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Old 04-05-09, 17:45
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I am amazed that the 2-pdr Portee had survived in service that long! In the UK by 1944 we had sold/transferred/donated a number to New Zealand, or converted themn to [3-ton?] G/S trucks or 17-pounder tractors. Would that example have been rebuilt to a tractor?
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