MILITARY TRANSPORT
TRAINING AT CAMP
CAMOUFLAGED VANS
.... Delivery to the Central District Mobilisation Camp, Trentham/ :of a number of the military transport vehicles allocated to the section of the Special Military Force stationed there jhas enabled training with this very 'important portion of Army equipment to begin.
Trentham's share of motor vehicles of all kinds purchased for the Special Force is 184, ranging ftfom 30cwt trucks to motor-cycles. They have been allocated to the various units in camp as follows: Divisional Headquarters Units, 20; Divisional Signal Company, 72; Infantry Battalion, 32; Divisional Petrol Company,-37; Provost Company, 20; and 1.L.A.6. (light), 3. . .
The numbers of vehicles mentioned are a long-way below, war establishment, but by specially designing a vehicle suited to many purposes it has been possible to arrange a training programme that will give the men enough experience to take over the full- war establishment transport if and when they are required go on active service. For part of the transport training the vehicles.issued to individual units will be pooled to permit :of large-scale manoeuvres. Each unit is required to provide its own drivers. All the light vans are built,to carry wireless equipment, including an aerial, but by; providing them with collapsible and removable seats they can be quickly adapted for a variety of purposes. Some of the vans have been equipped with wireless and<are "being used- by Divisional Signallers for practice purposes in the Trentham Valley. The wireless equipment is carried on a panel behind the driver's cab and the operator sits in a bucket/seat which gives him additional insulation from road shocks. Each van has been specially equipped with interference sup^ pressors to prevent the vehicle's electrical equipment from affecting the wireless signals. ~
All vehicles are camouflaged with "disruptive" painting in khaki and black in accordance with the latest Imperial Army practice.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 15
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304MILITARY TRANSPORT Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 121, 18 November 1939, Page 15
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