Can somebody identify this vehicle for me? It belonged to the Cheshire Yeomanry(british) during WW2. The Yeomanry were a Cavalry regiment upto late 1942 then a signals core for the remainder of the war. Is it a variation of a Morris CS8?

it is a 15cwt, 4X2 GS Guy ant.

Meadows 4 cyl. 55BHP introduced 1935/36.

8ft 5in wheel base

hope this helps

Thank you very much. The picture is one I found of my father last year. Unfortunately he is no longer around to ask.
Is it available to model?

Many thanks GreyHunter.

Has anybody modelled this kit, or any other by Scaleline?

was the morris quad based on this vehicle, as it certainly bears some resemblence to it?

The Morris and Guy trucks were different, but there was a gun tractor built on the 4x4 Guy Ant chassis, the Quad Ant. Its body work was more like the type found on the CMP tractors, i.e. the Tamiya Ford



Morris Quadhttps://armorama.kitmaker.net/photos/showphoto.php?photo=1819&password=&sort=1&size=medium&cat=12038&page=1

Thanks to the help i've received through this post.
The Guy quad-ant was launched in 1938 initially as field artillery tractors, so its a case of which came first, although its logical to use different manufacturers to supply vehicles for the same purpose. Therefore they would almost certainly look similar.

Check out http://www.armyvehicles.dk. This site has given me much information on British army trucks supplied to the Danish armed forces. Although it seems to be experiencing problems at present.

Another question I have been pondering about my initial post is, where was the picture taken. If the vehicle my father is in is a Guy Quad-ant GS(General Service) then these were appently launched in 1942. My father was in Palestine and Syria from late '39 til mid '44. In 44 he returned to the UK under 'Python'. The British initiative to return all overseas personel with , I think, 4 years service back to the UK. This picture may be taken in the UK or Belgium as he was posted to Antwerp in late autumn 1944. Seems a bit to hilly for that part of Belgium though!

Further confirmation of the vehicle varient and year of launch would therefore be appreciated.

In essence I would like to recreate this picture for sentimental reasons

The truck is not the 4x4 Quad Ant, but the 4x2 Ant wich was made from 1935/36. The 4x4 version had a revised cab (still soft top but with proper doors and full width windscreen). The use of the peaked service cap rather than the beret-like gereral service cap would also indicate the photo was taken in the early years of the war.

You guys are the best.
Probably taken in the UK before embarkation to Palestine which according to regimental history occured in December '39.
The truck seems to have standard colours. Would the truck have had desert colors if in this photo was taken in Palestine?