GMC C60X in Russian Service

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Comparing Vanderveen's picture with your sideview drawing, you will note the C60X in Soviet service was modified with a door, a walkway on the left hand side, and spare wheel fitted to the rear.
The C60X was delivered normally with Lindsay type house bodies in Laboratory, Machinery, Stores and Switchboard configurations. I have never seen the configuration as pictured before. I understand the Soviets were supplied with Machinery trucks only, identifiable by the workbench which folds up into the left-hand side. It must be a Soviet modification of a Machinery Lorry into a mobile kitchen or similar?

Originally posted by Oliver Missing
Hanno,
initially, I wanted to take the photo as the base for the drawing, but after comparing it to the other sources, showing no sidewalk, no door and no sparewheel, I, too, concluded that it must have been a somewhat unique field modification (perhaps a kitchen).

Oliver,

Just compared your picture again with pictures in Gregg's Canada's Fighting Vehicles Europe 1943-45. It seems to be a identical with the Lorry, 3-ton, 6-wh, Machinery "A". This type has an entrance door on the left side and drop sides for work benches left and right (upper half hinges up as shown, lower half hinges down acting as work benches).
If you look closely, what seems to be a sidewalk must really be the lower body sill painted white.
The only deviation I can now see from the 6-wh Machinery "A" type is the spare mounted to the rear, this was normally carried inside the body (or on top of the cab on some other versions).

Hope this helps,
Hanno