From: Rick v100 (rickv100@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Mar 09 2005 - 17:07:01 PST
Probably most production was slated for the Pacific
and the shores of the Normandy beaches did not require
the tractor treads that crawling over the beaches and
coral heads of the Pacific would.
Rick
--- 42Ford GPW <ilovejeeps@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Question: Why weren't these considered for use in
> the Normandy landings on
> D-Day ??
>
>
>
> Mike Curtis
> 1942 GPW(2) 1943 WC-52
> 1942 MB 1943 WC-56
> 1944 MB 1951 M37
> 1951 M38 1963 M37-B1
> 1955 M38-A1 1968 M35-A2
> 1972 M151-A2
> 1942 OPEN CAB LWB CCKW
> 1942 Closed Cab LWB CCKW
> 1942 M3 Halftrack
> FORD GPW SPARE PARTS/BOXES/TAGS, ETC.
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "Nigel Hay -MILWEB" <Nigel@milweb.net>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: [MV] LVT Aligator
> >Date: Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:03:22 +0100
> >
> >Saw this on E Bay (item 6950459562 )
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=280&item=6950459562
> >&rd=1
> >
> >lovely picture.....
> >
> >
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