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Old 17-10-04, 17:12
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Default S/M 2029

That's one of the Mid-East issued S/M 2029 trucks.
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Old 26-10-04, 01:17
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Default Re: another T212 in North Africa

See Indian Army vehicles for a link to a picture of a pair of T212's in North Africa, apparently in service with the Fifth Indian Division:


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Old 20-11-04, 21:58
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For good measure, a picture of a T212 captured by the Deutsches Afrika Korps (source: eBay Item number: 6130992281).
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Default Dodge WC27 Ambulance

There ought to be a record of the sale of the Dodge ambulances ..Census Numbers
A 1323534 to A 1303769
A 1323593 to A1323591
A 1303803 to A 1323600 related to 'GIFTS OF VARIOUS AMBULANCES'

including # A 1323587 1941, Dodge (USA) T116-WD21
operated by British American Ambulance Corps

and this could have covered these 4 x 4 Dodges however although the Census Numbers are not known, Contract SM 2129 related to AMBULANCE 4 X 4 4-STRETCHER 123” w.b. supplied under US contract W-398-QM-DA-28, 250 were built. 1941 Model WC-27, Chrysler T215-WC-27.
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Old 08-01-05, 00:01
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Another 8-cwt T212, third one down the line?


Caption: Italy: Maintenance could also be done in the street. Photo: A.T. Brown
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Old 08-01-05, 00:31
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There ought to be a record of the sale of the Dodge ambulances ..Census Numbers
A 1323534 to A 1303769
A 1323593 to A1323591
A 1303803 to A 1323600 related to 'GIFTS OF VARIOUS AMBULANCES'
Dodge WC-27 census no. A 1324592...close enough?


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Old 08-01-05, 10:04
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Default Ambulance

Hanno, I think that pic might be a row of 3 Dodge WC27 ambulances? They all appear to have the same marking on the left side of the roof above the windscreen and I can't see a cab roof/ canvas combo on the 3rd veh, looks like a full length roof like the other 2.

Rediscovering this post again, I had a close look at some of the previous pics. The D8A has 6 stud hubs/wheels. Could these be the same as C8 HUP and C8AX?
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Thanks for that one Hanno!



This is one of the 2500 Dodge D8A 'TRUCK 8-CWT. 4 X 4 PERSONNEL' shipped to Egypt, to Demand S/M 2029, Model T212.

The C60L on the site could be to one of two batches sent to Egypt in 1942.

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Old 08-01-05, 13:32
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It's worth reading the account - here's where he first meets his ambulance:

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"In the British Army the signing over of a vehicle to a driver is a major operation. A platoon officer does not call a man to him and say, "Hey, Bill, see that ambulance over there, the one numbered WD 1330337? Well, it's yours. Take it over." No. There is a definite form. The machine (in fact, every vehicle in the British Army) is equipped with a "412" book. This is the record, the bible, the diary of that vehicle. It tells all. What tools equipped the machine when taken over and every gallon of gas and drop of oil fed to it must be entered. Every grease job and repair job has a neatly ruled sheet awaiting entries. It takes about an hour properly to assign a vehicle to a driver."
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Great to read first-hand accounts.

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Old 08-01-05, 14:29
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This is one of the 2500 Dodge D8A 'TRUCK 8-CWT. 4 X 4 PERSONNEL' shipped to Egypt, to Demand S/M 2029, Model T212.
Ah yes, you noted S/M 2029 in the thread Dodge D8A T212 info needed, but it´s nice to know there were no less than 2500 of them!

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Old 08-01-05, 14:38
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Hanno, I think that pic might be a row of 3 Dodge WC27 ambulances?
At first glance, it looked like the third was was different from the half-ton ambulances in front of it. On closer inspection, I found it to be the same as the other two. If anything, this thread is "BTT" again.
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Rediscovering this post again, I had a close look at some of the previous pics. The D8A has 6 stud hubs/wheels. Could these be the same as C8 HUP and C8AX?
As I understand it, they were indeed the same wheels.

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Old 14-01-05, 15:55
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The Official History of New Zealand in the Second World War Online! hosted by the The New Zealand Electronic Text Centre is a rich source for D8A photos!
Here's a couple more:
http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-18Ba/c13.html#n182

http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2-21Ba/c10.html#n248

http://www.nzetc.org/etexts/WH2Mech/c12.html#n232

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Old 14-01-05, 16:08
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Default Thanks for New Zealand War History Link

I'm always surprised at the number of fascinating information sources that are out there on the web. So thanks for the link to the New Zealand War History site.
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Old 16-08-05, 15:19
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See Missing-Lynx.com > Discussion Groups > Allied WWII > Trucks in Tobruk for some interesting British Pathé film stills of a T-212 in action.
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Old 11-10-06, 00:20
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See ww2dodge.com for a nice big side view of a D8A.

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Old 28-11-06, 14:01
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From http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk
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Photo No.: E 20485
Photographer: Gladstone (Sgt)
No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
Title: THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942
Collection No.: 4700-32
Description: A Stuart tank comes to the rescue of a truck which has become stuck in soft sand near Nufilia, 26 December 1942.
Date: 26 December 1942

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Old 17-10-20, 22:52
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Dodge T212 D8A 8-cwt 4x4 under new management (via Francesco Mindotti)

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Old 21-10-20, 10:28
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Have we seen this pic ? 024614 AWM pic
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"A Stuart tank comes to the rescue of a truck which has become stuck in soft sand near Nufilia, 26 December 1942"

The "truck" is of course a Dodge D8A/T212 8-cwt 4x4 truck.

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In the photo it looks like the D8A/T212 is also towing something.

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That'll just be the Quartermaster delivering miracles while walking his tightrope
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Old 24-11-21, 12:34
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Mike, here's a pic of a T212 in use as the troop commander's truck of a New Zealand artillery unit in North Africa:

Source: GUNS AGAINST TANKS L Troop, 33rd Battery, 7th New Zealand Anti-Tank Regiment in Libya, 23 November 1941 — E. H. SMITH
New link: https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scho...me-200001.html

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