CAPLAD: Car, Armoured, Personnel, LAD, Ambulance and Demolition

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

More information has come to light courtesy of Shane. I am posting an extract of RA documents. It is interesting to note what may have gone ahead with both the original Ford thebn Chevrolet versions. Note that the Ford version would have had the 94 bhp V-8, and I think from memory the Chevy had the GMC 270, but still not enough go?

Am I right to think...ok we have a design here, so what can we use it for?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

A recent thread elsewhere (on FB) has prompted me to assemble available info on MLU into one thread.

Besides David Hayward's postings above, Bart Vanderveen wrote an article "The Anglo-Canadian Caplad" in Wheels & Tracks magazine Issue 63.

In short, the CAPLAD (Car, Armoured, Personnel, LAD, Ambulance and Demolition) was intended to replace the C15TA with a more capable vehicle though it never went beyond the prototype stage.