some new ww2 aussie vehicle recovery photos from north africa unearthed

[Wayne Henderson]

Thanks for sharing your photos.
As Bruce noted the sheild and firing platform both missing from the 25.
The tank is a Mk2.
I have been searching for a photo of the chev "Indian patten" truck and now know what the rear tray would have looked like, bloody ugly.

[Kuno]

I see! The Aussies took away all those wrecks I am desperately searching for in the desert!!!! Great pics!

[kiwiquad]

i wish i went on your trip ! ill order a copy of the book soon,there would have been plenty to find if it werent for the 2/4 AUST ARMY FLD W/SHPS work,i missed the docco.. mike

Originally Posted by Kuno

I see! The Aussies took away all those wrecks I am desperately searching for in the desert!!!! Great pics!

[Phil Waterman]

Mike these are simply great photos, thanks ever so much for sharing them and adding them to common knowledge about CMPs.

Cheers Phil

[maple_leaf_eh]

Recovery after the battle is one of those misc. tasks that is written in the books. As long as the area is reasonably safe, smart armies send out salvage parties. Besides looking for bodies and signs of missing soldiers, a lot of valuable equipment can be gathered for reuse or recycling back into the supply chain. What the Germans lost in Eastern Europe, you can bet the Russians put to good use one way or another.

An old shooter friend talked about recovering Shermans in Italy to reuse the final drives. He never sent his men into burnt tanks because he didn't want them also to live with what he'd seen and found. In Normandy, Maj "Rad" Radley Walters (Sherbrooke Fusilier Regt) made all his replacement crews do battle runs on German hulks to refine their combat shooting to his satisfaction.

[Kuno]

Originally Posted by kiwiquad

i wish i went on your trip ! ill order a copy of the book soon,there would have been plenty to find if it werent for the 2/4 AUST ARMY FLD W/SHPS work,i missed the docco.. mike

Mike; Brenda is ready to send you a copy at any time

[Mike K]

Scanned from the Vanderveen bible 1972 edition

Looks like the truck

Mike

[Bob McNeill]

The water truck is very similar to the one 2/9th Field Reg used in the middle east. Like the 7 ton recovery trailer the chev is almost on.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Bob McNeill

The water truck is very similar to the one 2/9th Field Reg used in the middle east.

This truck is a Ford MCP, while KiwiQuad's first pic is a Chev, but the rear bodies are the same. Even thought it was the identical same truck at first!

[Justin Pollard]

Awesome pics Mike,
Thanks for taking the time to post them.

Justin.

[kiwiquad]

thanks for all the comments on the photos i uploaded for you all to see also the details on the vehicles. ill endeavor to put more up over the week. mike

[kiwiquad]

you can imagine driving on this with no end in site following the trails of wreckage