SS80002 THE GMC CCKW TRUCK HISTORICAL REFERENCE (Hardback)
by David Doyle.

For more than half of the 20th century, the 2½-ton 6x6 truck was
the backbone of U.S. military tactical transport. The pace-setter
for this type of vehicle was the GMC CCKW, which not only served

as a transport, but also formed the basis for a myriad of
specialized vehicles, from air-transportable versions, to
multiple engineering variants, mobile medical facilities,
anti-aircraft weapons, and trucks that fulfilled a host of other
tasks. The CCKW has been the subject of a number of books and
articles over the years, but this volume - the second in Squadron
Signal’s new Historical Reference series - is the first to draw
on the archival records of General Motors to trace the truck back
to its roots in the 1939 ACKWX and then tell its story through
its debut in 1941 and the varied services it rendered with U.S.
forces in all theaters in the ensuing decades. GMC’s obvious role
is covered, but so too are less-known stories, such as the
contribution made by multiple Chevrolet facilities to CCKW
production. The massive book exhaustively describes the
development, production, and U.S. use of the CCKW, ACKW, AFKWX,
and CCW in World War II and Korea with an in-depth narrative of
more than 100,000 words, illustrated by over 1,200 vintage color
and black-and-white photos most of which have never before been
published. Illustrated with more than 1,200 photographs plus
detailed line drawings; 504 pages.
Hardcover: ISBN 978-0-89747-724-6