Markings for M152 early years

[Michael Poole]

I looking for pictures of M152's early years. Does the serial number go on both sides of hood and on rear door

[rob love]

To the best of my knowledge, the Canadian Army Registration Number (CAR) (later re-named the Cdn Forces Registration or CFR) would have gone on the doors. With the spare tire in the way, it may have been located on the hood.

I have not seen occurrences of it on the back. There were commercial plates early on.

As for markings, I did provide an electronic copy of the 1947 manual of Cdn markings to a number of MLUers. It was on my last (now expired) computer, but I am sure if you ask others on here will have it. Actually, come to think of it, I emailed it to myself, so I could recover it from my inbox if you would like a copy.

[Jes Andersen]

I've been looking for the link to J D Baillie's pages on M152 CDNs but can't come up with a good link. He had one himself and its currently in the Ashton Armouries museum collection in Victoria. JD had collected a lot of pictures of these trucks and built up a web site with them. I recall seeing the CAR/CFR numbers stencilled above the door on the roof just above the rain gutter. In my years around these, from 1970 to the late '70s when they were disposed of, I cannot recall any numbers being painted on the side of the hoods.
I don't recall any other markings at the time and some trucks had none.

I'll post up the link if I can find it.

[Jes Andersen]

After searching all over, for most of last evening, it appears that the M152 site is no longer up. Sad, because it contained a substantial number of pictures of current M152s and some of them in service throughout the years. JD lives in Victoria and maybe someone from the Ashton Armouries will have a contact for him. These pictures should be out there somewhere.

Edit:

I had a quick look at Clive Laws's Ramtank site and under the M37 listings, down at the bottom are a couple of pictures of M152s. One shows the drivers side with the CAR stencilled rear of the drivers door above the compartment door. It would have been nice to see all JD Ballie's M152 pictures added on this site for safekeeping.

Here is the link: http://www.ramtank.ca/m37list.htm Acknowledgements for photos are listed on the bottom of the main page.

[super dave]

Passenger side on door and driver side above door.

[Robert Bergeron]

Dave ! Snow already near Villeneuve Alberta ?

[rob love]

In accordance with the Vehicle Markings Manual, the DND number was to be located on each door six inches below the window. Since there was a spare tire in the way on the M152 on the drivers side, the number would end up in an alternate position on that side. I would suggest that since the manual did not specify an alternate, so apparently it may have been up to the unit or the individual driver.

DND NUMBERS

6. (a) DND vehicle numbers will be painted on all vehicles. They will be painted on both doors of the driver’s compartment, six inches below the
window. In the case of vehicles not having doors, they will be centrally located on the sides of the body. On motorcycles the DND number will be
placed on top of the petrol tank in rear of filler cap. On vehicles such as AFV’s, the UND number will be centrally located on the sides and rear.

On staff cars, the number will be located in the driver’s compartment in the centre of the instrument panel below the windshield wiper control
button. If there is insufficient space, the number will be placed to the right of the button.

(b) The DND number will be painted in white except on those vehicles which, under CAO 211-1 dated 13 Oct., 47, are painted yellow,
in which case the DND number will be painted in black. Each number will be 2 inches high, 1-1/4 inches wide and 1/4 inch thick.
A reduction in dimensions is permissible in the case of staff cars, cars 5-cwt and motorcycles.

(c) Vehicle classification letters and abbreviated unit or Corps titles will NOT be painted on doors.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Dave ! Snow already near Villeneuve Alberta ?

Not yet but not to far from now either