Ford/Marmon-Herrington MGT's

[Stellan Bojerud (RIP)]

Originally posted by ericnuyt
Stellan, the AT guns in the ME were US 37mm guns of which KNIL apparently had receive a small number in 1942 in time (of a huge order). Some sources say these guns were carried ON trucks! Not sure if this would mean self-propelled...

Dear Nuyt,

No, Sir!

My scanner is out of order (it works with e-mail but not on this forum).

There is a pic of an autolette (with a VAUBC driver) who Col Heshusius published in one of his KNIL books. (The photographer was my late Father-in-law).

37 mm US AT-guns in ME? Let us count: APLA 1 = 9, APLA 2 = 9, APLA 4 = 6, APLA 6. That makes 30 of 30 available 47 mm Böhlers.

You are totally right!

To the best of my knowledge there were only 8 US 37 mm AT guns L/58 on Java.

Loading AT guns on trucks was quite normal at that time.

By the way: Do you visit the War Records Office in Den Haag often? I only was there once (My Wife - the Java Tiger - makes med go to Holwerd and Laauwersoog, Friesland, directly after hitting ground at Schipol).

The R Sw Army made their own "Overvwagens", i e the Karosspansarbil m/42 of which there were 200 on Volvo 4 x 4 and 238 on Scania-Vabis 4 x 4.Built in series 1943-46. They looked similar to the Stadswacht type.

We also had a number of Chevrolet chassis for our ACs m/31 (31 extant), the newest of mod 1940. I rember seeing one in 1965, now in museum.

Tomorrow will be sunshine!

Stellan