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Early trucks were often designed for both military and commercial use, later military-specific designs were built. Since 1940 the US military has ordered over 3,000,000 tactical trucks. The US Marines have used both US Army and their own specific models, some are shown. The "ton" (907 kg) weight ratings are the payload of a basic cargo version ...
Isuzu Elf box truck. A box truck—also known as a box van, cube van, bob truck [1] or cube truck—is a chassis cab truck with an enclosed cuboid-shaped cargo area. [2] On most box trucks, the cabin is separate to the cargo area; however some box trucks have a door between the cabin and the cargo area, box trucks tend to be larger than cargo vans and smaller than tractor-trailers with movable ...
The following is a list of equipment of the United States Army during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, the United States joined the war and started actively supporting the Allies' campaign.
The Mack NR was a heavy 6x4 cargo truck designed and produced in the 1940s by the American manufacturer Mack Trucks. It was used mainly by the British Army to transport cargo and materiel over long distances during World War II. The official U.S. Army designation was: Truck, 10 ton, 6x4, Cargo. [1] Its G-number was (G-528).
In 1937, the US armed forces bought Mack's commercial E series in small orders, the EH was the largest model. In 1942, large numbers of modified trucks were supplied under Lend-Lease to Britain and many could be seen carrying the L or H-numbers of the British War Department. They differed from the commercial type by lacking chrome trim and ...
Restored CCKW 353 Cargo truck with open cab, machine gun ring, and front-mounted winch. The GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy", or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, [a] was a highly successful series of off-road capable, 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design (from 1941 to 1945) for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as cargo ...
Dodge was the U.S. Army's main supplier of 1 ⁄ 2 ‑ton trucks, and its sole supplier of both 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton trucks and 1 1 ⁄ 2 ‑ton 6x6 trucks in World War II. [5] With over a quarter million units built through August 1945, the G-502 3 ⁄ 4 ‑tons were the most common variants in the WC‑series. [5]
In 1949, France sent 49 forty-and-eights to the United States laden with donations from citizens of France in thanks for the U.S.' role in the liberation of France, one for each of the then forty-eight states and one for Washington, D.C., and Hawaii to share.