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Originally posted by Gordon Yeo
When Marshell brought it out the first year it was something of a mystery until an old artillery guy said their unit had one with the same long cargo box and loved the extra storage space.
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According Fred Crismon's
U.S. Military Wheeled Vehicles, the XM283 was tested in 1952. Apparently, the Canadian Army tested a few too. I does not seem to have gone into quantity production.
If the one on display at CC5 is really one of those six built in Canada, it is one heck of a rare truck.
H.