Early CMPs in NW Europe

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Found on this forum, while searching for something else. Picture was taken in Rotterdam.

Originally Posted by nuyt

pic 63 is the one: HQ No 1 Provost Company, 79th (Division?-sorry no expert on this one) in my neighbourhood (Rdam West).

The people you see digging the soil are looking for fuel substitutes.

H.

[Hendrik van Oorspronk]

Just see the movies and find them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFi_140U_Go

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMJ84CtEXbw

Groetn

Hendrik

[Larry Hayward]

Seeing early CMPs being used with other vehicles makes me wonder how vehicles were allocated in the British and Commonwealth Armies. Did units just get allocated he first 15 cwt or 3 tonner that was available from the vehicle park or was there any planning around putting common types together to make spares easier allocate? Photos seem to show a mix of types, so any typical unit might have a Ford WOT and a CMP 15 cwt and as for the RASC it seems many photos show a mix of CMPs and UK built types like the Bedford OY, which in todays world seems odd.