The US supplied 77,972 jeeps to the Soviet Union during WW2. Members of the club own two restored and running Jeeps. These are post-war jeeps modified to look like WW2 model jeeps. The jeeps double in roles between different clubs, so the photos here are of the way they look when not performing their RKKA role. New photos will be added as they become available.
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The truck to the left is the Canadian built Chevrolet C15A 15 cwt lorry. These trucks were a standardized pattern under the designation "Canadian Military Pattern" (CMP). During the war Chevrolet of Canada and Ford of Canada cooperated to come up with a standard design of truck that could be manufactured by both companies, and the CMP series of trucks was the result. They came in 15, 30, and 60 cwt (hundred-weight) versions in both two and four-wheel drive. Records have not survived recording the number received by the Red Army during the war, only that they were received and used by them. Ours is a 15 cwt model, meaning that it could carry 15 hundred pounds of cargo or troops in the bed.
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Great Britain supplied 2,560 Universal Carriers to the Soviet Union during the war. They also received more Universal Carriers built in Canada and the United States during the war. The models were the Mk 1, Mk II and Mk III, as well as the T-16 Universal Carriers. Commonly referred to as "Bren Gun Carriers", the Red Army troops called them "Universals". We have four Mark 1 Universal Carriers awaiting restoration, and one T-16 Universal Carrier.
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