Balkans Campaign: CMPs in Greece?

[David_Hayward (RIP)]

CheVroleT.

Hanno, the AIF could only have had CMPs that had been assembled in Alexandria from say January 1941. I cannot see that they brought any with them ifrom England in December '40 except for those sold to the British by the Canadians after assembly and then issued to the AIF (which is believed to have been the case but I have no definitve proof). There was I think at this stage no time for British-order trucks to have been assembled and shipped out with the AIF/NZEF to the Mid-East from England. It would appear that the vehicles shipped on to the Balkans must have been darn nearly brand new! The Germans had nice new, just run-in vehicles as a consquence I thought!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Pair of F15´s, captured in Balkans, Greece, April 1941.



Source: Category:Images from the German Federal Archive, year 1941 - Wikimedia Commons.

Titel: Griechenland, britischer LKW
Zusatz: Balkan, Griechenland.- Soldat der Waffen-SS auf Motorhaube eines zerstörten englischen LKW; PK 690
Source Deutsches Bundesarchiv (German Federal Archive), Bild 101I-161-0317-10
Date 1941-04

[jim sewell]

The F15 did belong to the Aust 6th Div ( kangaroo over the boomerang ) not sure what the D2 means .
I bet the soldier carrying out the repairs is cursing these english trucks , not much room to work in there.
Regards
Jim S.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by jim sewell

The F15 did belong to the Aust 6th Div ( kangaroo over the boomerang ) not sure what the D2 means .

Jim,

Thanks for answering my question (see below)!

Hanno

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Who knows more about the vehicles used by the:
- headquarters of I Australian Corps with corps troops,
- 6th Australian Division,
- 2nd New Zealand Division,
- the 1st Tank Brigade of the 2d British Armored Division,
- as well as RAF and service troops?

Judging by the captured F15, some of these units employed CMP trucks - I hope to find more information about them.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

And in the background, another pair of captured CMPs; Greece, May 1941.



Source: Category:Images from the German Federal Archive, location Griechenland.

Titel: Griechenland, Nauplion, Englische Kriegsgefangene
Beschreibung: Südost-Front:
Gefangene Engländer in dem durch Fallschirmjäger notdürftig eingerichteten Gefangenlager in Nauplion.
BS-PK Roth
5440-41 "Fr.OLF" Mai 1941

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another 30-cwt CMP truck captured at Crete on Ebay:
2.WK Fotoalbum Gebirgsjager im Kreta !!! mit Falschirmjager Top !!! Artikelnummer: 190280629520

[Haridimos]

A post War photo: A team from the Int. Red Cross provide medical care to children, in an unknown village. Winter 1946.

CMP_C30_Int_ RED_CROSS_ 1946.jpg

It's interesting to find out the type of the vehicle's body.

I think we have a C30 here. Trying a quick search, I didn't manage to find a similar..

[Phil Waterman]

Originally Posted by Haridimos

A post War photo: A team from the Int. Red Cross provide medical care to children, in an unknown village. Winter 1946.

Attachment 39038

It's interesting to find out the type of the vehicle's body.

I think we have a C30 here. Trying a quick search, I didn't manage to find a similar..

Hi

For some reason this type of picture link will not open on my computer, get a problem loading error message, is anyone else having the same problem? Has anybody found the work around?

Hate missing out on interesting images.

Cheers Phil

[Haridimos]

What went wrong..


Ok, let's have it for all..


EDIT: Theve is the village shown in the picture.

kostas

[Phil Waterman]

Hi Haridimos

Thanks for posting the picture, still trying to figure out why some links don't work.

It is always interesting to see pictures of CMPs in use, many I'm sure served on for many years after the war.

Cheers Phil

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Another F15 Cab 11, captured by the German Army. Looking a bit battered, stopped with engine trouble?

Reportedly the picture was taken on Crete.

H.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Another F15 Cab 11, captured by the German Army. Looking a bit battered, stopped with engine trouble?

Reportedly the picture was taken on Crete.

H.

Interesting pic Hanno, I'm guessing they've only just come across this vehicle and judging by the interest shown it's the first time they've laid eyes on a CMP! Notice the way they're hurrying down the road to check it out! They look pretty relaxed and unarmed so presumably its former owners have long since departed. If it's on Crete they probably drove it down to the coast and abandoned it before being evacuated by sea. Looks like they've hit something and bent the bumper back onto the LH tyre so they removed it. They've relocated the unit sign (2/6 Battalion) from the bracket on the bumper to the mudguard.