Re: [MV] RE new mil trucks and WW2 trucks

Geoff Winnington-Ball (whiskey@netwave.ca)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:30:37 -0400

CMP Vehicle Production:

8 cwt 4 x 2 - 9,837
Heavy Utility 4 x 4 - 12,967
15 cwt 4 x 2 - 34,195
15 cwt 4 x 4 - 69,227
30 cwt 4 x 4 - 19,319
60 cwt 4 x 2 - 6,000
60 cwt 4 x 4 - 209,004
F.A.T. 4 x 4 - 22,891
60 cwt 6 x 4 - 4,123
60 cwt 6 x 6 - 2,710

This doesn't include 306,357 vehicles in the class "Modified Conventional",
nor 50,241 armoured vehicles and 91,436 miscellaneous wartime military
production. Total 857,970.

We did our bit too!

FYI.

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Regards,

Geoff Winnington-Ball MAPLE LEAF UP! ==> Zephyr, Ontario, Canada ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maple Leaf Up - The Canadian Army Overseas in WW2 http://jump.to/mapleleafup ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Richard Notton wrote:

> In deference to the good Doctor, there is a trifling little problem with > "won". > > Perhaps we should remember the contribution of 800,000 odd CMP vehicles, > Australian built trucks and many hundreds of thousand British trucks > too, substantial numbers of which fought and were lost before CCKW > production started. > > For example in the 15cwt class of which the Bedford MWD, Morris > Commercial C8/CS8 and WOT2's are typical - some 230,000 > > 30cwt and 2 ton, Austin K30, Bedford OXD, MSC, Commer Q2, MC CS11/CDF > etc., some 20,000. > > 3 ton 4x2 and 4x4, like Commer Q4, Bedford OYC, Leyland Lynx WDZ1, > Albion FN11, Austin K5/ZD ZK ZT, Bedford QLD etc., some 450,000 > vehicles.

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