Ford Model T Ambulance

 “During World War I, the Allies used thousands of Model T cars and trucks because of their low cost and ease of repair. The ambulance version's light weight made it well-suited for use on the muddy and shell-torn roads in forward combat areas. If stuck in a hole, a group of soldiers could lift one without much difficulty. By Nov. 1, 1918, 4,362 Model T ambulances had been shipped overseas.

The light wooden body was mounted on a standard Model T auto chassis. The 4-cylinder engine produced about 20 hp. There was no self-starter; the engine had to be cranked by hand. This vehicle was equipped with an early form of automatic transmission and could carry three litters or four seated patients and two more could sit with the driver. Canvas "pockets" covered the litter handles that stuck out beyond the tailgate. Many American field service and Red Cross volunteer drivers, including writers Ernest Hemingway and Bret Harte and cartoonist Walt Disney drove Model T ambulances.

"Hunka Tin," a poem written as a parody on Rudyard Kipling's "Gunga Din," appeared in the American Field Service Bulletin and was used in Ford dealers' advertising throughout the United States. The final stanza read:

Yes, Tin, Tin, Tin.
You exasperating puzzle, Hunka Tin.
I've abused you and I've flayed you,
But by Henry Ford who made you,
You are better than a Packard, Hunka Tin.”

 From the web site of the National Museum of the United States Air Force

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Casualty Transportation

 Here’s another configuration of the ubiquitous Berliet CBA; a WW1 ambulance.

 This model  Is imagined as it might have looked in December, 1914 in Northern France.

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State-of-the Art Combat Communications

The Berliet CBA truck was manufactured from 1913 to 1938 by Automobiles M. Berliet SA. During that period 40,000 of the trucks were made and sold primarily to the French army. During WWI it had an in-line 5.3L engine burning petrol (gasoline). Its top speed was 25 km/h (15.5 mph.) In various configurations the trucks carried troops, supplies and ammunition to the front lines. It could also be configured as an ambulance or a mobile pigeon coop for combat communications.

This model  Is imagined as it might have looked in December, 1914 in Northern France.

 joyeux Noël !

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