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Old 14-07-06, 13:38
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Default Belgian Levacq trailer (was: Trailer ID: British 10-cwt?)

Can anyone identify this trailer? Looks a bit like a British 10-cwt trailer to me.

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Old 14-07-06, 16:06
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This is what I had in mind: Trailer, 2 Wheeled, 10-cwt, GS, No 2 (yes, I know it is a scale model, but it's the only pic I could find).

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Old 15-04-08, 21:01
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Didn't the Belgium army copied the british 10-cwt GS trailer. I've seen those before. The owner didn't respond to my e-mail

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Old 15-04-08, 21:21
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Arjan,

I did get a responce from the seller a few weeks ago. "trailers are sold" was the reaction. No response whatsoever of a possible build date, manufacturer or background info about these belgian trailers.
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Old 15-04-08, 21:22
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Yes, that is indeed the trailer the Belgian Army has been using for about 25 years.
Although I see them nearly every day I have no idea who the manufacturer is, not do I know the exact DoD.

It is not a WW2 British made trailer

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Old 28-07-08, 17:35
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Yes, that is indeed the trailer the Belgian Army has been using for about 25 years.
Although I see them nearly every day I have no idea who the manufacturer is, not do I know the exact DoD.

It is not a WW2 British made trailer
Thanks for the confirmation, Johan!

I just found one of these trailers for sale at http://www.military1.be/ where it is captioned "Levacq 1953". This might give you a clue re. the manufacturer and year of delivery.

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Old 24-11-09, 21:25
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Here is a period picture of this type of trailer in Belgian Army service.

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Old 02-12-09, 15:05
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Here is a period picture of this type of trailer in Belgian Army service.
That Belgian trailer looks much larger than the 10-cwt. Compare with this picture of a half track with British 1-ton trailer (source).
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I just found one of these trailers for sale at http://www.military1.be/ where it is captioned "Levacq 1953". This might give you a clue re. the manufacturer and year of delivery.
Turns out there are two types of Levacq trailer. One much like the British 10-cwt...

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Old 28-05-21, 14:28
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... and a 1-ton one, basically the same configuration but beefed up slightly. Note the side bars added to the draw bar, for example.

Not sure if this is actually a slightly scaled up version of the one above, or just a later version which was beefed up. I do know the tow bar is slightly wider and higher than the British 10-cwt version.

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