CMP trucks used by US Forces

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Thanks Mike,

I was first made aware of that via one of the articles in Wheels & Tracks magazines.

Lend-Lease included supply not only of materiel (equipment) but also supplies of other resources like food and oil. It went both ways, as you say, although by the end of WW2 most countries had a deficit on their loan, so to speak.

So I am not surprised to see Austin K2 Ambulances of F15 HUPs on USAAF bases in the UK, or USAAF personnel driving Utes in Australia.

In this case it is about the use of equipment in theatres other than home operating bases. The fact that the USAAF unit listed above was supporting the Eight Army likely meant that vehicles were supplied by the British as the USAAF could then rely on their POW and spares supply lines.

Have you seen the USN CMP in China at the top of this thread?