Hi Lynn
I have absolutely no doubt that troops in the 4th Medium Battery nicknamed them Mk5's even the AWM occasionally got that wrong, but as Mike C will tell us they were never
officially called Mk5, either by International Harvester nor the Australian Army. Although when you read some unit diaries, they often got officially mentioned as Mk5 in the books even though its the wrong term.
It would be the same as calling your L1A1 an SLR, we all know what you mean.
The user handbook for an F5 (otherwise nicknamed a Mk5 wrecker)
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Originally Posted by Lynn Eades
...Anyhow when I was posted to Singapore in may 75 we (the kiwis) had 4x4 Inters, Ex the Australian forces, from when Australia withdrew.
I really don't recall what the 4x4s were called. I thought they were MkIIs.
What defined the Mk?
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The official terms for the 4x4 Inters were
Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2 Ton, GS, Aust. No.1, Mk ??? The original prototypes and in-service trials were Mk1 and Mk2 (Bruce Ps Mk2)
You can see the design origins from the CMPs
The first in-service production model was the Mk3 and saw service in Borneo and Vietnam, these were the ones with the fibreglass bonnets and fibreglass guards (similiar to the civilian AACO) Official terminology
Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2 Ton, GS, with winch, Aust. No.1, Mk3 (this is my Mk3 when I first got it)
This year is the 50th anniversary of the Mk3 entering Army service (1963)
The later 4x4 was the Mk4, has the same cab as the 6x6s "F1 cargo", "F2 dump" and "F5 Wrecker" and in fact many Mk3 got the Mk4 face when they were re-built after SVN. No Mk4 went to SVN. The cab on the Mk4 and 6x6s resembles the civilian butterbox ACCOs.
Truck, Cargo, 2 1/2 Ton, GS, with winch Aust. No.1, Mk4 This is a Gary C's Mk4
