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The M19 tank transporter (US supply catalog designation G159) was a heavy tank transporter system used in World War II and into the 1950s. It consisted of a 12-ton 6×4 M20 Diamond T model 980 truck and companion 12-wheel M9 trailer. Over 5,000 were produced, and employed by Allied armies throughout all theaters of war.
A tank transporter is a combination of a heavy tractor unit or a ballast tractor and a mating full trailer, hydraulic modular trailer or semi-trailer (typically of the "lowboy" type), used for transporting tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles.
M19 tank transporter (G159) M20 prime mover, 12-ton, Diamond T, (G159) – M19 tank transporter; M21 unknown; M22 lift, (G161) M23 instrument bench, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M24 unknown; M25 tank transporter, tank transporter/recovery vehicle, nicknamed "Dragon Wagon". M26 tractor + M15 trailer.
Tractor for M19 tank transporter Pacific M26 12-ton 6x6 [13] 1943–1945: 1,372: Semi-tractor for M25 tank transporter "Dragon Wagon" 1950.
M19 tank transporter, M20 truck (tractor) and M9 trailer combination, Diamond T tank transporter; G-160 M25 tank transporter, M26 tractor and M15 trailer combination Paccar, Dragon Wagon; G-161 M22 lift truck Weaver Mfg. Co. G-162 M5 tractor, high speed, International Harvester; M5A1; G-163 M18 Hellcat motor carriage, 76-mm gun, (T70)
The M25 tank transporter (G160) was a combination 6x6 M26 armored heavy tank transporter/tank recovery tractor and companion 40-ton M15 trailer introduced into US Army service in Europe in 1944–45. Manufactured by Pacific Car & Foundry Co. , it was a substantial upgrade over the Diamond T M19 transporter/trailer duo introduced in 1940.
There were closed tool compartments along both sides, two open containers in the front, and a bottom-hinged tailgate. The box could hold 18,000 pounds (8,200 kg) of ballast to increase traction on the rear tandem axles. When paired with the M9 Rogers trailer, the combination was designated the M19 tank transporter.
M25 tank transporter: Hall-Scott 440 (left side) Hall-Scott 440 (right side) Hercules. Model Displacement ... M19 tank transporter: HXD: disp855 cu in (14.0 L) G: I6: