Ford mod 1940, probably Australian (?) on Eastern Front

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Originally Posted by Allan Currey

Interesting photos Ivan, certainly odd. I agree with Cliff about them quite possibly being captured Australian trucks, with only one small point of difference.
Cliff, almost all of the pictures I have of such Fords in Australian use show them with the wiper mounted below the windscreen. Is there a difference according to where the cabs were made?

Regards,
Allan

Hi guys,
I don't follow the discussion, the trucks in Ivan's photos have the wiper mounted below the windscreen. Where's the BOO BOO?
Ivan, the three pressings below the side window and across the back of the cab are usually referred to as ribs i.e. three ribs. The location of the ribs is often referred to as being the belt line.

David

[Mike Cecil]

Those tyres look like 10:50x18's to me... very much an Australian Army requirement.

Agree about the probable source, too: quite likely one of the 2,000 odd vehicles supplied from Australia that were written off as 'lost in Greece'. A proportion were no doubt salvageable or left in more or less working order. There was a reluctance to set fire to vehicles in the latter stages of the retreat as this aided the enemy in spotting concentrations of troops heading to the evacuation beaches, so many were simply smashed up as best they could with whatever tools were available.

Mike C