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In 1941, trucks of 1 ⁄ 4-ton, 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, and 3-ton load capacity, (4x4), and of 2 + 1 ⁄ 2-ton, 4-ton, and 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-tons, (6x6), were in production, and several other types had been added. These trucks were designated by chassis type, followed by their manufacturer and model.
The -ton, 4×4, , sometimes called the "Five quarter (ton)", for its (or ) ton payload rating, is an American light military truck, based on the civilian Jeep Gladiator (SJ). Design and development for the M715 began in 1965, intended to replace the Dodge M37. In a departure from its purpose-built predecessor, the M715 was the first "M"-series ...
After the U.S. Army purchased its first truck in 1907, of 5-ton payload capacity, in the late summer of 1913, the Army Medical and Quartermaster Corps (QC) took a 3 ⁄ 4-ton QC field-truck, on a 922 mi (1,484 km) multi-leg experimental trek through Alaska for the state's Road Commission—both to try the truck's bad-road supply and maintenance ...
Maximum speed. 60 mph (97 km/h) The Willys MC, formally the -Ton, 4 x 4, Utility Truck M38, or the G‑740 by its U.S. Army Standard Nomenclature supply catalog designation, is a quarter-ton four-wheel drive military light utility vehicle made by Willys between 1949 and 1952.
The Truck, Utility, ¼-Ton, 4×4, or simply M151 was the successor to the Korean War M38 and M38A1 Jeep Light Utility Vehicles. The M151 had an integrated body design which offered a little more space than prior jeeps, and featured all-around independent suspension with coil springs.
The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle ( CUCV) (later Light Service Support Vehicle (LSSV)) (CUCV / ˈkʌkviː / KUK-vee) [1] is a vehicle program instituted to provide the United States military with light utility vehicles based on civilian trucks.
The G-506 trucks, -ton, 4x4, produced as the Chevrolet G7100 (and originally G4100) models, were a series of (light) medium four wheel drive trucks used by the United States Army and its allies during and after World War II. This series came in standard cargo, as well as many specialist type bodies.
The U.S. Military M274 Truck, Platform, Utility, Ton, 4X4 or "Carrier, Light Weapons, Infantry, ton, 4x4", also known as the " Mule ", " Military Mule ", or " Mechanical Mule ", is a 4-wheel drive, gasoline-powered truck/tractor type vehicle that can carry up to short ton (0.45 tonnes) off-road. It was introduced in 1956 and used until the 1980s.
The HEMTT is an eight-wheel drive, diesel-powered, tactical truck used by the US military and others. The HEMTT is manufactured by Oshkosh Defense and entered Army service in 1982, with the M1120 variant first produced in 1999.
The Palletized Load System ( PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993. It performs long and short distance freight transport, unit resupply, and other missions in the tactical environment to support modernized and highly mobile combat units.