US 2.5 ton 6x6 Cargo Truck
Item #35218

Product Description

About the U.S. 2 1/2-Ton 6x6 Cargo Truck
The American motor car industry produced an outstanding number of
military vehicles during 5 years of the World War 2. Those were
widely used not only by the U.S. troops but also by other allied
troops. The U.S. was literally the arsenal of democracies. As the
World War 2 was the first modern mobile warfare, logistics was
of greater importance than ever. Sometimes, it was even more
important to ensure smooth supply lines than to develop better
ordnance. Many kinds of vehicle were used for supply operations,
and among them, the 2 1/2 ton truck, known as "Jimmy" or "Deuce
and a half", was one of the most mass produced vehicles,
recording the total production of 810,000. The nickname "Jimmy"
was derived because the majority of the total production was done
by the GMC firm. The most widely used engine was Type 270 with a
displacement of 4,416cc, yielding 104 horsepower. The power was
transmitted to the wheels via five-speed transmission. Two types
of driving axles were offered to the truck. One is "Banjo type"
manufactured by Chevrolet and the other is "Split type" made by
Timkin. Apart from the driving axles, many components, such as
cabin, cargo body and chassis frame, varied according to the
manufacturers and various uses. Variants included the normal
steel-body cargo truck, water tanker, gasoline tanker, cargo-dump
truck and multi-role type with tipping cargo body. The most
popular variant, GMC CCKW-353 with normal cabin and long
wheelbase of 164 inch, weighing 4.8 ton, had carrying capacity of
2.42 ton on rough roads and 4 ton on pavement. The maximum speed
reached 72km/h. Having the then first class performance like
these, the 2 1/2 trucks ran across all the battle fields as a
means of transport for the Allied forces and played an important
role to bring about the victory of the Allies. After its
retirement from the U.S. Army in the early 50's, they were
transferred to all over the world and had a great influence on
the progress of today's military motorcars.

Suggested Paint Colors

TS-5 - Olive Drab
X-10 - Gun Metal
X-11 - Chrome Silver
X-18 - Semi Gloss Black
XF-10 - Flat Brown
XF-15 - Flat Flesh
XF-16 - Flat Aluminum
XF-24 - Dark Grey
XF-49 - Khaki
XF-52 - Flat Earth
XF-56 - Metallic Grey
XF-57 - Buff
XF-59 - Desert Yellow
XF-60 - Dark Yellow
XF-62 - Olive Drab
XF-64 - Red Brown
XF-7 - Flat Red