GM Otter light recce car

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another turretless Otter, used as a pack mule:

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Men of the 5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, in the town of Portomaggiore, Italy, April 1945
Photograph, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945), 1945.

The 5th Battalion was part of the 11th Infantry Brigade and served throughout the campaigns in Sicily and Italy, ending the war with crossing the Italian border into Austria. Portomaggiore is located near Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna.

From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division.

NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1999-03-88-126

Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location
National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail....1999-03-88-126

[Hanno Spoelstra]

"1st Canadian inf div, Heemraadssingel, Rotterdam, May 1945"

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Source: Rotterdam City Archives - https://hdl.handle.net/21.12133/3184...6607AD104A58DF

[Larry Hayward]

Great colour photo! I wonder what colour the vehicle is in as it looks to be slightly glossy?

According to my references it should be SCC. 15 and at this late stage no need for any black disruptive camo.

[m606paz]

Factory pics

[m606paz]

more factory pics

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by m606paz

more factory pics

Great pics. Most certainly a prototype. Note the back has a vision port instead of the arms for the radio antenna mounts and there are no interior fittings. The nose was also changed on production models. The civilian license plate and buildings put this at the GM plant in Oshawa circa 1941.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

“Otter light reconnaissance vehicles of an RAF Regiment field squadron contingent make a detour near a wrecked bridge destroyed by retreating German troops, during a patrol outside Thessaloniki, Greece, 1944.
SOURCE/CREDIT: Trievnor J (Flt Lt) Royal Air Force official photographer/© IWM CNA 3277”

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