CAB with hatched roof - optional all models

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
Take a look at Transporting the Vickers Machine Gun - the 15-cwt Truck - I'd say the holes were for "stowage division boards"?

Reply from Pete Ashby:

Most interesting, I think you may be onto something here, I have noted that the late 2B1 bodies do not seem to have them. The original body for my C15A did however, it is now on Steve Stones F15A 11 (we like to keep things in the family).

I suppose the purpose of the boards was to prevent floor loads slipping up and down the floor. I have the 1941 DND body manual and noted the boards in the text before but never made the connection with the holes.

I can only think that on active service these were the first things to get chucked in the hedge. You would only need to stumble over one in the dark in the back of the van body to convince you they were not such a good idea!!