Vehicles

Starting around the time of the Great War, the mechanization of the Army took hold and motorized vehicles began to take over from the horse and wagon. During the Great War use was made of Lorries and motorcycles but the nature of trench warfare limited their usefulness on the front line. During the inter-war period, the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals began adopting and experimenting with vehicles usually based on civilian models available on the open market. During the Second World War, an entire industry was generated to fabricate the large numbers of Canadian Military Pattern (CMP) vehicles used by Canada and it's Allies. Since then, vehicles have continued to evolve with successive generations fulfilling largely the same roles as in the beginning.

This page captures vehicles in use by the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals and related entities and there is no attempt to capture other vehicles in use within the Canadian military by non-Signallers.

There are many vehicles missing from the growing list. If you have information on them or any period photos, please consider contributing what you know!

Inter-War Period

	Car 2-seater Chevrolet Type			Car Wireless 2-seater Ford Type
	Car Wireless Van Ford Panel Type			Car Wireless Van Ford Sedan Type
	Car Wireless Control Ford Station Wagon Type			Lorry WD Body Ford Type
	Lorry Wireless Morris Type			Lorry Light Stake Chevrolet Type
	Vehicle line 1928-29 Ford Model AA			Lorry light Wireless Ford Type
	Motorcycle, BSA J12

Second World War Period

For a listing of vehicles of this period, see Signals Vehicles of the Second World War.

	Armoured Command Vehicle 4x4 High Power			Armoured Command Vehicle 4x4 Low Power
	Armoured Command Vehicle 6x6 High Power			Armoured Command Vehicle 6x6 Low Power
	C15TA Armoured Truck			Car, 5-cwt, 4x4
	Bedford QL
	Bedford QLT Terminal Equipment Vehicle (Corps)			CMP Lorry 3 Ton Cipher Office
	CMP Lorry 3 Ton Command High Power			CMP Lorry 3 Ton Command Low Power
	CMP Lorry 3 Ton Signal Construction			CMP Lorry 3 Ton Wireless (C33)
	CMP Lorry 3 Ton Wireless "R" or "I"			CMP Lorry 3 Ton Terminal Equipment Vehicle (Div)
	CMP Lorry 3 Ton 6 Wheeled Switchboard			CMP Truck 8-cwt Wireless
	CMP Truck 30-cwt Wireless			CMP Truck 15-cwt Fitted for Wireless
	CMP Truck 15-cwt Wireless			CMP Truck 15 cwt LW(V)
	CMP Truck 15-cwt Cable Layer			CMP Truck Heavy Utility Wireless
	Lorry 4-ton APF			Lorry 4-ton ZPI
	Motorcycle Solo Light Norton 16H			Motorcycle Solo Heavy Harley Davidson
	Trailer APF			Trailer Generator Wireless 2 kW
	Trailer ZPI

Post Second World War

	Vehicle line Dodge APT			M38CDN 1/4 Ton Truck Utility
	M37CDN 3/4 Ton Line Vehicle			M37CDN 3/4 Ton Cargo Vehicle
	M152 3/4-ton panel truck			Iltis
	Triumph motorcycle			AN/GRC 26 Teletype Vehicle