Another Indian Pattern odd job: "C291QH 4x4 FAT for Royal Engineers"

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

the C291QH is listed in an Instruction Book for Armoured General Purpose Vehicles together with it's sister chassis C291QR. As the latter was used for the Indian Pattern Wheeled Armoured Carrier, I think it is logical to deduce the latter chassis was used for the Indian Pattern 4x4 Armoured Truck - see the scan from Bart Vanderveen's book Historic Military Vehicle Directory:

Pierre-Olivier Buan posted pictures on FB of a survivor at the Defense Services Museum, Naypyidaw, Myanmar/Burma:

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Photo of an forward artillery position with an Indian Pattern Armoured truck. In service in Northwest India, 1945.

Courtesy of Aaron Smith.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Look real close to see an Indian Pattern Amoured Car in the background of this photo taken in Burma, c.1949?

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Pierre-Olivier Buan posted pictures on FB of a survivor at the Defense Services Museum, Naypyidaw, Myanmar/Burma:

Aaron Smith sent a better picture of the surviving Indian Pattern Armoured truck in the open air museum exhibit area in Myanmar/Burma. Note the added turret.

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I did a little more digging on facebook and found another photo. They have an Indian Pattern Wheeled Carrier, too.

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Source: "Naypyidaw is the new capital of Myanmar which is around 5 hours ride from Yangon, the country's old capital."
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...0542504&type=3

[Tony Smith]

Interesting hub centres on front and rear axles, quite unlike any other CMP hub.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Interesting hub centres on front and rear axles, quite unlike any other CMP hub.

Indeed. Look at their IP Wheeled Carrier, that one looks like it has strange hubs and wheels too.

Could they have had some sort of “midlife update”?

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Source: http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...738#post277738