The decals were applied to guns and trucks, and just about anything else you can think of.
The Inglis hipowers had them on the front grip.
A friend bought a Dodge APT near Regina and when he pressure washed the orange paint, there was a lend lease decal on the hood.
As to 25 pdrs etc to China, many orders to China did not get filled due to the likelihood the goods would not make it there. The Inglis hipower order from 1944 had to be cut short for this reason. You will still find the odd Mandarin Script hipower in Canadian service.
All stens after around 11L3--- serial block were also marked for Chinese service. However, they also languished in Cdn service until the end of the Sten era in the late 60s. Earlier batches did make it over however, and Cdn made (Chinese marked) stens were captured from Chinese soldiers in Korea.
Last edited by rob love; 25-10-14 at 21:53.
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