Whats a DF and DL

[rob love]

The nice translation is "damn fool". Not sure if they used "Dumb FXXX" back in the day. We did use that in this day and age wrt some of the things drivers did, such as nailing a pice of cardboard to a radiator for a winter shroud.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here´s a booklet for Bedford drivers, apparently they were Bloody F00£$?!?

H.

[Grant Bowker]

A format similar to the one shown above for the Bedford appears in the Operation and Maintenance manual for the Otter Armoured Car.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

The Fox manual has the same section for 'dumb drivers' only they say it's for "S.B." 's which is either "Stupid Bastards" or "Son's [of] Bitches"

[Grant Bowker]

DL = dopey lump, dumb lout, dead loss, didn't learn .... plus a plethora of other possibilities.

[rob love]

From the Bren Carrier Maint manual:

"You might ask what a D. F. is, but why should we tell you, you have a sergeant of your own, let him tell you"

[Daniel Treasure]

A little bit from Maintenance Manual CMP 3ton 6x6 operating instructions B-21

TOUCHING ON TAPS
Once upon a time there was a driver who was so careful and so conscientious that he never ran out of fuel. But that as you can tell from the opening words, is only a fairy story.

a little further on-

you set your switch to register on the tank you are drawing from because, for one thing, your buddies riding with you might not appreciate your engine stoping for lack of fuel when the gauge very plainly says the tank is full, and some artillery man on the other side decides your vehicle being stationary, would make a lovely target for his nice new gun.....