Bedford Ql 3 Ton Lorry
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Bedford ql 3 ton lorry. Bedford ql general service 3 ton truck made from white metal kits that i bought about 20 years ago from a company called a smith automodels. The bedford ql 3 ton vehicle served in world war ii with distinction. Ww2 production for the war department totaled 250 000 trucks with the 15cwt being the most numerous. A change in design of the wlg produced the wtl with its cab internal combustion engine and radiator moved forward to allow a 14 feet 4 3 m bodylength.
Bedford introduced the 3 ton wt series in november 1933. It was one of a batch bought by the dutch army who fitted new engines and put the vehicles into storage. A f60 or c60 with cut down number 13 cab was similarly used. Six pounder portée 1942 an ordnance qf 6 pounder 57 mm anti tank gun mounted on a bedford qlt 3 ton lorry or austin k5 3 ton lorry.
Parachute troops hold up an enemy bedford. Again a short wheelbase wht 9 feet 3 inches 2 820 mm or long wheelbase wlg 13 feet 1 inch 3 990 mm version was offered. The bedford oy is an army lorry built by bedford for the british armed forces and introduced in 1939. 1936 bedford wtl lorry at amberley working museum bedford introduced the 3 ton wt series in november 1933.
The oyd was a general service vehicle while the oyc was a tanker version for carrying water or petrol. They still trade but are now called asam models their kits are superb. These vehicles were widely used during and after world war ii but were later superseded by the bedford rl. After this time.
It was designed for a 3 ton payload. It was based on bedford s o series commercial vehicles with a modified front end and single rear tyres. Both vehicles had a special frame only body carrying the gun crew ammunition and the rarely used side shields. 1954 produyction moved from luton to dunstable.
The luton built 30cwt chevrolet u types sold well and in 1930 branded them as chevrolet bedford 1931 launched the w type as a bedford model 1939 a range from 12cwt to 5ton were available. Lorry 3 ton 4 x 4 bedford experimental bedford giraffe prototype only an attempt to make a motor vehicle capable of deep wading for river crossings and amphibious landing the bedford giraffe was developed as insurance against the shallow wading kits under development did not prove effective in deeper water. Make offer bedford ql gs army military vintage cuisine ww2 plastic toy model lorry truck bedford mwd 15cwt british army in north africa 1942 army truck plastic toy model 34 99.