Morris CDSW

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use British English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox weapon | name = Morris CDSW | image = File:Morris-Commercial CDSW.JPG | image_size = 300 | caption = Morris CDSW | origin = {{UK}} | type = [[Artillery tractor]] | is_vehicle = yes | is_UK = yes | service = | used_by = UK | wars = Second World War | designer = [[Morris Commercial Cars]] | design_date = | manufacturer = Morris and others | unit_cost = | production_date = | number = | variants =  | spec_label = | weight = | length = | part_length = | width = | height = | diameter = | crew = | passengers =  | armour = none | primary_armament = | secondary_armament = | engine = | engine_power = | pw_ratio = | transmission = | payload_capacity = | suspension = | clearance = | fuel_capacity = | vehicle_range = | speed = | guidance = | steering = }}

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 gun]]s.<ref name="vent">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}}</ref><ref name="Flat">Fletcher, David (1998)''British military transport, 1829-1956'', HM Stationery Office, {{ISBN|0-11-290570-6}}, {{ISBN|978-0-11-290570-7}}</ref>

Typically it was used to pull the [[Ordnance QF 18-pounder|18-pounder]] field gun and the [[QF 4.5-inch howitzer|4.5-inch howitzer]], and later the [[Ordnance QF 25-pounder|25-pounder]] [[gun-howitzer]] which replaced those two weapons. It was also used, with a modified body, for hauling the [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|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|Morris C8 "Quad"]].<ref name="vent"/><ref name="Flat"/>

CDSW indicated model "C", Double Axle rear "D", Six Cylinder Engine "S" and Winch "W".<ref name="Pat">{{citation |url=http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipartillery.htm |last=Patterson, Ian |year=2001 |title=History of the British 7th Armoured Division: Equipment Used By The Artillery Regiments|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120630043946/http://www.btinternet.com/~ian.a.paterson/equipartillery.htm|archivedate=2012-06-30}}</ref>

== Gallery == <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 </gallery>

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[[Category:Morris Commercial vehicles|C8]] [[Category:Military trucks of the United Kingdom]] [[Category:Artillery tractors]] [[Category:Soft-skinned vehicles]] [[Category:Military vehicles introduced in the 1930s]] [[Category:Vehicles introduced in 1933]] [[Category:World War II vehicles of the United Kingdom]]