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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.
The Studebaker US6 was a series of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton 6×6 and 5-ton 6×4 trucks manufactured by the Studebaker Corporation and REO Motor Car Company during World War II.The basic cargo version was designed to transport a 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-short-ton (5,000 lb; 2,300 kg) cargo load over any type of terrain in any weather.
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 ...
Over time it evolved into a family of specialized vehicles. It inherited the nickname "Deuce and a Half" from an older 2½-ton truck, the World War II GMC CCKW. The M35 started as a 1949 REO Motor Car Company design for a 2½-ton 6×6 off-road truck. This original 6-wheel M34 version with a single wheel tandem was quickly superseded by the 10 ...
List of equipment used in World War II; List of armoured fighting vehicles of World War II; List of prototype World War II combat vehicles; Military equipment of Germany's allies on the Balkan and Russian fronts (1941–45) List of U.S. Signal Corps Vehicles; G-numbers; Hobarts Funnies
A Renault AHN2 at an Italian town in 1943, during World War II Renault AHN seen in Dieppe (October 2024) The Renault AHx was a range of light/medium trucks with carrying capacities from 2 to 5 tonnes manufactured by Renault between 1941 and 1947. Various versions were used in World War II by the German forces.
The United States home front during World War II supported the war effort in many ways, including a wide range of volunteer efforts and submitting to government-managed rationing and price controls. There was a general feeling of agreement that the sacrifices were for the national good during the war.
The 1 ⁄ 2 ‑ton, G-505 WC‑trucks remained in various uses to the end of World War II – from 1943 as "limited standard" vehicles. [14] Throughout the war, Dodge was the U.S. Army's sole producer of 3 ⁄ 4 ‑ton trucks, and built a total of 255,193 of these, across all variants, from April 1942 to August 1945.