---

14/02/2021: The GMC CCKW 353 2-1/2 ton 6x6 truck

The GMC (General Motors Corp.) CCKW was the most produced truck of WW2 with some 572,000 vehicles and the second most prolific after the Ford GP (The Jeep). It was declined in many types, including the amphibious DUKW, but the most common version by far was the GMC 353. Reliable and dependable beast of burden known also as the 2-1/2 ton 6x6 truck was the classic offroad-capable multi-use medium truck of WW2, the cornerstone of the red ball express which supplied allied armies from Normandy to Bavaria, and was still active in the US national guard in the 1980s

02/02/2021 The Land Rover

The Land Rover is one of the most iconic British vehicle of the post-war period, created at first to save Rover from banckrupcy in very difficult context, and met such a success it became its own brand in time. The military was quick to be interested in this rugged 4x4 vehicle able to carry seven men in a short space. The vehicle and all its series and variants were widely exported through a production spanning from 1948 to the 1980s, before the Defender took over. It was also produced in Australia, Belgium (Minerva), Spain (Santana) and declined into the armoured Shorland, also widely exported as a security vehicle. This is the first post of the Trucks section.

02/01/2021: The URAL-4320 6x6 Truck

The URAL 4320 6x6 Truck was one of the main Soviet cold war modern off-road tactical utility truck. Around 10,000 were built from 1976. It was declined into many versions, including the BM-21 rocket launcher vehicle.

Purgatory

Illustrations without article:

Bedford TK (1950)

Dodge Tanaké

AEC Matador

Albion CX 22S

M5 High Speed Tractor

Sd Kfz 3 Open Maultier

Opel Blitz

ZIS-5 4x4 Truck

International Truck Bolivia

Ford Truck 1931 bolivia

Ford Truck 1931

Ford Truck 1937

Dodge WC-55 34 tons 4x4

Ford BB

Dodge Truck 1931

Chevrolet Truck Paraguay

Chevrolet Truck Cistern