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Old 17-11-24, 21:50
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Default Truck, ½-ton, 4x2, Machine Gun (Ford 19C, modified)
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Originally Posted by nuyt View Post
About your picture on your website (see below) of the Ford/MH Machine gun truck in Dutch Surinam:

I found an article by JJ Nortier in Stabelan Magazine, saying that after Surinam Governor Kielstra complained to the Dutch govt in 1939 that he had no money and means to defend the colony, he received NLG 100.000 for which he bought six of these vehicles.

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Here's another photo of a Ford MGT Machine Gun Truck in Surinam, October 1941.

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Source: https://www.prinsesirenebrigade.nl/d...-antillen.html
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