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| US 76mm Gun Motor Carriage T70, August 23, 1943. |
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| US T49 Gun Motor Carriage prototype (a distant predecessor to the famous M18 Hellcat tank destroyer). |
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| U.S. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Iowa, 1942, with M3 Medium Tank. |
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| George S. Patton, then a lieutenant general, in North Africa during World War II, 1943. Note his modified M3 Scout Car in the background. |
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| American soldier loading ammo boxes on side rails of half-track vehicle. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7127 serial prefix NP - truck cargo, LWB (long wheelbase), 383 built. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7117 serial prefix NM - cargo body, with winch (26,207 built). |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7107 serial prefix NJ - cargo body, less winch (86,871 built). |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 field lighting truck. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7143 serial prefix NF - Field lighting. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7116 NL - dump body, with winch, front view. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7116 serial prefix NL - dump body, with winch (5,133 built with a winch). |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7106 serial prefix NH - dump body, less winch (9008 built). |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7106 NH - dump body, less winch. Notice the absence of rear mudguards. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7105 serial prefix NG (K-51) - panel body. 3658 built. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7103 serial prefix NE - cab (with chassis) SWB (short wheelbase). |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7133 serial prefix NZ - airfield crash truck. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7163 NR - telephone body with earth borer. 1,719 built. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7173 NS - telephone maintenance body. 4,328 built. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7123 serial prefix NN - COE stake and platform LWB (long wheelbase), 581 built. |
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| US Dodge VF-405 4x4 1.5-ton truck. 1940. |
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| US Ford 51 Marmon-Harrington B5-4 4x4 truck. 1935. |
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| US Chevrolet G7107 (no winch) 4x4 1.5-ton. truck. |
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| US Chevrolet G7117 (with winch) 4x4 1.5-ton truck. |
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| US Chevrolet BV-1001 engine as used in the G506 truck. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 Fire-fighter truck - class 135 - fog and foam. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7153 serial prefix NX - COE fire-fighter truck - LWB. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 E5 turret trainer with B-17, B-24, B-25 and B-26 dorsal turret. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 E5 turret trainer with B-17, B-24, B-25 and B-26 dorsal turret. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 E-5 turret trainer for B-17, B-24 Sperry ball turret. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G506 E-5 turret trainer for B-24 Consolidated tail turret. |
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| US Caterpillar Diesel advertisement. |
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| US Chevrolet Model G7128 serial prefix NQ - M6 bomb service truck G35 ESWB (extra-short wheelbase), 7,857 built. |
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| US M18 Gun Motor Carriage "Hellcat". |
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| US M31 tank recovery vehicle. Initially designated T2 TRV. |
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| US M31 tank recovery vehicle. |
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| US M31 TRV with M10 gun motor carriage. |
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| US M31 TRV with DUKW. |
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| Troops loaded on 2.5-ton cargo truck and large trailer. |
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| US DUKWs come ashore on beach "Alpha Red" near Cavalaire, France, 18 August 1944. |
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| US T27 Armored Car. |
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| US T27 Armored Car. |
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| US T27 Armored Car. |
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| US T27 Armored Car. |
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| US T2 tank recovery vehicle. |
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| US T2 tank recovery vehicle. |
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| US M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle. |
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| US M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle. |
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| US Multiple Gun Mount T60. |
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| US T55E1 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage. |
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| US M41 Howitzer Motor Carriage. |
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| US M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage. |
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| US M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage. |
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| US M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage. |
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| USMC rocket launchers pound the Japanese on Saipan, circa mid-1944. The trucks are International Harvester M-2-4 one-ton 4x4 vehicles. |
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| US T45 Multiple Rocket Launcher mounted on the Truck, 1-ton, 4x4 (International Harvester) manned by Marines on Iwo Jima. |
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| From launching platforms mounted on US International Harvester M-2-4 1-ton 4x4 trucks, Marine crews fire a hail of rockets at Japanese positions on a Saipan ridge, 24 June 1944. Note the Leathernecks crouched over the release controls at the forward end of the trucks. The accuracy of this weapon has been greatly improved and it is now used in all war theaters. These were the first pictures to be released showing Marines using land based rockets in the Pacific theater. |
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| US T19 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriages passing the reviewing stand during a combined French and American parade on the occasion of Moslem Holiday Festival. General Nogues and Major General George S. Patton, Jr., reviewing officers, Rabat, French Morocco 18 December 1942. |
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| US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. |
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| US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. This view shows the rearward placement of the half-track's fuel tanks. Details of the howitzer mount can be seen, along with the .50 cal. pedestal mount in the rear of the vehicle. The right-angled corners of the fighting compartment are also obvious. |
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| Rear view of mount with gun installed in US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19 pilot, Aberdeen Proving Ground, 27 November 1941. |
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| US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. Crew positions are show here mounted (left) and ready for action (right). |
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| US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. The howitzer mount T2 was standardized as the mount M3. |
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| US 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. |
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| Production US T23 Heavy Tank with cast turret for 76mm M1A1 gun, electrical transmission, and vertical volute spring suspension. The T23 turret was designed to be interchangeable with the turret ring of the M4 Medium Tank. |
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| US LVT helping LCVP off the beach. |
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| US LVT(A)-4 (Landing Vehicle, Tracked) with 37mm gun turret, Okinawa, 1945. |
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| August 29, 1942: After landing in force, U.S. Marines pause on the beach of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands before advancing inland against the Japanese during World War II. |
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| US Heavy Tank T26E3. |
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| US 155mm Gun Motor Carriage M40. |
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| US M40 155mm Gun Motor Carriage. |
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| US T1E4 Light Tank. |
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| US T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage. |
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| US Medium Tank T23. |
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| US M40 Gun Motor Carriage. |
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| US M40 Gun Motor Carriage. |
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| Chevy built 3,800 T-17 Staghound armored cars in Flint, Michigan, most with the 37mm cannons shown here, between October 1942 and April 1944. |
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| American 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19 (W-403610), “Cathy.” |
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| American T19 Howitzer Motor Carriage with trailer. |
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| A line-up of T19 HMCs of the US 9th Field Artillery at Newport News, Virginia, 20 October 1942. These units were part of Task Force A, en route to North Africa. |
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| Front view of American 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. |
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| Rear view of American 105mm Howitzer Motor Carriage T19. |
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| American Medium Tank T25E1. |
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| American Light Tank T2. |
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| American Light Tank T2. |
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| American Light Tank T2 (Modified). |
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| American Light Tank T2E1. |
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| American solider operating a searchlight, 1941. |
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| American soldiers cleaning an anti-aircraft searchlight, circa 1941-42. |
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| US M3 Medium Tank during training. |
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| American M3 medium tank "Barbarian" disabled after falling into an anti-tank ditch in Tunisia, 1943. |
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| US M2 Half-track (W-4011894). |
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| M16 Gun Motor Carriage being used for direct fire, US 209th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion, supporting the 32nd Infantry Division, Villa Verde Trail, Philippines, August 1945. |
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| US 76mm Gun Motor Carriage T70 pilot number 3 was photographed on June 11, 1943 at Aberdeen Proving Ground where it was undergoing testing. Early examples of the T70 used the 76 mm Gun M1A1, which lacked threads on the muzzle for installing a muzzle brake. The T70 had the Continental R-975-C1 radial engines mounted in the rear of the hull and the 900T Torqmatic transmission and the final drives in the front of the hull. |
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| US M18 Gun Motor Carriage "Hellcat". |
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| A US soldier mans the M2 .50 caliber machine gun on an M18 GMC (40145323) during a training maneuver. |
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| During a lull in the fighting in Brest, France, on 12 September 1944, crewmen of a US M18 GMC (40145153) nicknamed “Big Gee” inspect their vehicle. |
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| M18 GMC crewmen from the US 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, 6th Armored Division, relax around their vehicle in Marnach, Luxembourg, 21 February 1945. |
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| A group of M18 GMCs attached to the US 6th Armored Division halt before a disabled German PzKpfw VI King Tiger tank somewhere in Germany, 28 February 1945. |
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| An M18 GMC from the US 603rd Tank Destroyer Battalion, Combat Command B, 6th Armored Division, guards an intersection in Luneville, France, 22 September 1944. |
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| US M18 GMC featuring an unusual placement of sandbags along the upper hull sides. |
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| The same family carrying buckets of water as they continue past the two tanks. |
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| These Axis prisoners were taken during the Allied assault on German positions near Sened, Tunisia, 1943. Note US M3 Medium tank in background. |
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| US M25 Tank Transporter moving a PzKpfw. V “Panther” tank, Germany, post-war. |
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| US M31 tank recovery vehicle with German pre-built bunker. |
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| US T9 Light Tank. The T9 was the prototype to the American M22 Locust airborne light tank. American manufacturer Marmon-Herrington drew up the design in 1941. It was primarily the British who wanted a new airborne tank to replace their aging Tetrarch design. However, the British industry was limited at the time and so American companies were selected for the task. Marmon-Herrington created a ~7.4 ton (6.7 tonne) vehicle operated by a crew of three. The main armament was a stabilized 37 mm M6 gun accompanied by a coaxial .30-caliber Browning M1919 machine gun plus two more machine guns installed in a twin mount in the hull. The T9 was powered by a 162 hp Lycoming six-cylinder engine, providing a top speed of 40 mph (64 km/h). Armor was up to 12.5 mm thick. Unlike the British Tetrarch, the T9 was designed to be deployed by a powered aircraft--not a glider. The Douglas C-54 transport aircraft (a military variant of the civilian DC-4 airliner) was chosen as the delivery vehicle. The tank's hull would be attached to the belly of the C-54 while the turret was stored inside the aircraft's cabin. The turret would then be reattached at the respective destination. Through 1942, the original T9 design underwent a number of changes. For instance, steel beams were added to the suspension for increased strength, the front hull was redesigned with the twin machine guns removed, and the vehicle's turret was modified. After some delay, the tank entered production in April 1943 and was first delivered to British and American units in mid-1943 into early-1944. During this time, the T9 was renamed as the M22. |
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| US T6 Gun Motor Carriage. The T6 was the pilot prototype to the American M12 Gun Motor Carriage. The vehicle was completed and ran trials in 1942. The T6 was actually initially rejected by Army Ground Forces, but the artillery branch liked it. This led to an order put in for 100 vehicles which was completed between September 1942 and March 1943. The production vehicles were designated "M12". |
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| US Dodge VF-404 1.5-ton truck. The VF-404 was built during 1940 with a total of 1,956 trucks built. The vehicle was part of the U.S. Army G-621 series. |
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| US T29 Heavy Tank. Only eight T29s were produced, beginning in April 1945. This particular vehicle is owned by the U.S. Army Armor & Cavalry Collection at Fort Benning in Georgia. |
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| US T23 Medium Tank prototype. The T23 was a further evolution of the T20 Medium Tank series. The vehicle was equipped with a Ford GAN V8 engine, combined with an electric transmission. The base T23 was armed with a 76 mm gun. Testing revealed the prototype to be quite agile and 250 vehicles were ordered in May of 1943. Soon after, however, the project was cancelled as further upgrades were made to related prototypes. The whole T20 series would eventually culminate in the M26 Pershing medium/heavy tank. |
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| US T20E3 Medium Tank prototype. The T20E3 was the fourth evolution in the American T20 Medium Tank prototype series. The vehicle originally was the T20E2, but was modified and completed as the E3. The tank rode on torsion bar suspension and was armed with a 76 mm gun. Earlier T20 designs were given HVSS suspension as on the M4 Sherman medium tank. The T20 series would eventually lead to the M26 Pershing medium/heavy tank. |
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| Both M6A2E1 prototypes lost their hull machine guns but did not receive additional armor. |
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| M6A2E1, rear view. |
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| Second M6A2E1 prototype, October 3, 1945. |
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| Subcaliber T29E3 round tested on the second M6A2E1 prototype. |
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| Potentially the last "living" photograph of the M6A2E1 first prototype. Several years later, the tank was scrapped. |
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| Experimental Christie T3E2 tank, shown here during tests in 1936. |
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| J. Walter Christie with an early tank design. |
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| Tanks of the Sixth Marine Division probe the outskirts of Naha, capital city of Okinawa, Japan, on May 27, 1945. |
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| Yanks of 60th Infantry Regiment advance into a Belgian town under the protection of a M4 medium tank. Spangle, September 9, 1944. (US Signal Corps #111-SC-193903. National Archives Identifier 531213) |
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| US troops pose on an M8 Greyhound armored car with tire chains near Capas, Philippines, early 1945. |
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| M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle, El Guettar Valley, Tunisia, 1943. |
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| The longest Bailey bridge built in France, was put up by the US 1303rd Engineer Battalion to span the Marne River at Chalons, France. The retreating Germans did a good job wrecking the concrete bridge there. |
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| Elements of the US 120th Regiment, 30th Division, cross a footbridge over the Roer near Schophoven, Germany, 23 February 1945. Bridge laying activities were hidden from view of the Germans by smokescreens thrown up by the 38th Chemical Company. |
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| American infantrymen crossing the Danube over a footbridge. |
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| Newly constructed American treadway pontoon bridge over the Moselle River. |
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| Paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division advance out of Bastogne following the siege. |
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| On D-Day + 11, Marines fire 155mm howitzer on Iwo Jima. |
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| Towed US 155mm guns M1 cross a Bailey bridge over the Seine. |
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| On 23 February 1945 shells from 30th Division artillery burst on the German side of the Roer as the Ninth Army laid down a heavy barrage. |
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| "American troops of the 28th Infantry Division march down the Champs Elysees, Paris, in the `Victory' Parade." Poinsett, August 29, 1944. US Signal Corps #111-SC-193197. National Archives Identifier: 531209 |
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| "American howitzers shell German forces retreating near Carentan, France." Franklin, July 11, 1944. US Signal Corps #111-SC-191933. National Archives Identifier: 531199 |
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| Original Caption: “Down the ramp of a Coast Guard Landing barge Yankee soldiers storm toward the beach-sweeping fire of Nazi defenders in the D-Day Invasion of the French Coast. Troops ahead may be seen lying flat under the deadly machine gun resistance of the Germans. Soon the Nazis were driven back under the overwhelming Invasion forces thrown in from Coast Guard and Navy amphibious craft.” Photographer: CPhoM. Robert F. Sargent, June 6, 1944. 26-G-2343. National Archives Identifier: 513173. |
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| A group of U.S. Army soldiers, rifles in hand, wears gas masks during a training exercise in California related to chemical attacks. 1943. |
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| U.S. soldiers with guard dogs walk patrol on a beach in Los Angeles, California, in order to spot possible Japanese attackers. 1943. |
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| A U.S. landing craft filled with troops approaches the French coast for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944. |
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| U.S. Army soldiers are engage in combat with German forces near the cathedral in Cologne. April 1945. |
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| A camouflaged American serviceman holds his pistol while making a call on a walkie-talkie. Circa 1943. |
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| Major General Harry C. Ingles decorates Private First Class Mary Jane Ford, Signal Corps, with the Soldier’s Medal, in recognition of her attempts to save the life of a drowning soldier. She was the first WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps) to receive the decoration. 25 July 1944. |
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| A US Army mortar team fires on advancing German forces during the Battle of the Bulge, near St. Vith, Liege, Belgium. 1945. |
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| Tenth Mountain Division soldiers at Camp Hale, Colorado, 1943 or 1944. All have M1943 mountain rucksack and are carrying Garand rifles. |
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| Tenth Mountain Division soldier at Camp Hale, Colorado during the war. The division practiced rock climbing in preparation for the invasion of Italy. Camp Hale was active for just three years; it was deactivated in November 1945 and the 10th Mountain Division moved to Texas. |
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| A rare photo of Captain Ronald Reagan as a Cavalry officer during World War II. |
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| Sniper falls. American infantry eliminate a German sniper that was targeting a 105mm howitzer unit, Italy, 1944. |