Did Canadian army in ETO use 4x2 CMPs?

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Hanno Spoelstra

On p. 246 of Les Freaty's British Military Trucks of WW2 I found this interesting picture of a Ford CMP F15 4x2 truck fitted with a British-built cargo body.

My hypothesis is that these trucks were originally assembled as Truck, 15-cwt, 4x2, AA, Mk II, more often referred to as a 15-cwt Polsten AA truck (or similar).
When due to Allied air superiority this type of AA truck was not needed anymore, they were re-bodied with GS type bodies commonly found on British 15-cwt trucks.

Alex spotted this C15 in a film clip recently. On 1 October 1944, shortly after Eindhoven was liberated, a volunteer of the Red Cross collects money.

Note the spare wheel: it sits low on a shelf, just like the F15s with British 15-cwt body as seen in this thread. This would be the first confirmed C15 with this body.

According to the Chilwell list Z5354431 was one of the following batch: "Z5353961-5354980 SM2689 Chevrolet truck 15cwt 4x2 G/S"

C15 Eindhoven 1 okt 44-1.jpg C15 Eindhoven 1 okt 44-2.jpg

Source: http://in.beeldengeluid.nl/collectie...864/false/true