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The GMC CCKW, also known as "Jimmy", or the G-508 by its Ordnance Supply Catalog number, [ a] was a highly successful series of off-road capable, 2 1⁄2 -ton, 6×6 trucks, built in large numbers to a standardized design (from 1941 to 1945) for the U.S. Army, that saw heavy service, predominantly as cargo trucks, in both World War II and the ...
The DUKW (GMC type nomenclature, colloquially known as Duck) is a six-wheel-drive amphibious modification of the 2⁄ -ton CCKW trucks used by the U.S. military during World War II and the Korean War . Designed by a partnership under military auspices of Sparkman & Stephens and General Motors Corporation (GMC), the DUKW was used for the ...
2½-ton 6×6 truck. A Red Ball Express truck gets stuck in the mud during World War II, 1944. The -ton, 6×6 truck was a standard class of medium duty trucks, designed at the beginning of World War II for the US Armed Forces, in service for over half a century, from 1940 into the 1990s. [nb 1] Also frequently known as the deuce and a half, or ...
58 mph (93 km/h) The M35 2½-ton cargo truck is a long-lived 2½-ton 6×6 cargo truck initially used by the United States Army and subsequently utilized by many nations around the world. Over time it evolved into a family of specialized vehicles. It inherited the nickname "Deuce and a Half" from an older 2½-ton truck, the World War II GMC CCKW .
gmc.com. GMC (formerly the General Motors Truck Company (1911–1943), or the GMC Truck & Coach Division (1943–1998)) is a division of American automotive manufacturer General Motors (GM) for trucks and utility vehicles. GMC currently makes SUVs, pickup trucks, vans, and light-duty trucks. In the past, GMC also produced fire trucks ...
M8 automotive repair, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M9 artillery repair, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M10 instrument repair, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M11 not used; M12 welding, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M13 tool and bench, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M14 spare parts, GMC CCKW 2½-ton 6×6 truck; M15 unknown; M16 machine shop, GMC CCKW ...
General Motors. (1984–2005) AM General. (2005–present) Production. 1976–present. The Commercial Utility Cargo Vehicle ( CUCV; / ˈkʌkviː / KUK-vee ), [1] later the Light Service Support Vehicle ( LSSV ), is a vehicle program instituted to provide the United States military with light utility vehicles based on a civilian truck chassis.
The GMC straight-6 engine was a series of gasoline -powered straight-six engines introduced in the 1939 model year by the GMC Trucks division of General Motors. Prior to the introduction of this new engine design GMC trucks had been powered by straight-six engines designed by the Buick, Pontiac and Oldsmobile divisions of GM.