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Originally Posted by Keith Webb
Excellent images, thanks for sharing them Peter.
I think the FATs in the lower picture may all be Morris...the one facing certainly is and the front hubs don't look CMP.
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Hi Keith. After having another look at my higher resolution scans of these, I think you are correct in that they are Morris Mk.II 'Beetle back' FATs, as the two roof mounted ventilators can just be made out. The nose of the bodies also appear to be Morris rather than CMP's.
I did some further 'digging' in my archives for information on 6th Field Regiment's vehicles pre-Greece, and found they were issued 36 Morris FAT's just before they embarked for Greece. Needless to say, none of these made it back to Egypt!
Post Greece, the Western desert, Tunisia then Italy, they all appear to be CMP based vehicles.
Cheers,
Pete M.
