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Old 20-08-06, 16:56
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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.
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.
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