gazsa401:
Soldier z actually wrote it seems strange that the MOD didn’t have TMs as the MOD had stock piles of spares
If you read my posts from earlier
The Detroit was a lemon from the start in that hardly any British hauliers ordered them never mind the MOD So why would the MOD buy a lorry that was doomed from the start when it should of been fitted with the ■■■■■■■ as standard and for handful of operators who wanted a power boat engine they could have chosen the DD
again I don’t see many Oshkosh’s trundling down the M1 with Detroit powered Sherman tanks on the back so history doesn’t lie the DD never sold well in this country
The military did order the TM at the lightweight level using the Bedford engine.Soldier Z’s question related to the heavier tractor unit level.As I said the TM’s reputation domestically as a ‘lemon’ was earn’t on the catastrophic decision by GM to fit the obsolete 71N series rather than the 92T from the outset.As for the Oshkosh what that did prove was that the Detroit was more than up to the job of hauling a 40+ tonner truck around and the forces were happy enough to use it when given the choice of take it or leave it.While actually showing a preference in the case of the Sherman.Of which there’s no reason to believe wouldn’t also have been the case given the choice between the Rolls Eagle v 8v92T in service. 