RCEME signs

[florprien]

Hello: i´m restorating a truck to carry my Canadian T16 carrier. I want to paint it with the emblems of the maintenance echelon, I believe that it is the RCEME, it is correct?. I attached a graph with the units of the division, can you let my know which is the correct one. thanks. best regards

[servicepub (RIP)]

Originally Posted by florprien

Hello: i´m restorating a truck to carry my Canadian T16 carrier. I want to paint it with the emblems of the maintenance echelon, I believe that it is the RCEME, it is correct?. I attached a graph with the units of the division, can you let my know which is the correct one. thanks. best regards

The Blue/Yellow/Red identifies RCEME

[Ed Storey]

Where did you get the organization chart with the tactical signs?

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by florprien

Hello: i´m restorating a truck to carry my Canadian T16 carrier. I want to paint it with the emblems of the maintenance echelon, I believe that it is the RCEME, it is correct?. I attached a graph with the units of the division, can you let my know which is the correct one. thanks. best regards

If I read your earlier post correctly, your T16 carrier is in the markings of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), the machine gun battalion of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

As pointed out by Clive, the RCEME background colours were Blue/Yellow/Red and you would have to have the serial ‘64' in white centred on these colours to depict your truck as belonging to the Cameron Highlanders ’maintenance echelon’, which was No. 6 Light Aid Detachment (Type B), RCEME.

Cheers

[florprien]

I´m very grateful for your help, Yes mark, i have a cameron highlander t16, so i put the "64" in the blue/yellow/red signal. Best regards

[florprien]

Originally Posted by Mark W. Tonner

If I read your earlier post correctly, your T16 carrier is in the markings of the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa (MG), the machine gun battalion of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division.

As pointed out by Clive, the RCEME background colours were Blue/Yellow/Red and you would have to have the serial ‘64' in white centred on these colours to depict your truck as belonging to the Cameron Highlanders ’maintenance echelon’, which was No. 6 Light Aid Detachment (Type B), RCEME.

Cheers

Hello Mark: It is clear that you have big knowledge of the topic. Do you know in what models of trucks the damaged carrier were transported? I have the problem that here in argentine the big trucks of the commonwealth did not come, the bigger WW2 canadian´s truck that i can find here are CWT 15 ford Canadian or chevrolet Canadian. I believe that this truks (even the F60L) are too little to carry my carrier. What do you think about this?. On monday I will be going to check a GMC cckw 353, with the intention of buying it . Already I have asked in the forum and Ed storey response to me that Canada did not have gmc in service during WW2. But It is possible that the 6 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME, have used some gmc, in some special circumstance?. this way i can to paint my GMC Like Canadian truck too. thanks again. best regards.

[Mark W. Tonner]

Originally Posted by florprien

Do you know in what models of trucks the damaged carrier were transported? I have the problem that here in argentine the big trucks of the commonwealth did not come, the bigger WW2 canadiańs truck that i can find here are CWT 15 ford Canadian or chevrolet Canadian. I believe that this truks (even the F60L) are too little to carry my carrier. What do you think about this?.

This is the breakdown of load carrying transport that was available to:

- the Infantry Troops Workshop, RCEME - the Workshop headquarters had one Trailer, 6 wheel, 7-Ton, Light Recovery and the Workshop overall had seventeen Lorry, 3-Ton, General Service

- the Infantry Brigade Workshop, RCEME - the Recovery Section had two Trailer, 6 wheel, 7-Ton, Light Recovery for the transporting of universal carriers and other light tracked or wheeled vehicles to repair areas and the Workshop overall had twenty Lorry, 3-Ton, General Service

- No. 6 Light Aid Detachment (Type B), RCEME had one Lorry, 3-Ton, General Service

Originally Posted by florprien

On monday I will be going to check a GMC cckw 353, with the intention of buying it . Already I have asked in the forum and Ed storey response to me that Canada did not have gmc in service during WW2. But It is possible that the 6 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME, have used some gmc, in some special circumstance?. this way i can to paint my GMC Like Canadian truck too. thanks again. best regards.

As Ed pointed out earlier, the GMC cckw 353 was not used by the Canadian Army, so No, even in a special circumstance, one would not have been used by No. 6 Light Aid Detachment, RCEME.

Cheers

[Ed Storey]

Just to give you an example, this is a recovery combination being used in Canada in the spring of 1945 during Exercise Eskimo. In this case a Diamond T Wrecker is recovering an Armoured Snowmobile on a 7-ton Light Recovery Trailer. As Mark stated within the Brigade workshop in NWE, a 3-ton CMP with this Trailer combination would have been used to recover the T16.


This image is from a 1945 report on the Exercise.

As I told you and as Mark confirmed, the Canadian Army did not use the CCKW 353 in 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. Save your money and starting looking to purchase a CMP 3-ton and 7-ton Light recovery combination....

I am still curious as to where you got the tactical signs organization chart that started this thread.

[florprien]

Hello Ed: thanks for your help. you are very polite.It´s very difficult to me to find info here in argentine, so i need a Canadian friends to make good my work. i have a quite good pics of my t16, but i can´t attach it since are very heavy!.
About the truck, unfortunely, since is almost impossible to find the right combination 3 ton cwp - 7 ton trailer, i will buy the cckw, and make an historic mistake, painting it as canadian.
Probably a good Samaritan American gave his gmc to a Canadian comrade!!
All is possible!
About the tactical signs, i don´t remember who send me it, but was a MLU member of the carrier forum. i will find into my mail, but since this guy sent to me the graph more than 3 years ago, it´s almost impossible that i find it!
Maybe Geoff can help. Best regards