"Indian Pattern odd job"

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by nuyt

One of the reasons I think this truck was armoured is the type of mudguards used, They are sort of similar in concept to several armoured car mudguard types, even the Humber a/c and the car Keith posted.
All other FAT variants have the normal mudguards....

But that is because most likely India was supplied with chassis only, and had to make up all the sheet metal parts like mudguards, cab, etc. in relatively simple workshops. The cab parts are most likely made of sheet metal because it looks too thin for armour plating. Also, in those days, they would most likely have bolted or riveted the armour. And there is no armour in front of the radiator.

[Alex van de Wetering]

Originally Posted by Les Freathy

Heres one to ponder over the hol,s a 15cwt 200 gall tanker but why the crude front end, normallyif the original cab was so badly damaged it would be replaced. I await the comments with interest
cheers
Les

Comparing the rear body shape and spare wheel to the picture Les posted, I think this is another Tanker... in Dutch service in the East Indies.
And another odd job Indian Pattern in Dutch service during a funeral service for a soldier.

NIMH_2002-319-1.tjp.jpg Tanker.jpg NIMH_2002-288-1.tjp.jpg

source: https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Nice find. I recall you posted the last picture in the since-lost Indian Pattern FAT thread.

I think I found the reasoning about these Odd Jobs - see http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...564#post203564

[Hanno Spoelstra]

This picture shows the rear body of an Indian pattern FAT with makeshift cab (note angular mudguard and cab), again in French Indochina:

"The ambushes nourished a permanent feeling of insecurity, immobilizing scores of troops in the sector, undermining the morale by their murderous repetition and permitting the recuperation of weapons and material (Photo CMIDOM)". From: René Bail and Jean-Pierre Bernier, Indochine 1945-1954. 1.La Reconquête. Editions Heimdal, p.42.
indian_fat_4.jpg
Source: http://www.mapleleafup.nl/cmpvehicles/fat_i_pat.html

PS: I have moved some pictures of this type of truck I posted in Another Indian Pattern odd job: "C291QH 4x4 FAT for Royal Engineers" to this thread.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Dutch troops on Bali, 1948.

Slightly better version of one of the above pictures.

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[Hanno Spoelstra]

Now with updated links:

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

Comparing the rear body shape and spare wheel to the picture Les posted, I think this is another Tanker... in Dutch service in the East Indies.

Objectnummer: 2002-319-1
Titel: Verblijf van het 8e (4e) Bataljon Regiment Stoottroepen op Malakka. Het tentenkamp te Chaah.
Datering: 1946-01-08
NIMH_2002-319-1.tjp.jpg
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...f-23e5dbadb0c6

And:

Originally Posted by Alex van de Wetering

And another odd job Indian Pattern in Dutch service during a funeral service for a soldier.

Objectnummer: 2002-288-1
Titel: Verblijf en optreden van het 7e (3e) Bataljon Regiment Stoottroepen in Nederlands-Indië. Begrafenis van een militair.
Datering van 1946 tot 1948
NIMH_2002-288-1.tjp.jpg
https://nimh-beeldbank.defensie.nl/f...a-4a981fef9fee