http://members.lycos.co.uk/gceller57...dswacht-03.jpg
Hi David,
Here's another shot of the Soerakarta Stadswacht with the overvalwagen and two MS trooper trucks. There was another version of the MS trooper where the men sat in rows behind each other. Local conversions with beautiful wooden benches...
By the way, about recognising the wheels on the Braat overvalwagen type on this particular picture: Could it be a CMP chassis?
I have seen another picture of an overvalwagen (Stadswacht type) that seemed to have been put on a CMP chassis. I was doubting whether this was the case on this Braat AA vehicle.
But then the conversions to CMP chassis should have been done post-war, that is to say post 1945. The Dutch forces in Indonesia after 1945 had CMP's in abundance.
This particular vehicle was indeed pictured during the Indonesian Indep. War and not before 1942. That would also mean that if CMP (3-ton, 30cwt?) chassis were fitted later after 1945, they should have had the same wheelbase as the original (4x2?) chassis. Would that give us a clue to the original wheelbase/chassis type of 1940? Or am I competely out of touch here?
Nuyt