M38A1 CDN3 106mm recoilless rifle Garage find

[NORTH-SHORE(CANADA)]

Hi,
Do you have a pic of the jeep

[Paul Singleton]

Nice find! Too bad you didn't have the gun. Those jeeps certainly look intimidating!

The picture is from this site,

http://www.reno4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=22675

Paul

[rob love]

A small number of these were sold here in Manitoba. The windshield was not popular as it let the cold air in when driving in the fall/winter. It was common for guys to replace the windshield with a standard one and re-weld in the missing portion onto the back of the body. There were actually about a dozen windshields and the cut out back plates laying out in the local mil salvage yard.

The recoiless rifle jeeps were usually low mileage trucks. About the only real problem I saw with them when they were being sold was that most had their original engines (somewhat tired) whereas the normal M38A1s with around 35,000 miles usually had new replacement engines.

There is a collector on this site who has the recoiless rifle for his Jeep. Not something you would want to take offroading, but certainly makes for a nice display.

[servicepub (RIP)]

I have a 482 page PDF document from DND with 'some' information. Each line in this document covers a single vehicle. Not all CFR are represented, only those that remain in the DND system.
Insofar as the 106mm recoilless rifle is concerned, here is what the list includes.

[servicepub (RIP)]

What's a thread without photos?

42-36 M38A1CCDN3 Jeep with M40A1 106mm Recoiless Rifle. Courtesy Ed Storey


Courtesy CF Image Library


Courtesy CF Image Library


42-8 M38A1CCDN3 Jeep with M40A2 106mm Recoiless Rifle - rear right oblique view Government Conference Cent. Courtesy Ed Storey

[army brat]

WoW There it is 99853! It's official. Thanks for all your help guy's I really appriciate it. I'll have to find out where it went in it's life to get the correct markings for it when I get it finished.

Here are a couple of pic's in its former home, I'll get some more pictures as soon as I start to work on it
Thanks again for all the info

Mark

[Craig S.]

Hello army brat -

Well I had a look today for info on your find. Here's what I found:
1970 Truck Utility 1/4 Ton 4x4 CDN3 Willys M38A1CDN3 106mm Rcl Rifle
CFR#-08733
Serial No. 99853
ECC 121310
Original UIC 0113 CFB Borden
Acquired date 01 Jan 1970
ERN 30104
Holding unit history shows -
01 Jan 1970 to 31 Jan 1983, UIC 0105CFB/ASU Gagetown and
31 Jan 1983 to 26 June 1986, UIC 0113 CFB Borden
Modification history is listed as 2 mods completed but no description of what they were. Modification publication reference is 30-010-000/CF-002 and 30-010-000/CF-003
Completed Work Orders are shown for period between 30 Sept 1977 and 08 Nov 1983.
- 30 Sept 77, UIC 2208 ADM(Engineering and Maintenance) branch owned it, Gagetown UMG performed work, in for preventative maint.
- 30 Nov 77, UIC 2037 CTC HQ owned it, Gagetown UMG performed the work. 2104 miles and $17.00 in parts. In for corrective and preventative maint.
- 12 June 78, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, BMS Gagetown. 3504 miles and a whole $2.00 in parts. This particular corrective and preventative labour shows Trades 101,105,302 and 411 having performed the work. I'm only familiar with trade 411 as being the code for vehicle technicans. Unsure what the other codes are. Trade 101 is quite frequent in the other Work Orders as well.
- 16 Nov 78, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG. 4630 miles, $5.00 in parts and 9.0 hours preventative miant.
- 16 Nov 78, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, BMS Gagetown, 4627 miles and $38.00 in parts. 24.5 hours labor for this one. BMG and UMG it would seem at the time, performed some jobs the other didn’t(?) and vice-versa.
-16 Jan 79, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG, 4931 miles. In for 2.0 hrs Preventative maint.
- 07 June 79, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG, 5628 miles and $10.00 in parts. Both preventative and corrective maint.
- 27 Nov 79, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG, 6495 miles and $113.00 in parts. First modification listed at this time and it took 1.5 hrs by trade 101; the rest of the labour was preventative and corrective.
- 13 Feb 80, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG, 6566 miles and $68.00 in parts. Second modification was done by 411 in 2.0 hrs. Preventative and corrective maint followed.
- 18 Feb 81, UIC 0105 CFB/ASU Gagetown, Gagetown UMG, 7986 miles and $352.00 in parts. 10 hrs preventative and corrective maint by trades 101 and 411.
- 08 Nov 1983, UIC 1113 CFB Borden owned, Borden BMS worked on it. Went from 7986 miles to 26273 miles in the long period of time since the last Work Order record. Bet the Jeep didn’t know what hit it compared to previous travels. Only $49.00 in parts and 17.5 hrs labour.
That’s it for info on Work Order details.
VMO No. DP358790 for disposal cut 08 Feb 1987.
Disposed of 23 July 1987 in Serviceable condition for $1635.00.
Last holding notice dated 02 Feb 1988.

Now you’ve got some history on your new to you Jeep. Cheers,

Craig