Captured Bedford MW

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here's a picture of a Bedford MW (3rd down the line) in use with the German Army in Norway. I wonder if it has seen any sort of modification?


Source: http://www.arcticwar.com/ > Photo Album > Sites in Norway and Finland
Caption: Convoy 22 June 1941. This unique photograph taken by Oberleutnant (lieutenant) Hans Brandner of the 2nd Mountain Division staff shows the start of the drive towards the east. The photograph was taken in the wee morning hours of 22 June 1941 on the road between Norwegian Kirkenes and Finnish (now Russian) Petsamo.
Photo: Hans Brandner

[Rolf S. Ask]

that site.
And, guess there are more commonwelath stuff brought to Norway by the Whermacht than we knows....
and even more litter left behind to rot in the Norwegian mountains...

also look at: http://home.no.net/angrc9/index.htm

Another greate site wich are in to radios, but many interessting vehicle pictures, but havn't found any of Cwealth vehicles yet.



Rolf

[Rolf S. Ask]

used by the whermacht in Norway

Source: http://land.heim.at/podersdorf/22099...3besatzung.htm

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Rolf S. Ask
that site.
And, guess there are more commonwelath stuff brought to Norway by the Whermacht than we knows....

See Norway during WW2 for a picture captioned ´Note that the Germans have captured American trucks´. Can anyone see what make they are?


Source: http://www.nuav.net/heer4.html

[cliff]

truck on the right showing just the nose and cab looks like a GMC-ACK. these are the ones just before the WW2 GMC-CCKW's. the other one is difficult but looks about 1935 model dur to shape of the grill

[Bill Murray]

Evening Hanno and all:

Hanno, in your first pic, the lead car is a 1939/1940 Mercury, probably a 1939. The second car is an Adler3Gd

In the other pic, the bad quality one, the truck lengthwise in the background is, in my opinion, a 1937 Ford 1.5 tonner. To it's right is either a Chev or Oldsmobile of 1940 and the closest vehicle I believe to be a Volvo.

All three makes plus the aforementioned Fargo were relatively common in Norway from the late 1930s although in not very large numbers. All would have had cabs made either in Sweden or Norway and most likely the bodies were made in Norway.
Bill

[Hanno Spoelstra]

And another captured Bedford:

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
And another captured

Bedford OXD 30 cwt

Richard

[nuyt]

click on the picture to zoom in, below lef t is the Bedford
http://kc.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/in...etail=1.396699
See also The Overvalwagen Forum for this link and searchtips!
http://www.network54.com/Forum/330333
Enjoy,
Nuyt

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Lang
Not really Morris but one for Hanno to put in correct thread. Captured Dutch Scout car used by Japanese in Timor.

Thanks Lang, I've done what you've asked and moved it to the correct thread.

To help honing your recognition skills, here's another captured Bedford MW. This is really an early vehicle, not only recognisable by the two aero screens, but mostly by the two headlights. From chassis no. 10714 (late 1940) MW's were fitted with a bridge loading disc covering the right-hand headlight aperture.

Keep those pictures coming, Lang!

H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

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H.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Bedford MW, waiting to be picked off the Dunkirk beach and made ready for its next leash of life.

Source: Ebay

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by ericnuyt
click on the picture to zoom in, below lef t is the Bedford
http://kc.nederlandsfotomuseum.nl/in...etail=1.396699

Here's a zoomed-in screenshot of that re-captured Bedford.

Picture was taken at the Maileveld, The Hague, May 1945.

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

If that's a GMC ACK-353 say, i.e. 4 x 4 or AC-xxx, then there are two possibilities as to how the Heer got hold of it. There were French deliveries before the fall that resulted in GMCs falling into the German hands, but we know that 4x2 GMCs were exported after war broke out to the Kobenhaven Plant and thence to Norway. Just before the time that the photos were taken the Royal Navy had seized a ship with GMCs and Chevrolets bound for then-neutral Denmark, although most of the vehicles were destined for onward transmission to Norway and Sweden.