[David_Hayward (RIP)]

CheVroleT.

Hanno, the AIF could only have had CMPs that had been assembled in Alexandria from say January 1941. I cannot see that they brought any with them ifrom England in December '40 except for those sold to the British by the Canadians after assembly and then issued to the AIF (which is believed to have been the case but I have no definitve proof). There was I think at this stage no time for British-order trucks to have been assembled and shipped out with the AIF/NZEF to the Mid-East from England. It would appear that the vehicles shipped on to the Balkans must have been darn nearly brand new! The Germans had nice new, just run-in vehicles as a consquence I thought!