Dodge Power Wagon in use with KNIL

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here are some more pictures of Dodge Power Wagons in Dutch use:

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Source: http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/show...p?photo=61966]


This second picture shows a standard Power Wagon, a rare sight in Dutch use.

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Source: http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/show...hp?photo=61996

[gordon]

They all look like WDX types.

The last one is a standard truck, the second variants are chassis and windscreen cowl, and the first couple of photos are the same, but with running boards and rear fenders as supplied for firetruck building.

Pretty much the same as WC 3/4 tons, but most had the rear axle with the offset diff to allow a rear PTO shaft. This axle was virtually the same as the intermediate axle on the WW2 6 x 6 truck which had the same offset, but the combination of one short and one long axle shaft under heavy load resulted in a sizeable number of shaft failures (no jokes please...) to the point that some had WC rear axles fitted.

Other differences ? well most had tube shocks rather than the WC knee-action type, and the transfer case had a different ratio split of 1:1 and 1.5 to 1, which gave seven usable forward speeds (the low ratio on the WC series 6 x 6 was 1.96 to one or thereabouts which meant that the number of usable ratios was actually less)

[Mike K]

I believe Chrysler Australia marketed them here from the early 50's ... in RHD form - but sales were very low . Those weird Belgian adventurers/film makers Armand and Michaela Denis came to Australia in the early 50's and Chrysler here sponsored them with 3 vehicles - a Power Wagon , a Dodge sedan and a pickup . Their travel/wildlife films were famous and their aussie adventure is worth a look see ..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Denis

The wiki biography doesn't mention the Australian trip ...
Mike

[john bom]

Hanno,

This armoured power wagon was also used in the former Netherlands Indies. Illustration in a remembrance book about 423 Infantery Batallion of the Royal Netherlands Army.

John

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Here's another picture of this type of truck:

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This picture was sent in by a member of Keep Them Rolling many years ago. It was part of an album showing a variety of vehicles as used by the Netherlands Army in the former colony of the Netherlands East-Indies (now Indonesia), during the 1946-1949 time frame. Many of these were CMPs which were taken over from British and Indian Army troops. These troops initially occupied Indonesia after the Japanese surrender in 1945.
After 1946, vehicles were shipped in from the huge Canadian Army vehicle dumps in the Netherlands, or bought on the civilian market like this Dodge Power Wagon with locally manufactured body (others are e.g. Ford/Marmon-Herrington trucks and Willys CJ jeeps).