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06-04-03, 23:18
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Ford 3-Ton 4x4 F60B, 40mm AA, Self Propelled
I was hoping someone may be able to help me out. I am looking for information on this truck. Again I am planning another model, this one mounting the 40mm Bofors but I am finding info. scarce.
I have George Bradford's drawing and Canada's Fighting Vehicles book 1. Detail pictures and drawings would help out tremendously especially of the gun mount and extended cab layout. Thanks to all in advance. Sean sdunnage@sprint.ca 
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07-04-03, 13:39
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Bofors
I have two photos of Bofors just been assembled in England. There is also a lovely shot of a British truck with tarp covering which I have not seen otherwise in the Imperial War Museum, London, photo library.
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19-06-08, 11:18
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F60B Bofors query
In the front of the original and rebuilt F60B lorries were two circular discs...werer they counterweights because of the gun or (unlikely) wheels for the gun?
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19-06-08, 11:25
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Pads for levelling jacks maybe (theres a scissor jack type arrangement in the middle of the front)
Dave 
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19-06-08, 12:57
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Outrigger Pads
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19-06-08, 13:31
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Jacks
I am told that David Brown Engineering (as in Aston Martin, tractors..gears..) made the jacks!
Ta!!!! 
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#7
20-06-08, 12:03
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The Morris Commercial C9/B also used these jacks (with a similar but shorter, lower body to the F60B), and this pic shows the "Witches Hat" spacers used between the jacks and base plates.
On the F60B, these Witches Hats were taller to suit the higher deck height, but required holes in the sides to reduce the weight. They are visible in the F60B pic stowed inverted directly behind the cab.
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22-09-21, 21:43
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in use with postwar Dutch Army
Some pictures of the F60B in use with the postwar Dutch Army, taken in 1951 and 1952.
AKL046336.jpg AKL031504.jpg Source: Netherlands Institute for Military History (https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...f-cd331fcafb9c | https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...b-573cd3ef00be)
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02-11-21, 12:01
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Two more pics via Les Freathy:
8DA3AF78-AB07-45D2-889A-78590AC71FB8.jpg 49700781-0E20-4148-B3F3-8347481CC481.jpg
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#10
29-12-24, 22:26
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Ford F60B AA trucks parading in Leiden, the Netherlands on 8 June 1945.
Beeldnummer 200119.jpg Photo source: https://beeldbankwo2.nl/en/imagebank...a-d2d04b8421a5
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