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Arctic convoys of World War II; Allied logistics in the Kokoda Track campaign; Allied logistics in the Southern France campaign; American logistics in the Normandy campaign; American logistics in the Northern France campaign; American logistics in the Western Allied invasion of Germany; American services and supply in the Siegfried Line campaign
The Illustrated Guide to Military Vehicles. Hermes House. ISBN 978-1-78214-192-1. Handbook of Ordnance Data (PDF). US War Dept. 1919. pp. 362– 379; Military Vehicles Forecast: United States Tactical Vehicles. Forecast International. 2003; Standard Military Vehicle Data Sheets. Ordnance Tank Automotive Cmd. 1959.
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.
Too few heavy trucks had been manufactured in the United States, and this compelled the use of the smaller general purpose GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 trucks for long hauls, for which they were unsuited. [13] The roads often had shallow foundations, and soon deteriorated under sustained use by military vehicle traffic and autumn rains. [14]
The Autocar Model U8144T, officially "5- to 6-Ton, 4×4, Ponton Tractor Truck", (supply catalog number G511) was the largest, and most heavy-duty, of a family of heavy four-wheel drive trucks developed for, and deployed primarily with, the United States Army in World War II.
The following is a list of equipment of the United States Army during World War II which includes artillery, vehicles and vessels. World War II was a global war that started in 1939 and ended in 1945. Following the Japanese attack of 7 December 1941, the United States joined the war and started actively supporting the Allies' campaign.
The US military was racially segregated during World War II, with most African American soldiers belonging to service units. Of the 29,714 troops that landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day, only about 500 were African Americans; of the 31,912 who landed on Utah Beach, approximately 1,200 were African Americans.
The War Department removed the tires from unserviceable vehicles in the United States, and brokered a moratorium on industrial disputes in the synthetic rubber industry to increase production. [112] The flexibility of motor transport was demonstrated in December when the American armies were struck by the German Ardennes offensive.