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The M37's flathead Chrysler Straight-6 engine was carried over from the World War II-era WC vehicle line, as was most of the drivetrain. Using an engine and drivetrain derived from a widely-produced 1930s era passenger vehicle was in line with a long-standing military procurement strategy that attempted to use commercially produced vehicle ...
M6 WC-55 top schematic. The 37 mm GMC M6 was a modified 3/4-ton 4x4 Dodge WC52 truck with a rear-facing 37 mm M3 gun mounted in its bed and designated WC55.The gun was normally fired to the rear – it could not be fully depressed when pointed to the front of the vehicle due to blast effects on the crew and vehicle windshield.
M506 truck, hydrogen peroxide servicer, PGM-11 Redstone – Dodge M37 M508 semitrailer, shop van, 6-ton, (G751) M512 truck, shop van, 2 1 ⁄ 2 -ton, 6 × 6 (G742)
The new in-line 8-cylinder engine is largely based on the six-cylinder engine that appeared on the Desoto Model K. It has five main levels, the central one being wider. [1] When the engineers had to rebore the cylinders to 3-1/2 inches, the space between each pair of cylinders was modified. This applies to all blocks with the same bore.
The name of this article would at first suggest a focus on models that are indeed called Dodge WC-numbers, either 4x4 or 6x6. However, the U.S. Army Ordnance Corps' central Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) Supply Catalog, covering the WC series, conveys both by its title, "SNL G-657 – Master Parts List, Dodge Trucks", as well as by the explicit types list on its second page, that (because of ...
M37 highway, a highway in Turkmenistan; Dodge M37, a military truck; Ithaca M37, an American shotgun; Messier 37, a star cluster; 82-BM-37, an infantry mortar; Infiniti M37, a Japanese luxury car; M37 machine gun. Cal. .30 Browning adapted for tank use. M1919 Browning machine gun; M37 105 mm howitzer motor carriage, WWII-era armored artillery
De Dion-Bouton engine, circa 1905. The cylinder heads are integrated into the engine block, but the crankcase is separate. [2] Typical 1930-1960 flathead engine with integrated crankcase. The cylinder head is tipped upwards for illustrative purposes. An engine where all the cylinders share a common block is called a monobloc engine. Most modern ...
The 2.0 L (1,996 cc/121.8 cid) version of the engine was the first offered. Production began in 1994 in Trenton, MI, and it was used in many Chrysler Corporation vehicles. It is available in both SOHC and DOHC 16-valve versions (4 valves per cylinder). The engine features a cast iron block, and pistons with shallow crowns to save weight.