Morris CDSW
title: "Morris CDSW" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["morris-commercial-vehicles", "military-trucks-of-the-united-kingdom", "artillery-tractors", "soft-skinned-vehicles", "military-vehicles-introduced-in-the-1930s", "vehicles-introduced-in-1933", "world-war-ii-vehicles-of-the-united-kingdom"] topic_path: "history" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_CDSW" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Morris CDSW |
| image | File:Morris-Commercial CDSW.JPG |
| image_size | 300 |
| caption | Morris CDSW |
| origin | |
| type | Artillery tractor |
| is_vehicle | yes |
| is_UK | yes |
| used_by | UK |
| wars | Second World War |
| designer | |
| manufacturer | Morris and others |
| variants | |
| passengers | |
| armour | none |
| :: |
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The Morris CDSW 6x4 was a six-wheeled artillery tractor brought into service in the early to mid-1930s by the British Army to tow its field guns.
Typically it was used to pull the 18-pounder field gun and the 4.5-inch howitzer, and later the 25-pounder gun-howitzer which replaced those two weapons. It was also used, with a modified body, for hauling the 40mm Bofors in the Light Anti-Aircraft (LAA) regiments. A version equipped with a crane was used for "breakdown" work. It was for the large part replaced in its primary role towing the 25 pdrs by the Morris C8 "Quad".
CDSW indicated model "C", Double Axle rear "D", Six Cylinder Engine "S" and Winch "W".
Gallery
File:18pdrTowedByMorrisTractor1938.jpg|18pdr Towed By Morris Tractor 1938 File:Battle of Egypt- the Retreat of the Eighth Army To New Positions E13780.jpg|Battle of Egypt- the Retreat of the Eighth Army To New Positions. Modified CDSW towing a Bofors gun File:30cwt Morris‑Commercial CDSW 6x4 wrecker, H5191631 pic5.JPG|Morris CDSW Breakdown variant front File:30cwt Morris‑Commercial CDSW 6x4 wrecker pic3.JPG|Morris CDSW Breakdown variant side File:30cwt Morris‑Commercial CDSW 6x4 wrecker pic1.JPG|Morris CDSW Breakdown variant rear
References
References
- Ventham, Philip and Fletcher, David (1990) ''Moving the guns: the mechanisation of the Royal Artillery, 1854-1939'', HMSO {{ISBN. 0-11-290477-7, {{ISBN. 978-0-11-290477-9
- Fletcher, David (1998)''British military transport, 1829-1956'', HM Stationery Office, {{ISBN. 0-11-290570-6, {{ISBN. 978-0-11-290570-7
- Patterson, Ian. (2001). "History of the British 7th Armoured Division: Equipment Used By The Artillery Regiments".
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