Old 23-12-07, 20:27
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Ins't the vehicle at the right a dodge ?? (with the big star on the hood)
Kinda looks like a WC54...
Sam,

I included a close up of the Chevrolet K51 panel van. The box on the side is unique to this wireless truck.

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Old 23-12-07, 20:30
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If you look closely you will see a myriad of interesting vehicles: C8A's (HUW?), Bedford QL, Cab 13 15-cwt, Chevrolet K-51 Panel Van, and two Cab 11 or 12 15-cwt's (one water tanker), showing those early CMPs did soldier on during the NW Europe campaign.
Here's a closer (though not better) look of the 15-cwt CMP's.

The truck in the middle seems to be a 3-tonner GS with makeshift doors in the back.

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Old 25-12-07, 18:58
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It is a Chevrolet K-51
Thx Cliff, didn't know that.

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Old 26-12-07, 09:14
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Thx Cliff, didn't know that.
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If you look closely you will see a myriad of interesting vehicles: C8A's (HUW?), Bedford QL, Cab 13 15-cwt, Chevrolet K-51 Panel Van, and two Cab 11 or 12 15-cwt's (one water tanker)
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Old 26-12-07, 14:35
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Here is another picture of two cab 12's in Normandy. They are hard to see on this small picture from the IWM website, but it is published in full page format in one of the Heimdal books on the Normandy battle.

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Old 26-12-07, 16:11
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Default K51 Panel Van facts you might not know.

Chevrolet ran off a relatively small batch of the basic vans, maybe 4000 or so, 3,658 of which went to a sub-contractor to be converted to K51's. Hence the unconverted basic panel van is now rarer than the rare K 51. Erik Jostad has / had the nice basic van pictured.




All the K 51s came with a generator in a Ben Hur one ton two wheel trailer. All those generator trailers had a 7.50 x 20 spare slung under the back, because there was no room for one in the truck, thus the trailer carried the one spare wheel for the whole combination.

Some of the original van spare wheel mounts were torched off during the conversion and the cut ends are still on the K 51's, others were completely removed ( even the stub would be a big lump of metal to waste ) You can see from the van picture that the original spare was slung just where one of the large side boxes went.
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Old 27-12-07, 11:07
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A 8cwt Ford CO11 utility with British built body by Mullineror Stewart and Ardern, photo taken somewhere in Belgium could be Brussels
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Old 27-12-07, 21:12
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A 8cwt Ford CO11 utility with British built body by Mullineror Stewart and Ardern, photo taken somewhere in Belgium could be Brussels
Wow. Nice shot! Good to see that at least one of them made the jump over the channel.
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Old 28-12-07, 14:06
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Alex, Les,

Thanks to you both for adding those interesting pictures!

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Old 17-01-08, 11:12
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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:



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Old 17-01-08, 22:58
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Anyone found a pic of a C8 wireless truck out there yet?
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Old 15-02-08, 16:52
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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

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Old 18-02-08, 22:44
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Some Cab 11/12's seen in Italy:


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Old 19-02-08, 10:33
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A 8cwt Ford CO11 utility with British built body by Mullineror Stewart and Ardern, photo taken somewhere in Belgium could be Brussels
Looks like there's a couple more here (source: http://www.cegesoma.be):

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Scenes in Brussels. Little is seen of this British tank when the people of Brussels swarmed onto it as it passed through the liberated city, Taken by Sgt Midgley (September 1944)
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Old 19-02-08, 13:46
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Great picture! That shows that at least two vans made it to NWE.

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Old 21-02-08, 15:28
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WAH!!! still no C8 wireless trucks in NWE!!!
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I hope that wasn't the soldiers head that cracked the window.

Anyway, great pictures as it is always nice to see the roofs of trucks.
Had to be the passenger as the truck is right-hand drive. The driver had the steering wheel to hang on to. Rick
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Old 25-02-08, 10:34
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I had a chat with Dirk Leegwater a few weeks ago, about cab 12's in Dutch vehicle dumps in 1945. My father came across the picture attached in the book "De Jeep in Nederland". It shows the dump in Deelen and shows at least one Chev 15cwt cab12. It seems at least someone tried to keep the cab12 in action and replaced the window at some stage.
I also attached two enlarged segments of the same picture, which seem to show two other Cab 11,12's, although it is hard to see......it might also be two cab 13's with the windows open(?).

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Old 26-02-08, 05:44
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Wonder why half the trucks have a left headlight and half have a right. Probably some dreamworld instruction which said to remove a headlight to reduce the chance of being spotted at night! They obviously didn't do a good job and failed to say which light. I wonder how many head on collisions they had when oncoming drivers had to decide whether a truck had his centre light on or was actually in the middle of the road with his outside light on?
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Old 26-02-08, 14:48
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Wonder why half the trucks have a left headlight and half have a right. Probably some dreamworld instruction which said to remove a headlight to reduce the chance of being spotted at night! They obviously didn't do a good job and failed to say which light. I wonder how many head on collisions they had when oncoming drivers had to decide whether a truck had his centre light on or was actually in the middle of the road with his outside light on?
Good question Lang-

As I understand the reason for a single headlight dates to early in the war when Blackout night driving was the rule. Pattern 13 CMPs were supplied with a single headlight equipped with a black out cover. If vehicle was in British control area (Drive on the left) the headlight was installed in the left side headlight position, as I understand it to provide the minimal lighting to see the left verge of the road. When operating in a US Army area of control (drive on the right) the light would be installed in the right hand position again to give the drive the best light to keep to the right verge. At some point the Pattern 13 were supplied with two head lights. These were switch individually wired so that the one with black out cover had to be turned on first, and then the second switch turned on the clear light.

Once black out rules were lifted then I assume some of the earlier CMPs had a second head light installed. I have heard that once on the continent the rule was drive on the right. Some units may have changed over single head light to the right while others may have left it in the left position and removed the black out covers and kept the headlight in the right position the better to light the entire road.

Just to confuse things of about the clear headlight, they started black out headlights with covers with the swing cover door to make the lights more convertible.

My late `45 HUP has the two headlights and two switches with a blackout headlight mounted in the right position. Having driven my HUP on many blackout trail rides I have tried both sides for the black out head light and given the choice I sure the drivers mounted the black out headlight on the driver’s side. From personal experience I can tell you that when driving with black out lights they drove with the window shield either part open or full open the better to see the road. In tight/narrow road condition black out road speeds are low rarely out of second gear.

There is some great information about driving under blackout conditions I believe in the New Zealand archives, I try and find the link to it. Some really wonderful descriptions of blackout convoys in North Africa.
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