"1942 Marmon-Herrington ID Plate Chinese Truck" - Chinese, anyone?!?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Two more data plates of Dutch Marmon-Herrington tanks have surfaced at the Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum - see
http://com-central.net/index.php?nam...wtopic&p=94647

A very interesting fact is that they are in Dutch!


Marmon-Herrington CTMS-1TB1
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Marmon-Herrington CTMS-1G14
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[Mike K]

I had a rare radio set for one of the Dutch NE tanks ( made by LINK co. of USA )..it went to the AWM Canberra ... It was a early FM set , it was xtal locked on a single channel . It came with the original whip antenna and headphones .. amazing .. AN OLD ham GAVE IT TO ME. He had bought it just after the war from a surplus store in Melbourne and kept it intact for over 40 years ..THANKS to VK3JO..now silent key .

MIK

[marco]

Hi Hanno,

The text "FAM" is the acceptance mark for the Ordnance district Cincinnati, the district in which the M-H factory was located.
It stands for Col. Fred A. McMahon, the Cincinnati district chief at that time.

Marco

[ron]

Hi Hanno,
You have the I D plate anf I have the complete drive line, all we need now is a bit more scrap metal and we are in business, Regards Ron

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by marco

The text "FAM" is the acceptance mark for the Ordnance district Cincinnati, the district in which the M-H factory was located.
It stands for Col. Fred A. McMahon, the Cincinnati district chief at that time.

Hi Marco,

Thanks for the information!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Mike Kelly

I had a rare radio set for one of the Dutch NE tanks ( made by LINK co. of USA )..it went to the AWM Canberra ...

Mike, I recall you did give that radio to the AWM. I could chip in with the data plate and if they buy Ron´s M-H drive train they are halfway a complete tank!

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

Two more data plates of Dutch Marmon-Herrington tanks have surfaced at the Aberdeen Proving Ground Museum - see
http://com-central.net/index.php?nam...wtopic&p=94647

A very interesting fact is that they are in Dutch!

Saving them here as photobucket is going out of business (due to becoming unworkable):

Source: Aberdeen Proving Grounds Museum, courtesy of Neil Baumgardner

Marmon-Herrington CTMS-1TB1 ADM NR 2751-3007

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Marmon-Herrington MTLS-1G14 ADM NR 3059-4121

FMCV215-Marmon-HerringtonMTLS-1G14.jpg FMCV215Marmon-HerringtonCTMS-1G14.jpg

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Interesting picture made ca. 1946 in Bandung, Indonesia. It shows a variety of vehicles being repaired/ overhauled in a Netherlands Army workshop: Universal Carrier, M3 Stuart, Vickers Light Tank, and a Marmon-Herrington Tractor in the foreground.

The vehicles have a variety of backgrounds, including early WW2 Netherlands Army, like the Marmon-Herrington Tractor, early WW2 British Army like the Vickers. These vehicles were first captured by the Japanese Army, then the Indonesian Army, and finally the Netherlands Army. So this was not a case of "one careful owner", and the Netherlands Army had to keep a wildly varying fleet running with limited resources.

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Source: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/1e999a...4-59a8898de3a6