The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An Australian Army Ford 4x4 artillery tractor towing a No 27 Mk I limber and an 18 pounder Mk IV field gun, which has just negotiated a stone bridge through the winding and steep Verroia Pass, Greece. Approximately 1400 units of these Ford vehicles were purchased by the Australian Army between 1939 and 1941 and many of these were converted to four wheel drive by fitting a Marmon-Herrington front wheel drive kit to the chassis. 441 of these vehicles were sent to the Middle East in 1940 and 54 of these subsequently saw service during the Greek campaign in April 1941. These vehicles were powered by an 85 horsepower V8 engine with a four speed gearbox and two speed transfer case. They had leaf spring suspension and were also fitted with an Australian roadster style cab, making them a uniquely Australian vehicle. The Official designation for these vehicles was Tractor 4x4, Artillery (Aust), LP No 3 and 3A (fitted with a winch). This particular vehicle, with the army registration number 9964 was transported to Greece aboard the MV Comliebank but was later abandoned when the Australian forces were evacuated.
Reconstructed Artillery 4 x 4 No.3A (LP3A) tractor based upon a conventional 1941 Ford Model 11T lorry, with covered tray back. It is a composite of two vehicles: the cab/chassis is from a vehicle wit
Four unidentified soldiers standing on their Ford prime movers, which are attached to the 24th, Australian Field Park Company, Royal Australian Engineers (RAE), 9th Australian Infantry Division. The v
Reconstructed Artillery 4 x 4 No.3A (LP3A) tractor based upon a conventional 1941 Ford Model 11T lorry, with covered tray back. It is a composite of two vehicles: the cab/chassis is from a vehicle wit
Glenfield, NSW. November 1940?. Members of the 1st Artillery Training Regiment straining to push an 18 pounder Mark IV Field gun to the rear of a Marmon Herrington tractor for towing. Note the mud gua
An Australian Army 18 pounder Mk IV field gun and a No 27 Mk I Limber, being towed by an LP No 3 or 3A artillery tractor through the Verroia Pass, Greece. The gun tractor is packed with soldiers and t
The pass that winds from the plain of Esdraelon up to the heights of Nazareth. An Australian Ford Marmon-Herrington artillery tractor, model LP3 or LP3A, towing a trailer, ammunition No. 27 MKI and
A convoy of Australian vehicles leaving the compound at Vung Tau bound for the 1st Australian Task Force Base (1ATF) at Nui Dat. The vehicles are mainly Land Rover 1/4 ton 4 x 4 trucks, and the lead
