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U.S. Army truck convoy in Mexico, 1916. The Transcontinental Motor Convoys were early 20th century vehicle convoys, including three US Army truck trains, that crossed the United States (one was coast-to-coast) to the west coast. The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy from Washington, D.C., to San Francisco used the incomplete Lincoln Highway.
In 1939–1941, the US Army Quartermaster Corps was developing a full, and largely standardized line of tactical trucks, that could all operate off-road, and in all weather. In 1941, trucks of 1 ⁄ 4 -ton, 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, and 3-ton load capacity, (4x4), and of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 -ton , 4-ton, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 -tons, (6x6), were in ...
1919 "Trans-Continental Motor Truck" [1] The 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy was a long distance convoy (described as a Motor Truck Trip with a "Truck Train" [1]) carried out by the U.S. Army Motor Transport Corps that drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C., to Oakland, California and then by ferry over to end in San Francisco.
One of the prototype Militors served notably in the 1919 Motor Transport Corps convoy, a long-distance convoy of 81 vehicles and trailers carried out by the Army Motor Transport Corps. The convoy drove over 3,000 mi (4,800 km) on the historic Lincoln Highway from Washington, D.C. , to Oakland, California and then moved by ferry to end in San ...
The Red Ball Express was a famed truck convoy system that supplied Allied forces moving quickly through Europe after breaking out from the D-Day beaches in Normandy in 1944. [1] To expedite cargo shipment to the front, trucks emblazoned with red balls followed a similarly marked route that was closed to civilian traffic.
Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN SX: heavy truck/tractor: no: 2005–present: Germany, United Kingdom, New Zealand Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN TGA: heavy truck: yes: 2000–present: Germany Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN TGM: medium truck: yes: 2000–present: Austria, Germany Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN TGS ...
US Military Wheeled Vehicles (3 ed.). Victory WWII. ISBN 0-970056-71-0. Doyle, David (2003). Standard catalog of U.S. Military Vehicles. Krause. ISBN 0-87349-508-X. Archived from the original on 15 January 2018; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959.
A convoy of U.S. Army trucks in Hawaii. A convoy is a group of vehicles, typically motor vehicles or ships, traveling together for mutual support and protection.Often, a convoy is organized with armed defensive support and can help maintain cohesion within a unit.