Bedford military-front and civvy-front types

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

Sorry, Ford GPW! No evidence of any GPAs being assembled yet they probably were...though DUKWs were!

As regards the Bofors, they were evidently from the batches:

H 5327001 to 5327600 S/M 2487 Tractor 4x4 Lt AA

H 5589105 to 5589404 S/M 2487 Tractor 4x4 Light AA

and the photos show that they clearly were 'tractors' in the sense that they towed allocated trailers. However, on apparent rebuild in 1944 they had lost their trailers and were re-listed to 'self-propelled' and had lost their trailers, which were it seems re-allocated. Unless the original designation as 'tractors' was erroneous as all CMPs and many other vehicles had hitches, whch was later corrrected, I cannot personally see any other reason. However I have not seen any hard evidence and the point is extremely well-made and taken. In fact it deserves to be considered anew! What do others think please?

However, may I please ask additionally as I want to get the book caption correct: are the trailers in the photo Ben Hur or Canadian 20-cwt as the former has been suggested before of course. I am attaching below a photo of a Willys to compare!

Thanks very much for the input. I am sure that my co-author Professor Alan Earnshaw and myself would wish to recognise the various contributions through MLU as regards captions and identification, come publication time.

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