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The following is a list of Second World War military vehicles organized by country, showing numbers produced in parentheses.
Properly military models emerged in WW2 such as the Ford WOA2 E&L Transport, added to the "civilian pattern" Ford B3000 S, V3000S, V3000A, BB, V8-51, V8 M1931, and V8 M1937. They all saw service with US Army or Marines in small numbers due to their inadequacy as 4WD vehicles.
The US Army heavily relied on trucks during World War II to transport troops, weapons, and supplies. The most common types of trucks used by the US military during this time were the GMC CCKW 2-1/2 ton cargo truck and its variant, the M35 truck.
The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 truck was a standard class of medium duty trucks, designed at the beginning of World War II for the US Armed Forces, in service for over half a century, from 1940 into the 1990s.
From the rumbling roar of tanks and the relentless hum of aircraft, to the tireless engines of trucks and ships carrying personnel across the globe, the vehicles of World War II weren’t just silent spectators, but transformative characters.
The trucks were the forgotten heores of the WW2 battlefields, being the main responsibles for the logistics of keeping the front lines supplied.
The G-506 trucks, -ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.
WWII for the US was the first completely mechanized war. There were tanks, jeeps, tanks, armored cars, tank destroyers, halftracks, and trucks that were used by the US military. They came in all sizes from the 1/4 ton 4×4 Jeep to the 10 ton wreckers.
The US Army WW2 Main 4x4 light truck during WW2, with the most common G7107 but many other variants were produced, detailed here.
Adopted by the United States Marine Corps during WW2, the Internationals were fitted with a variety of beds. In addition to the standard cargo beds, International 6x6s were equipped as dump, pipeline, tanker, telephone and fire trucks.