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The Class-B Standardized Military Truck or "Liberty Truck" was a heavy-duty truck produced by the United States Army during World War I.It was designed by the Quartermaster Corps with help from the Society of Automotive Engineers in 1917 in an effort to help standardize the immense parts catalogue and multiple types of vehicles then in use by the US military, as well as create a truck which ...
In 1950 the next generation of tactical trucks were being developed. Sizes were rationalized, with 1 ⁄ 4 and 3 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4s and 2 + 1 ⁄ 2, 5, and 10-ton 6x6s. Trucks were military standard designs, 6x6 trucks used common cabs and similar fender and hood styles. [14]
"By the end of the war, the whole world saw the horse as hopelessly outclassed." [50] Nevertheless—crucially—using four-wheel drive still remained tied to heavier trucks, of 1 1 ⁄ 2-ton to 5-ton capacity. All through World War I, there were not any light four-wheel-drive vehicles yet. [54]
Brockway B666 [1] heavy truck: no: 1942-1945: United States Brockway: Brockway C666 [1] crane chassis: no: 1943-1945: United States Brossel: Brossel-TAL: artillery tractor: no: 1937-1939: Belgium Bryansky Avtomobilny Zavod: ZIL-135LM: special wheeled chassis for artillery rocket system 9K52 Luna-M: no: 1959-1994
The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II. London: Amber Books. ISBN 1-58663-762-2. Bishop, Chris (2014). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War I. London: Amber Books. ISBN 978-1-78274-141-1. Bullock, David; Deryabin, Alexander (2003). Armored Units of the Russian Civil War: White and Allied. New Vanguard. Oxford: Osprey ...
Mack Trucks has been selling heavy duty trucks and buses to the United States military since 1911. Virtually every model has been used. The majority have been commercial models designed and built by Mack with their own components, but they have also designed and built military specification tactical trucks. The military vehicles are rated by ...
Dodge was the U.S. Army's main supplier of 1 ⁄ 2 ‑ton trucks, and its sole supplier of both 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton trucks and 1 1 ⁄ 2 ‑ton 6x6 trucks in World War II. [5] With over a quarter million units built through August 1945, the G-502 3 ⁄ 4 ‑tons were the most common variants in the WC‑series. [5]
[citation needed] Trucks in the 0.75- to 3-ton payload range had been brought into service during the late 1930s, [citation needed] being used for both transport of motorised infantry and more general transport and logistical work. However, there was still a widespread shortage of vehicles of all sizes which became more acute when the Army was ...