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Originally posted by David_Hayward
The MCC truck looks as though it was a rebuild by Morris Commercial Cars Limited in late 1943, about the time that MCC rebuilt C/8P Predictors, AT Portees and Gun Tractors to 17-pounder tractors.
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C/8P Predictors could be a Morris C/8 rebuilt as Predictor platform (P = Predictor?). Operated in pair with a C/8B (B = Bofors?).
On your 1943 and 1944 photos you can see the outriggers and jacks swung in under the floor (is it called so?) between the wheels.
Except in emergencies the SP trucks were allways secured to the ground with these outriggers and jacks (see attached photo of a Morris SP Bofors).
So I think that when there were enough trucks available the Predictors were put on a truck platform ready for use instead of beeing transported in crates on a trailer.