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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.
American Bantam was the sole manufacturer of jeeps put into service by the U.S. Army during 1940. [ 16 ] The word "Jeep" was first used to describe US Army "midget cars" in a January 1941 newspaper article, mentioning "Bantam" as the manufacturer. [ 22 ]
The following list includes original "Dodge" models designed outside the US or rebadged models from other manufacturers/brands. ... WC Series [n11 1] 1940: 1945 ...
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 ...
[24] The new rules more or less allowed the Army to order in late 1939 the U.S. military's first ever light, quantity-produced 4×4 trucks: the half-ton Dodge G-505 VC-series trucks, delivered in the first half of 1940, but these were still not light enough for the jobs that both the Infantry and Ordnance branches required it for.
Dodge WC series (1940) (Military Transport Vehicle) ... Dodge Coronet R/T 426 Hemi Convertible (1967) Dodge Coronet W023 (1967) Envoy Epic HB (1967-1970)
1940 Dodge VC-5 Open Cab pickup. The classic, pre-war bucket seats attempted to keep occupants on board, prior to the introduction of seat belts. The first of the 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4x4, VC series military trucks were based on Dodge's 1939 commercial, one-ton rated model TC-series. The military VC models kept the same wheelbase and got the same ...
A 1956 Dodge Kingsway in India. The Dodge Kingsway is an automobile built by Dodge for export markets. The Kingsway name was adopted for the 1940 models. Before that, the export models based on Plymouth models had no unique model names. Kingsways were rebadged Plymouth vehicles, although they were often equipped with Dodge bumpers and trim. [1]