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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.
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.
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.
A military convoy in Mexico of FWD (Four Wheel Drive Auto Company trucks ( F W D logo visible on front truck's radiator) makes its way down a muddy, deeply rutted road. Date 1916
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.
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 ...
Renault Trucks Defence: Renault Kerax: heavy truck/tractor (include versions with armoured cab: yes: 1996–present: France, Bangladesh Renault Trucks Defence: Renault Trucks K: heavy truck: yes: 2013–present: Bangladesh Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles: MAN HX: heavy truck/tractor: no: 2004–present (see Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles)
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.