Truck, 15-CWT, Armoured 4X4
(C15TA-ARMD-1)

The General Motors Truck, 15-CWT, Armoured, was assembled by GM Canada as an armoured personnel carrier to replace the M3A1 Scout Car and 15-CWT half-track vehicles in Canadian service. During the production run in 1944-45, nearly 4,000 examples were produced. The armoured truck's primary role was as a personnel carrier in forward areas. It could be converted to an armoured general service vehicle, or a 2-stretcher ambulance by covering the foot wells with plates normally stored in the rear door panel. The armoured truck incorporated a removeable superstructure and tarpaulin, and the seats and body sides were designed to facilitate troops firing their service weapons from within the vehicle. It had an open style hull manufactured by the Hamilton Bridge Company of machineable armour plate covering the engine, hood and body, to provide protection from shell splinters. The frontal armour was 14mm thick and the side plates were 6mm. It had both side and rear doors for entry and exit, vision ports for the driver and front passenger, detachable windshield armour covers, and seats to sit 6 in the body. The design proved to be a success and it soldiered on in Canadian and British service after the conclusion of WWII. A 1/76 resin kit of the armoured truck was produced by Milicast of the United Kingdom.

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Armoured Trucks with troops of the Royal
Hamilton Light Infantry, Holland, 1944

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GM Canada Photo

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Restored GM C15 Armoured Truck

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