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The Mack NO 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6 truck was a heavy 6x6 cargo truck designed in the 1940s by the American manufacturer Mack Trucks. It was used by the U.S. Army as an artillery tractor for heavy artillery during and after World War II. The official U.S. Army designation was: Truck, 7 1/2 ton, 6x6, Prime Mover. [2] Its G-number was (G-532).
The Mack NM 6-ton 6x6 truck, officially "Prime Mover Cargo truck ", was Mack's first military 6x6. It debuted as a prime mover in 1940, and was used for towing AA guns, and ammunition. Gun crews rode in its canvas covered bed. The NM's enclosed cab came from the commercial L-model. Many NM's were used by the British as recovery vehicles.
The Mack M123 was a 10-ton 6x6 semi-tractor introduced in 1955. The Mack M125 was a heavy cargo truck version of the M123. The M123 was used to tow tank transporter trailers while the M125 towed field artillery pieces.
The NO series were 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6 artillery prime movers meant to tow the 155mm "Long Tom" field gun, 8 inch howitzer, and 240mm howitzer (the 240mm howitzer was two separate loads). They used the same EY 707 cu in (11.6 L) overhead valve inline 6 cylinder gasoline engine developing 170 hp (130 kW) as the NM series.
The 6-ton 6×6 truck (supply catalog designations G512, 514, 526, and 547) was a family of heavy tactical trucks built for the United States Army during World War II. The basic cargo version was designed to transport a 6- short ton (5,400 kg) cargo load over all terrain in all weather.
Mack NM 6-ton 6x6: 1940–1944: 8,400+ Prime mover cargo truck Mack NO 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6: 1943–1945: 2,050: Prime mover cargo truck M1 Wrecker 10-ton 6x6 [11] 1941–1945: 5,765: Standard heavy wrecker during WWII Built by Ward LaFrance and Kenworth. Diamond T 980 12-ton 6x4 [12] 1941–1945: 6,554: Tractor for M19 tank transporter Pacific ...
6x6: 1940 Produced by Mack, it was a non-standard 6-ton 6x6 truck during World War II; 7,436 were produced in seven different models. [1] Mack NO: 7½-ton truck 6x6: 1941 Produced by Mack as an artillery tractor for the 155 mm gun M1, 8 inch Howitzer M1 and 240 mm howitzer M1 during World War II, longer wheelbase versions were made as heavy ...
A total of 2,053 NO models alone were produced from 1940 to 1945. The 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6 NO was the most important specifically military model, and could be used as a transport or tractor for the 155 mm Long Tom field gun. Mack also built over 2600 power trains for tanks.