Swiss Army Truck

[zemsi]

Originally Posted by zemsi

I think it's time to open this thread again. I just acquired the 5 following pics. Date and place are unfortunately unknown.

The unit covered in those 5 pics is the "Mot HP Bat 1" (motorisiertes Bataillion der Heerespolizei). It means "1st motorised batallion of the military police". It was directly under the command of General Guisan.

The Peugot's in the pic are DK5, the Swiss had 60 of them in 1942. They were brougth in by detained French troops and acquired by the Swiss Army. They were actually paid and not just "taken over".

Greetings
Chris