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By 1915, the US Army was using trucks tactically. When the US joined World War I in April, 1917 it began purchasing trucks in larger numbers. 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.
GM CUCVs were assembled mostly from existing heavy duty light commercial truck parts. The CUCVs came in four basic body styles: pickup, utility, ambulance body and chassis cab. [12] [13] The M1008 was the basic cargo truck, the M1010 was the ambulance, and the M1009 was a Chevrolet K5 Blazer uprated to 3 ⁄ 4-ton capacity.
M. M6 bomb service truck; M19 tank transporter; M25 tank transporter; M35 series 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck; M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck; M123 and M125 10-ton 6x6 trucks
Company Truck Image Class Is there a civilian version Years in Production The armies which countries used ACMAT: VLRA 2: middle/heavy truck: no: 2009–present
By 1940 the US Army and Marines were using 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton EE dump trucks, EH 5-ton fuel tankers, EHU cabover wreckers, and other specialty vehicles. Early models were standard commercial models, with chrome trim and hubcaps, in 1942 all trucks became plainer. The military model EH was a 5-ton on road 4x2 cargo truck.
Prior to 1993, the U.S. Army employed the Commercial Heavy Equipment Transporter (C-HET), which consisted of either the M746 or the M911 truck tractor and the M747 semitrailer. The M746 was an 8×8, 22 1 ⁄ 2 -ton tractor built by Ward LaFrance from 1975 to 1977.
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Developed by General Motors from their Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck to provide squad level mobility with an unarmored, off-road capable vehicle based on a commercial design for the US Army's Infantry Bridages; production of 2,065 vehicles commenced in June 2020. [35] Harley-Davidson WLA: Motorcycle: 2x1 1942