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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. The US Marines have used both US Army and their own specific models ...
The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle (CUCV; / ˈ k ʌ k v iː / KUK-vee), [1] later the Light Service Support Vehicle (LSSV), is a vehicle program instituted to provide the United States military with light utility vehicles based on a civilian truck chassis.
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
After being awarded a U.S. Army contract in July, Canoo has outfitted one of its electric pickup trucks for military duty and sent it to the army for analysis. Canoo Electric Pickup Is in the Army Now
This list includes military trucks, are in production for 2021. Previous models are in a separate table, which is below. In the column "Company" indicates the manufacturer of the truck, in the column "truck" model
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.
The Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) is an eight-wheel drive, diesel-powered, 10-short-ton (9,100 kg) tactical truck. [2] The M977 HEMTT first entered service in 1982 with the United States Army as a replacement for the M520 Goer, and since that date has remained in production for the U.S. Army and other nations.
The Army expected the JLTV program to cut about five years off of the total program and save about US$5.9 billion, as Oshkosh's final competitive bid was low enough so the Army decided to "buy to budget" and get more platforms each year, which shrunk the total length of the contract and increased cost avoidances accrued each year.