Chevrolet WB 30cwt is a Canadian light utility truck.
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In World War II, Canadian factories built large numbers of standardised trucks for the Commonwealth armies. They were divided in two main branches: the CMP vehicles (Canadian Military Pattern), which were made especially for military use, and the MCP vehicles (Modified Conventional Pattern), which were civilian vehicles adopted for military use. Among the latter was the Chevrolet 1533X2 1.5-ton 4x2 truck, which became most famous in service with the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) of the British Army. Heavily armed with machine guns it served in a wide variety of roles such as reconnaissance, observation of enemy movements deep within enemy territory, as well as exploring attack and resupply lines for Allied troops. Commonly known as the Chevrolet 30cwt, the armed truck was mostly used in North Africa, but later also in Italy and the Balkans. On the other hand, the unarmed supply and utility vehicle saw service around the world. One special variant of the truck was the Chevrolet 30cwt Portée, which carried a rearward firing 2-pounder anti-tank gun on its truck bed.
In BattleGroup42, the Chevrolet 30cwt appears in several variants: unarmed truck (with or without canvas), LRDG-like armed vehicle with three machine guns, and a portée with a QF 2-pounder gun. It is also used as a generic military truck for other allied armies.
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