Vehicle ID Please

[David Dunlop]

This is apparently a scrap yard in Hamburg, Germany in 1958.

Can anyone ID the vehicle top centre of the pile with the canvas tilt framework attached?


David

[Jordan Baker]

I believe that is a Loyd Carrier

[Jakko Westerbeke]

It is indeed a Loyd Carrier:

[Ed Storey]

That is an interesting photograph for two reasons; first, I did not know that the Lloyd Carrier was used until the late 1950s and second, it was taken at the same time that the Canadian Brigade stationed in Northern Germany was also disposing of its' Universal Carriers.

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[rob love]

And your photo is also interesting Ed. It looks like a m62 wrecker with non-us pattern tires, and a carrier with the domestic dnd numbering system. Did they use that system in Germany post war?
I did not know you could lift a carrier evenly using just two sling points.

[Ed Storey]

I certainly would not try that two point lift at home! Yes, the M62 Wreckers replaced the wartime Diamond T Wreckers being used by the Canadian Brigade in Northern Germany in the mid-1950s. In Germany, the new M-Series vehicles used what is now the CFR system while the older wartime vehicles all employed the domestic DND numbering system.

Of course you have to keep in mind that at the same time any RCAF M-Series vehicles used the RCAF vehicle registration system.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Ed Storey

That is an interesting photograph for two reasons; first, I did not know that the Lloyd Carrier was used until the late 1950s and second, it was taken at the same time that the Canadian Brigade stationed in Northern Germany was also disposing of its' Universal Carriers.

The ones in these well known photos taken at a scrapyard in Hamburg are British. But it would not surprise me if the Canadian Army disposed of their surplus equipment in Germany in the same way.