German Horse Drawn Transport. (and other nations)

Technically wagons and not carts. Don't appear British wagons - perhaps French or Belgian?

 

There French

 

Photo 1 and 3 french carts not wagons 1940 from my neg and photo 2 Captured Morris goes by german wagon.
Original photos and negs from my collection.
Keith

 

The odd thing is that the BEF is supposed to have been 100% mechanised! The other odd thing is that if the guy is a POW why he was allowed to mount a horse on which he could make an escape.

 

Sorry to seem pedantic but in these cases they are French carts and not wagons

 

Wagons normally are four wheeled - carts two. There are other distinctions but let's not get too technical. The first photo was of four wheeled wagons and the other two of two wheeled carts. Wagons usually used for medium to heavy loads - carts for light.

 

Renault did act as agents for some BMW models before the war. Then Renault was very much in the driving seat in the relationship in France, after 1940 the jackboot was very much on the other foot.
Looking at the contents of those carts they seem to be refugee rather than military. By June 1940 it was estimated that there were between 6 - 8 million French refugees on the roads*. It was one of the reasons (excuses) used by Petain in justifying seeking an armistice
I think those are farm carts rather than military wagons.

*Andrew Shennan, The Fall of France 1940, Pearson Education Limited, Harlow, 2000
Le discours du maréchal Pétain le 17 juin 1940, La Fondation de la France Libre

 

Yes they are refugees by there carts. Behind the last cart there is a pram that is towed by the cart, you can see the rope/string.

 

Hf. 1 leichter Heeresfeldwagen