Sexton GPO project

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Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Terry, the "T" prefix on this GPO is indeed a bit "surprising" (This was also noticed by KevinT on the WW2talk), as the normal prefix for a Sexton would be CS or S. Most likely the prefix "T" was used as this Sexton GPO has no gun, and was therefor marked as a "normal" tracked vehicle.

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As I started my posting, I'm reading one source. The author has a little table of letter prefixes and their application. As we know, not every publication is correct and end-to-end consistent. A tracked armoured observation vehicle is neither fish or fowl.

A Ambulance
C Motorbike
F Heavy Engineering Vehicle
H Armoured Car
H Tractor or articulated lorry
L Lorry over one ton
M Light Car, ie Jeep
P Amphibious Vehicle
S Self Propelled Gun
T Tank or Bren Carrier (his spelling and model name choice)
V Van (RASC)
X Vehicle towing a lorry
Z Small lorry