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Originally posted by David_Hayward
I wonder whether this was one of the F15s taken to France in June 1940 post-Dunkirk and then left behind by the Canadians? This is a sad picture if it is....brand new trucks assembled in Southampton, delivered to the 1st Division and then left behind after a pointless attempt. Any thoughts anyone please? I always thought that these 50 trucks were welcomed by the Wehrmacht as a nice gift. Possibly rebuilt/repaired in Ford, Antwerp, Rotterdam or Poissy?
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David, although we extensively discussed this in the thread
CMPs first used in action: June 1940, France, there are still a lot of questions to be answered. Could it be possible the 50+ F15s left behind in France were rebuilt and then shipped out to the Afrika Korps?
However, the truck in question has the welded steel 2B1 body, introduced late in 1940. So this F15 could not have been captured in France.
As we can safely assume all CMP F15 4x2 trucks captured in France had the 2A1 15-cwt GS cargo body of bolted wood construction (which was very similar to the GS body on contemporary British 4x2 15-cwt trucks such as the Bedford MW), all we have to do now is to find pictures of them in German use...
H.