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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 ...
The Tatra 92 was an army 6×4 off-road truck model made by Czech manufacturer Tatra between 1937 and 1941. It was mainly used for transporting military cargo and personnel in Czech and later German armies, but also ambulance and field kitchen lorry versions were made. [2]
The M39 series had both single- and dual-rear-tire models; very few single-rear-tire trucks were built. Most models had 11.00×20s with dual rear tires; tractor wreckers had larger 12.00×20s. Bridge trucks and all M139 chassis-based trucks had 14.00×20s. [7] A standard military cab, designed by REO, was used. It had hinged doors with roll-up ...
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 ...
Heavy hauler and ballast tractor 8×8s have had a long history as prime movers in both the military (as tank transports and artillery tractors), as well as commercially in logging and heavy equipment hauling both on- and off-road. Most eight-wheel drive trucks have two front and two rear axles, with only the front pair steering.
A few aberrations of 6×6, 8×8 and even half-tracks were produced, [4] but these were mostly as gun tractors or recovery vehicles and were too complex and expensive for General Service trucks. The standard design became a 6×4 truck of 3 ton capacity, [5] along with larger trucks of 10 tons. [6]
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As a successor to Tatra 813 it was originally designed for extreme off-road conditions, while nowadays there are also variants designated for mixed (both off- and on-road) use. The gross weight is up to 35,500 kg (78,264 lb). The 815 and its descendant models took the Czech truck racer Karel Loprais to victory six times in the Dakar Rally.