During Ww2 Did The British Military Calibrate Their Maps In...

[sandyRoe]

...miles or kilometres?
Watching a television programme about the foundation of the SAS an early scene showed trucks with enough fuel for a 500km journey stopping on their 500 mile trip.
That seems most unlikely.

[davebro]

stopping cos they ran out of petrol?

[sandyRoe]

Yes.

[Fitzer]

Confused then, 500km of fuel won’t take you 500m so yes they’d have to stop. Pretty sure UK military maps of the era were in imperial but could have been captured maps I suppose.

[ABerrant]

If you are referring to the opening scene of BBC's 'SAS Rogue Heroes', the Commanding Officer does say -
"There are Frenchmen, you see, in the Transport Department."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0d5z28p/sas-rogue-heroes-series-1-episode-1

[davebro]

Would they judge their fuel consumption at all accurately? Maybe they took a jerry can to the nearest filling station. Was there a re-fuelling facility at the end of their planned 500m journey?

[sandyRoe]

The convoy was going to Tobruk.
The French would have known 500 miles was 800 km and provided enough fuel.
This is only a programme for television and I don't think historical accuracy is its main concern.

[wolf63]

When I read your question, Sandy, I automatically thought of this incident.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider

[wolf63]