CMP history - in Dutch

[Hanno Spoelstra]

For our Dutch readers, I would like to point out a series of articles on the CMP series of trucks, including their use in the Royal Netherlands Army after WW2:

http://www.voortt.nl/pagina4.html

Part 1: http://www.voortt.nl/AFL%2015%20-%20...20deel%201.pdf

Part 2: http://www.voortt.nl/AFL%2016%20-%20...20deel%202.pdf

Part 3: http://www.voortt.nl/AFL%2017%20-%20...20deel%203.pdf

Part 3 contains this interesting picture of a C15 which collided with a motorcycle in Delft, 1946. It looks like the Chevrolet came straight out of the vehicle dumps.


C15 Delft 1946.jpg

[David Dunlop]

I wonder if the motorcycle was a surplus military item as well?

David

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by David Dunlop

I wonder if the motorcycle was a surplus military item as well?

Good point. Most likely it is, in the early post-war days military surplus was almost the only stuff available, and it was regulated too. One could not just wander into ta surplus yard and buy a truck. One had to have a permit, which you only got when your business was of essential civilian service. Needless to say, there was a thriving black market.

H.

[rob love]

Intertesting that pt3 lists the KL welding lorry as being a Chevrolet model as well as there being a Ford model (uto, Vracht 3/4 ton, 4x4, C15A, m/generatorinstallatie [Chevrolet]

I can only imagine the difficulty that a chev 216 would have trying to move a truck that heavy.