Presumably post war with a CJ2 or M38 jeep?

Is it Irish Army?

Rob

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Yes indeed, Irish army. John O'Brien told me that the Irish only bought a few jeeps after the war had ended so it can only be post-war.

Henk

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I was having a look at Karl Martins book "Irish Army Vehicles, Transport and Armour since 1922" and he says that in 1948/49 the Army had borrowed 2xFord GPW jeeps from the British for testing but the British Ministry of Supply advised them not to buy ex-WW2 jeeps as most were now in poor condition and represented poor value for money. The advice was taken on board and 29 x Willys CJ3A were purchased 1950/53 and 10 CJ3B 1953/1955.

Ten of the jeeps were sent to the Congo with the Irish army on their first UN peace keeping mission 1960/64 and were left there. Unfortunately 26 Irish soldiers lost their lives in the Congo on UN service.

One CJ3B is preserved at the Curragh, Co. Kildare military museum.

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Hi Michael

That ties in with the registration records I saw yesterday at the archives

They also had a DUKW - but they sent that back - not a big demand for that type of vehicle

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Job

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I dont see any jeep? I see an M20 with an unusual front guard though?

Henk changes the pictures too quickly. I guess that bloke sitting on the tank must be Canadian. Ron

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It's not a tank..It's an M20... ....Ian

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