CMP Umbau-Wagen

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by David_Hayward
I am in three minds [not two!] still as to whether any of the F15 Umbauwagen were built from the Canadian trucks that were abandoned in France? Other than that they could have included some S/M 2002 British orders that were seized in N Africa.

David, with the numbers of F15's captured in France - ranging from 50 to 200 - the Germans must have been able to rebuild a sizeable number of them, probably with Kübel-type car bodies as shown in the picture earlier. Many must have gone to Russia.
As far as I can tell, the vehicles used in North Africa were captured locally and used in "as-found" condition (see Captured F15 image). Am looking into this and will get back on this subject.

H.