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A total of
32 of these Anti-Aircraft trucks were produced in 1943
by the workshops of the Free French 2nd. Armoured Division.
They were
manned by the 22nd. Anti-Aircraft Colonial Group of
the Free French 2nd. Armoured Division commanded by
General Leclerc. They fought in the Normandy Campaign
after landing on July 31st., first seeing action at
Alencon. Participating in the liberation of Paris, they
later fought in the Strasbourg area continuing in service
until the end of the war and being credited with downing
17 German aircraft and damaging 6 others.
Later they
went to Indochina in March 1946 were they were used
in the ground support role.
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