Bedford QLB 1941- Bedford QLB Bofors Gun Tractor designed to tow a 40mm AA gun along with crew of 7 and kit.

The lower long boxes behind the crew cab are for ammunition the smaller ones on top are for crew kit the two back ones for vehicle/gun equipment.

It has a straight six 28hp engine and as such is fairly under powered this one does about 7 miles to the gallon (petrol) with a gun on that would drop to about 5mpg.

Of the 5000 odd manufactured I know of about ten that survive world wide, there are to my knowledge three complete ones in the UK two of which counting this one are in Essex, both MVT area members. I found it in a scrap yard near Braintree. It has been restored in the markings of the Guards Armoured Division during the D Day period.