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Restored CCKW 353 Cargo truck with open cab, machine gun ring, and front-mounted winch. The GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy", or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, [a] was a highly successful series of off-road capable, 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design (from 1941 to 1945) for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as cargo ...
A Red Ball Express truck gets stuck in the mud during World War II, 1944. 1971 AM General M35A2 with winch and camouflage cargo cover. The 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 6×6 truck was a standard class of medium duty trucks, designed at the beginning of World War II for the US Armed Forces, in service for over half a century, from 1940 into the 1990s.
front cover G1 1930. This is the Group G series List of the United States military vehicles by (Ordnance) supply catalog designation, – one of the alpha-numeric "standard nomenclature lists" (SNL) that were part of the overall list of the United States Army weapons by supply catalog designation, a supply catalog that was used by the United States Army Ordnance Department / Ordnance Corps as ...
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GMC CCKW 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6, DUKW 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6 amphibian: 302: 302 cu in (4.9 L) G: I6: 130 hp (97 kW) @3200rpm: 262 lbf⋅ft (355 N⋅m) @1200rpm: M135 2 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6x6 BV-1001: 235 cu in (3.9 L) G: I6: 83 hp (62 kW) @3100rpm: 184 lbf⋅ft (249 N⋅m) @1000rpm: Chev. G506 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 4x4
The name DUKW comes from General Motors Corporation model nomenclature: [6]. D, 1942 production series; U, Utility; K, all wheel drive; W, tandem rear axles, both driven; Decades later, the designation was explained erroneously by writers such as Donald Clarke, who wrote in 1978 that it was an initialism for "Duplex Universal Karrier, Wheeled".
Specifications; Mass: 2,396 lb (1,087 kg) Barrel length: 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) L/50 [1] Shell.50 BMG (12.7×99mm NATO) ... CCKW-353-B2 gun truck with M45 on M20 trailer ...
Name and type [1] [2] Build years Total built Notes Dodge M1918 1 ⁄ 2-ton 4x2 : 1918 1,012 Light repair truck for vehicles White 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 4x2: 1917–1919: Wide range of bodies ...