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The Austin K2/Y is a British heavy military ambulance that was used by all Commonwealth services during the Second World War.. Built by Austin, it was based on the 1938 Austin K30 30-cwt light truck which, as the K2 chassis, was built during the war for many uses.
The 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton WC-54 was designed as successor to the previous 1/2-ton, 4×4, G-505 models WC-9, WC-18, and WC-27 Dodge Ambulance trucks. [2] Although based on the 3/4-ton Dodge "Beep" chassis, which front and rear axles featured wider tracks of 64 + 3 ⁄ 4 in (1.64 m), the 3/4-ton ambulance versions retained a longer wheelbase, very close to that of the previous half-tonners, as well as ...
NB: In British nomenclature, a vehicle with load-carrying capacity of less than one imperial ton (20 hundredweight) was designated as a truck. [4] AEC armoured command vehicle (415) Albion WD.CX24 tank transporter; Austin K2/Y ambulance. [5] (13,102) Austin K3; Austin K4; Austin K4 dropside; Austin K5; Austin K6 GS; Austin K6 gantry; Bedford MW ...
The ambulance staff were British women aged between 18 and 45 and numbered around 400, [2] some of whom were seconded from the Mechanised Transport Corps (for Women) and the Women's Transport Services (FANY). [4] Members of the AAGB wore the tunic and skirt uniform as worn by those in the FANY but with crossed British and American flags on the ...
Dodge WC-64 Ambulance. WC-64. The WC-64 KD Truck, 3/4 ton, 4x4 Ambulance Dodge (G-502) was an ambulance based on the same chassis as the WC-54 but with a knock-down body designed to increase the number of vehicles that could be shipped at the same time. The rear boxes were supplied in two major parts: lower and upper.
The Austin Champ was a military and civilian jeep-like vehicle made by the Austin Motor Company in the 1950s. The army version was officially known as "Truck, 1/4 ton, CT, 4×4, Cargo & FFW, Austin Mk.1" however the civilian name "Champ" was universally, if unofficially, applied to it. The majority of Champs produced went to the British Army.
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army truck, 1 ⁄ 4 ‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance, [9] [10] commonly known as the Willys Jeep, [nb 5] Jeep, or jeep, [12] and sometimes referred to by its Standard Army vehicle supply nr. G-503, [nb 6] were highly successful American off-road capable, light military utility ...
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