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The M6 37 mm gun motor carriage, 3/4-ton, 4×4 (abbreviated as M6 GMC), or fully described "M6 Fargo gun motor carriage with 37 mm anti-tank gun," (by Dodge numbered WC-55), was a modified G-502 Dodge WC-52, designed and built to carry an M3A1 37mm anti-tank gun combined with gun shield, mounted on its cargo bed, facing rearward.
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.
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 ...
M715 series 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4: 1967–1969: 30,553: Ambulance, cargo, utility bodies (Modified Jeep J-series truck) M561 1 + 1 ⁄ 4-ton 6x6: 1968: 14,274: Cargo and ambulance bodies "Gamma Goat" M656 Series 5-ton 8x8: 1968–1969: 3 bodies for Pershing Missile System
Ordnance crest "WHAT'S IN A NAME" - military education about SNL. This is a historic (index) list of United States Army weapons and materiel, by their Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group and individual designations — an alpha-numeric nomenclature system used in the United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalogues used from about 1930 to about 1958.
For non-sequential numbers, like M1 Abrams, see bottom of list. M1 combat car, also known as the M1 light tank; M1 light motorcycle; M2 light tank, .5" MG or 37 mm gun, 11-ton
An M56 used as a fire truck in the Lane Motor Museum. The Dodge M37 was a 3 ⁄ 4-ton 4x4 truck developed for service in the United States military as a successor to the widely used Dodge-built WC Series introduced during World War II.
Introduced as the T-series for the 1939 model year, the line evolved into the V-series for 1940, and W-series for 1941, but the "W" was retained until the end of sales in 1947. The bottom of the range TC, and its successors VC and WC, were 1 ⁄ 2 -ton rated, on a 116 in (295 cm) wheelbase.