The War in View #42: American Wheels & Tracks

US 76mm Gun Motor Carriage T70, August 23, 1943.

 

US T49 Gun Motor Carriage prototype (a distant predecessor to the famous M18 Hellcat tank destroyer).

 

U.S. Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), Iowa, 1942, with M3 Medium Tank.

 

George S. Patton, then a lieutenant general, in North Africa during World War II, 1943. Note his modified M3 Scout Car in the background.

 

American soldier loading ammo boxes on side rails of half-track vehicle.

 

US Chevrolet Model G7127 serial prefix  NP - truck cargo, LWB (long wheelbase), 383 built.

 

US Chevrolet Model G7117 serial prefix  NM - cargo body, with winch (26,207 built).

 

US Chevrolet Model G7107 serial prefix  NJ - cargo body, less winch (86,871 built).

 

US Chevrolet Model G506 field lighting truck.

 

 

US Chevrolet Model G7143 serial prefix NF - Field lighting.


US Chevrolet Model G7116 NL - dump body, with winch, front view.


US Chevrolet Model G7116 serial prefix  NL - dump body, with winch (5,133 built with a winch).


US Chevrolet Model G7106 serial prefix  NH - dump body, less winch (9008 built).


US Chevrolet Model G7106 NH - dump body, less winch. Notice the absence of rear mudguards.


US Chevrolet Model G7105 serial prefix  NG (K-51) - panel body. 3658 built.


US Chevrolet Model G7103 serial prefix NE - cab (with chassis) SWB (short wheelbase).


US Chevrolet Model G7133 serial prefix  NZ - airfield crash truck.


US Chevrolet Model G7163 NR - telephone body with earth borer. 1,719 built.


US Chevrolet Model G7173 NS - telephone maintenance body. 4,328 built.


US Chevrolet Model G7123 serial prefix  NN - COE stake and platform LWB (long wheelbase), 581 built.


US Dodge VF-405 4x4 1.5-ton truck. 1940.


US Ford 51 Marmon-Harrington B5-4 4x4 truck. 1935.


US Chevrolet G7107 (no winch) 4x4 1.5-ton. truck.


US Chevrolet G7117 (with winch) 4x4 1.5-ton truck.


US Chevrolet BV-1001 engine as used in the G506 truck.


US Chevrolet Model G506 Fire-fighter truck - class 135 - fog and foam.


US Chevrolet Model G7153 serial prefix  NX - COE fire-fighter truck - LWB.


US Chevrolet Model G506 E5 turret trainer with B-17, B-24, B-25 and B-26 dorsal turret.


US Chevrolet Model G506 E5 turret trainer with B-17, B-24, B-25 and B-26 dorsal turret.


US Chevrolet Model G506 E-5 turret trainer for B-17, B-24 Sperry ball turret.


US Chevrolet Model G506 E-5 turret trainer for B-24 Consolidated tail turret.


US Caterpillar Diesel advertisement.


US Chevrolet Model G7128 serial prefix NQ - M6 bomb service truck G35 ESWB (extra-short wheelbase), 7,857 built.


US M18 Gun Motor Carriage "Hellcat".


US M31 tank recovery vehicle. Initially designated T2 TRV.


US M31 tank recovery vehicle.


US M31 TRV with M10 gun motor carriage.


US M31 TRV with DUKW.


Troops loaded on 2.5-ton cargo truck and large trailer.


US DUKWs come ashore on beach "Alpha Red" near Cavalaire, France, 18 August 1944.


US T27 Armored Car.


US T27 Armored Car.


US T27 Armored Car.


US T27 Armored Car.


US T2 tank recovery vehicle.


US T2 tank recovery vehicle.


US M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle.


US M31 Tank Recovery Vehicle.


US Multiple Gun Mount T60.


US T55E1 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage.


US M41 Howitzer Motor Carriage.


US M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage.


US M43 Howitzer Motor Carriage.


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