CMP ID and Abbreviations?

[john piercey]

Hi guys can anyone point me to an old post or thread maybe? or may like to start one with regards to all the different terminolgy used on CMP or even other vehicles eg GMC cckw.
Cab pattern 11,12,13?what are the obvious differences?,what,s a FAT,-HUP,-C60 etc seems CMP vehicles have a large number of shortened up terms ,it makes it difficult for me to follow what everything is when im reading all the restoration posts,occasionaly i see someone use the full description and have gleaned some insight from this ,but still seems to be plenty i dont know of.
LWB -SWB,LRDG etc are well known meanings and some are semi self explanatory like Dodge wc57 (weapons carrier) i presume.
Australia has its fair share of CMP stuff but most people know of them mostly as a Chev or Ford Blitz,or commonly known as a bren gun carrier rather than universal carrier (joe public) im referring to here.
An A to Z list would be good just for interests sake ,i realise this could turn in to a monumental task though unless it has already been done.
Cheers John

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Hello John,

Welcome to MLU!

All good questions and I think very viable for those who are new to the subject of CMPs or has not been immersed in it daily like so many members here.

To give you a start, try reading http://www.mapleleafup.net/vehicles/index.html
Those pages were written by MLU's founder, Geoff Winnington-Ball. He's no longer with us, but still he left his traces so we can follow up in his footsteps.
With that basis, you can start searching on this forum for more information on each of the sub-items.
By the time you've done that, I'm sure you will have gotten other pointers from the MLU membership.

All for now,
HTH,
Hanno

[cletrac (RIP)]

Here's a few pages from Military Vehicle Profiles that might help.

[john piercey]

Hanno and Dave,thanks guys ,just what i was looking for.
I have had a quick look at what you have shown me and i must say that i am pretty impressed at what Geoff and others have put together,i will probably have a few hours worth of reading etc tonight.
pattern 12 now makes sense to me as i have heard people over here only refer to them as "monkeyface" blitz,is that also common to describe them as that elsewhere in the world or only something localised here in the penal colonies, FAT also now makes sense ,im sure with further reading other codes and designations will become clearer to me.
Thanks muchly.
john
PS HAPPY NEW YEAR

[chrisgrove]

Hi John
I think you will find that 'monkeyface' is a term generally only used down under (though probably understood elsewhere) and refers to both Cab 11 and Cab 12 which were pretty similar. Happy to be corrected by those more knowledgeable than me.
Chris

[john piercey]

Chris,i thought it may be just an Aussie thing,cheers John