Cab 12 Alteration???

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

Found out from Wikipedia that the word umbauwagon translate to "rebuilt coach" and could apply to anything captured that was rebuilt.

There are indeed references to rebuilt railway passenger train coaches. But I am guessing you are referring to the German Army Umbau-Wagen, a generic term for converted (and/or reconstructed) vehicle. If you search on MLU for Umbau-Wagen, one will find a host of converted vehicles, including CMPs, Morris-Commercials, Ford Marmon-Herringtons. The German Army captured a lot of vehicles during the early stages of the war, which they were in dire need of to convert their Army from horse-drawn to motorised.

Being the gründlich (thorough) people they are, standardised coachwork designs were used as much as possible.

Also refer to Paul Hocking's classification found in the posting German WWII Beute-Fahrzeuge and Umbau-Wagen (Britisch).

HTH,
Hanno