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By 1915, the US Army was using trucks tactically. 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.
Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement – 7,500 units. Heavy Equipment Transport System; M35 2½ ton cargo truck; M939 Truck – 32,000 units. M970; Family of Medium Tactical Vehicles – 80,000 units. Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck – 13,000 units. Logistics Vehicle System; Palletized Load System; Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle; R-11 ...
A series of trucks based on commercial truck models with minimal modifications to make them suitable for military service, they include M915 series of 14-ton 6x4 semi-tractors built by AM General and later Freightliner, the M916 20-ton 6x6 semi-tractors built by Freightliner, the M917 dump trucks initially Freightliner 18.5-ton 8x6 vehicles and ...
M939 series trucks – previous U.S. Army 5-ton truck; M809 series trucks – previous U.S. Army 5-ton truck (remained in use alongside successor M939 series) M35 series trucks – previous U.S. Army 2.5-ton truck; Oshkosh MTVR; Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck; Palletized load system; Logistics Vehicle System (LVS) Leyland 4-tonne truck
33 comments Toggle Merger proposal: List of United States Army tactical truck models subsection 1.1 Existing list or new one 1.2 Should a list that has been in place for years have been edited or replaced with a new list?
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 M39 series 5-ton 6×6 truck was a family of heavy tactical trucks built for the United States Armed Forces between 1951 and 1965. The basic cargo version was designed to transport a 5-ton (4,500 kg), 14 ft (4.3 m) long load over all terrain in all weather. In on-road service the load weight was doubled.
M123 and M125 10-ton 6x6 trucks; M151 ¼-ton 4×4 utility truck; M274 ½-ton 4×4 utility platform truck; M422 Mighty Mite; M425 and 426 tractor truck; M520 Goer; M559; M656; M809 series 5-ton 6×6 truck; M816 Wrecker; M877; M915 (truck) M939 series 5-ton 6×6 truck; M970; M1151; M1288 GMV 1.1; Mack AC; Mack model EH trucks; Mack NJU 5-ton 4x4 ...