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

Steven P. Allen (spallen@rolemail.ccis.edu)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:14:01 -0500

Very true, both of you. To forget these vehicles and their contribution is
a grave injustice. The original point remains, indeed, is reinforced: the
war was won primarily with vehicles little if any modified from their
civilian progenitors.

Steve Allen

At 05:30 PM 4/19/99 -0400, Geoff Winnington-Ball wrote:
>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.
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Geoff Winnington-Ball
>MAPLE LEAF UP! ==>
>Zephyr, Ontario, Canada
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>
>
>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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