It does seem odd all these vehicles were under French Navy control on some form of long term basis. Also seems odd such a high number of them were essentially field support vehicles and the larger GS CMP's.
If we look at the immediate 20 postwar years, many countries that emerged from World War Two were desperately trying to reassert their colonial interests. France was one of them. So is it possible at that point in time, the French Navy/Marines would have been the service tasked with getting combat troops into their former colonies not only equipped for fighting but equipped for maintenance of their equipment and large scale casualty clearing, knowing the normal military infrastructures for dealing with these issues on the ground in their former colonies were badly damaged, or none existent after the war?
Perhaps the situations in their various colonies unfolded faster than they could effectively respond to, fast enough, so the vehicles ended up just sitting in storage un til sold off.
David
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08-01-25, 05:29
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