As per Ian Phillips’ message on one of the FB groups:

“One of the innovations used to enhance the realism of the US Army's huge Louisiana Maneuvers of 1941 was the deployment of vehicles fitted with powerful loud-speakers which broadcast amplified "battle" sound effects...explosions, gunfire, the roar of vehicles and the squeak and clatter of tank tracks etc.

Here we see one such vehicle...a Chevrolet panel van with triple speakers mounted on its roof.

(LIFE / Kessel)”

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To chrome or not to chrome
 

I am restoring a 1941 11T ford truck and have aquired others as spares.
Some of the diecast trim items on the bonnet were chromed and painted all over with red undedrcoat then top colour , others are painted raw diecast.
Some grilles and side panels have holes for trim strips , some have only partial holes and the later ones have no holes at all.
All these bits are from 11T model trucks.

Lang’s Chevrolet panel truck, photographed at an event in France, see https://www.facebook.com/540843971/p...700118972/?d=n

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Some more photos of Lang's Chevrolet:

During the MLU @ Normandy 2019 meet-up: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=29851
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Photo taken in 2021 during the Il était une fois le Pas-de-Calais libéré - 36ème édition - read more here: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...d.php?p=281577
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1940 panel van Dodge
 

And this is it's sister vehicle, Mike O'sullivan's 1940 panel van Dodge:

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Ambulances
 

This Chevrolet Ambulance was donated by the USA to the Queen of the Netherlands on 21 May 1941 for use by Dutch troops in the UK.
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A survivor in the UK, owned by Chad Jellis in the UK:
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A period picture of a Chevrolet Ambulance, note the detail differences:
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This one is owned by Graham Lycett in the UK:
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