Morris CS8

The Morris Commercial CS8, also called the Morris 15 cwt, was a British light military truck of the Second World War, introduced in 1934 and the most numerous vehicle of its size in the British Army when the war began. It answered a 1933 War Office specification for a short-wheelbase 15 cwt truck with good ground clearance, a semi-forward driving position and commercial components. The S in the name meant a six-cylinder engine and the 8 the nominal wheelbase in feet. A 3,485 cc inline six petrol engine gave 60 bhp through a four-speed gearbox. Early trucks had open cabs with aero screens and canvas doors, later replaced with full cabs, and it was eventually replaced by other vehicles.