The Marmon Herrington Story.

The Marmon Herrington Story.

They were a much bigger operation than most people think.

usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/marmon-herrington.htm

 

Very interesting history there Lang

Thanks for sharing

Paul

From memory didn't LRDG use Marmon-Herrington trucks in Egypt?

Zuffen

Very early in the piece they had some Marmon Herringtons but the 4x4 cargo carriers were very quickly replaced by the Blitz.

Of course the standard LRDG - Long Range Desert Group - vehicle was the 30 cwt 2 wheel drive Chevrolet. When jeeps arrived they usually had one on a patrol but they could not carry the gear needed for long patrols up to 6 weeks.

The SAS went for jeeps because they were raid specialists - in and out. Even the SAS needed the odd blitz to carry their stuff.

Here is info on the LRDG Heavy Section Vehicles

www.lrdg.de/vehicles3.htm

Lang

Marmon Herrington sent 4x4 conversion kits to Australia, South Africa and New Zealand to retrofit to standard Ford trucks.

This looks like the New Zealand Ford dealer did a lousy job bolting in the front axle.