SECO Sexton's History

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jesse Browning

Is there any way to tell whether the Sexton came from Canada or Britain. Mine has no markings under the paint that I have found. Here are some other markings.

Hi Jesse,

Like I said, your Sexton was supplied to Portugal by Canada. There is no way to tell if the Sexton first served in NW Europe and was shipped back to Canada after 1945, or if it was used for training in Canada before it was supplied to Portugal in the early 1950s.

The lower picture shows the Portuguese registration plate. It was black with white digits, e.g. "MG-87-51" (this was a M74 TRV). Yours reads something like "MG-39-34"?

HTH,
Hanno

[Jesse Browning]

I stripped most of the paint off the right side today. The two EPSM markings above are gone, revealing a third EPSM outlined in pencill, and painted on the primer. Anyone know what the letters mean? Jesse.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Jesse Browning

I stripped most of the paint off the right side today. The two EPSM markings above are gone, revealing a third EPSM outlined in pencill, and painted on the primer. Anyone know what the letters mean?

Jesse,

EP stands for "Ejercito de Portugal", Army of Portugal.

SM I don´t know.

HTH,
Hanno