US Army Vehicles

GMC CCKW-353

(data for 6x6 long wheelbase 353 model, 352 - short wheelbase model)
Years of production: 1941-1945
6x6 or 6x4 2500kg truck
Overall production: over 600000 examples of 6x6 and almost 25000 6x4 GMC in 1941-1945
Engine: 90hp/2750rpm, 6-cyl OHV, 4420cc (269,5 cu.in.)
 
Dimensions:
Length: 6928mm, width: 2235mm, height: 2200mm
Road clearance: 10 in.
Wheelbase: 164 in. (353), 145 in. (352), rear bogie - 44 in.
Gearbox: 5-speed overdrive style, 2-speed transfer case
Weight: 5420 kg
Maximal speed: 55mph
Tyres: 7,50-20 inches
Fuel capacity: for 400 km (40 gallon)
Fuel consumption: roughly 4...5 miles per gallon.

Dodge T223 (WC62, WC63)

Years of production: 1942 - 1945?
Overall production: over 43.000 units
6x6 allwheeldrive frontmotor 11/2-ton truck
Body modifications (WC goes for Weapon Carrier):
WC62, without winch
WC63, with Braden winch
Engine: own T223 92hp/3200rpm, liquid cooling straight 6 - cyl SV,

 Dimensions:
Length: 225 in (WC63) 215 in (WC62), width: 83 in, height: 85 (67) in
Wheelbase: 152 inches (BC - 42 in.)
Road clearance: 10 in
6 Volt electrics
Carburettor: zennith
Gearbox: 4 speed + back
2-speed transfer box
Weight: 7550 lb (WC63)
Maximal speed: 55 mph
Tyres: 9,00x16 inches
Fuel tank capacity: 30 gallon
Fuel consumption: 10 mpg

Willys MB

Years of production: 1942 - 1945 (XI 1941 - III 1942 early Willys MB).
Overall production: (50501 car Lend-Leased to the USSR)
Willys MA - 1500; Willys MB+MA - 361349 (350349?);
Ford-GP - 3350; Ford GPW - 277896 (277878?);
Bantam-40BRC - 2675 (+ about 1000?).

4x4 4-seater commander military car
Length: 3335mm (132 in.), Width: 1585mm (62 in.), Height: 1830mm (69 in.) with soft top.
Wheelbase: 2032mm (80 in.), Road clearance on rear axle: 220mm (83/4 in.)
 Engine: 54hp/3600rpm, 4-cyl. 4-stroke carburettor SV (SideValves), liquid cooling, 2199cm3 (134,2 cu.in.)
 Ignition system: battery, 6V, battery capacity - 116 A*h
 Gearbox: 3-speed, + 1 rear (synchronized II and III)
 Transfer box: Spicer, 2-speed (1:1 - overdrive, 1,97:1 - slow), with front axle switching off
 Weight: 1020 kg
Front axle load: own - 505kg, loaded - 550 kg
Rear axle load: own - 550kg, loaded - 720 кг
Towing pintle height: 600 mm
Maximal speed on highway: 104 km/h
Tyre size: 6,00-16 in.
Fuel tank capacity: 15 gallons
Fuel consumption: 14,0 L/100km

Dodge WC51

Years of production: 1942-1945
Overall production: over 253.000 units
4x4 allwheeldrive frontmotor 3/4-ton car
or truck
Body modifications (WC goes for Weapon Carrier, 2,5-ton winch on some models):
WC51, open-cab Pickup without winch (1942 - 1945, at least 98296 built, from late 1944 -
slightly different body)
WC52, open-cab Pickup with winch, (1942 - 1945, at least 42782 built, from late 1944 - slightly different body)

 Dimensions:
(for some models I didn't find any data)
Length: 4235 mm, width: 2120 mm,
height: 1870 mm without canvas (WC51)
 Road clearance: 10in)
 6 Volt electrics (12 Volt on 1945 models
 Carburettor: Zennith
Gearbox: 4 speed + back
Single speed transfer box with front axle
disconnect
 Weight: 5675lb
 
Maximal speed: 55mph
 Tyres: 9,00x16 inches
Fuel tank capacity: 30 gallon
Fuel consumption: 28,5 L/100km

M-43 3/4 ton 4x4 Ambulance Truck

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The M-43 is based on the M-37 cargo truck but differed from the M-37 by having the panel-type closed ambulance body consisting of the driver's compartment and the patient's compartment with a connecting partition door. The spare wheel is mounted on a carrier at the left side of the driver's compartment. A spotlight is mounted on the roof of the driver's compartment.
The M-43 3/4 ton rated ambulance is a variant of the M-37 cargo truck, built by Dodge as a follow-on to the World War II vintage WC-54 Dodge ambulance and WC-64 KD Dodge ambulance, both part of the G502 series of WC 3/4 ton trucks.
The M-43 is based on the M-37 cargo truck but differed from the M-37 by having the panel-type closed ambulance body consisting of the driver's compartment and the patient's compartment with a connecting partition door. The spare wheel is mounted on a carrier at the left side of the driver's compartment. A spotlight is mounted on the roof of the driver's compartment.

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GMC DUKW

The DUKW was designed by Rod Stephens Jr. of Sparkman & Stephens Inc. yacht designers, Dennis Puleston, a British deep water sailor, and Frank W. Speir, an ROTC Lieutenant out of MIT.[1] Developed by the National Defense Research Committee and the Office of Scientific Research and Development, it was initially rejected by the armed services. When a United States Coast Guard patrol craft ran aground on a sandbar near Provincetown, Massachusetts, an experimental DUKW happened to be in the area for a demonstration. Winds up to 60 knots (110 km/h), rain, and heavy surf prevented conventional craft from rescuing the seven stranded Coast Guardsmen, but the DUKW had no trouble, and the military opposition melted. The DUKW would later prove its seaworthiness by crossing the English Channel.
The DUKW prototype was built around the cab over engine (COE) six-wheel-drive military truck GMC ACKWX (a COE version of the GMC CCKW), with the addition of a watertight hull and a propeller. The final production design was based on the CCKW. The vehicle was built by the GMC division of General Motors (called Yellow Truck and Coach at the beginning of the war). It was powered by a GMC Straight-6 engine of 270 in³ (4.416 L). The DUKW weighed 7.5 tons and operated at 6.4 mph (10 km/h) on water and 50-55 mph (80 km/h) on land. It was 31 feet (9.3 m) long, 8.25 feet (2.4 m) wide, and 8.8 feet (2.6 m) high with the folding-canvas top up. More than 21,000 were manufactured. It was not an armored vehicle, being plated with sheet steel between 1/16" and 1/8" thick to minimize weight. A high capacity bilge pump system kept the DUKW afloat if the thin hull was breached by holes up to 2" in diameter.
The DUKW was the first vehicle to allow the driver to vary the tire pressure from inside the cab, an accomplishment of Speir's device. The tires could be fully inflated for hard surfaces such as roads and less inflated for softer surfaces—especially beach sand. This added to the DUKW's great versatility as an amphibious vehicle. This feature is now standard on many military vehicles.

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Bren Gun Carrier

The Universal Carrier, usually known as a Bren Gun Carrier (even when it was not carrying a Bren), was a small, tracked British-designed military vehicle, used widely by Allied forces during World War II. Universal Carriers were usually used for transporting personnel and equipment, mostly support weapons, or as machine gun platforms. With some 113,000 built in Great Britain and abroad, it was the most numerous armoured fighting vehicle in history.
The Universal Carrier was a successor to the Carden-Loyd Mk.IV tankette developed during the late 1920s. It originated from a light tractor "VA D50", designed by John Carden and Vivian Loyd of Vickers in 1935. The VA D50 appeared to be a successful design and development was ordered by the British Army. The first production was by Vickers in 1936. There were several different types of Carrier that varied slightly in design according to their function, designated: Medium Machine Gun Carrier, Bren Gun Carrier, Scout Carrier and Cavalry Carrier. It was obvious that production of a single model would be preferred and the Universal appeared in 1940. The Universal would be the most widely produced of the Carriers. It differed from the previous models in having a rectangular body shape in rear section, with more space for crew.
As with the earlier Carriers, the Universal had the driver and commander at the front sitting side-by-side, the driver to the right with a vertical steering wheel. The hull in front of the commander's position jutted forward to give room for the Bren gun (or other armament) to fire through a simple slit. The engine was in the centre of the vehicle and the final drive at the rear. To either side of the engine were two areas in which passengers could ride or stores be carried.

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