The basic cargo version was designed to transport a 5-ton (4,500 kg), 14 ft (4.3 m) long load over all terrain in all weather. In on-road service the load weight was doubled. The M39 series was the primary heavy truck of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine forces during the Vietnam War, and was also used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and ARVN forces.

2020年10月30日 · Truck drivers in Vietnam realized if they were going to return home alive, they needed to upgrade their firepower. The soldiers of the 8th Transport Group who drove in vehicle convoys took readily available deuce-and-a-half cargo trucks and added twin M60 machine guns to create makeshift gun trucks.

Since 1940 the US military has ordered over 3,000,000 tactical trucks. The US Marines have used both US Army and their own specific models, some are shown. The "ton" (907 kg) weight ratings are the payload of a basic cargo version of the truck, not of the individual version.

2017年7月10日 · During the war 50 truck transport companies using 2½-, 5- or 12-ton vehicles operated in South Vietnam. Line haul cargo convoys—generally 20 to 200 trucks and support vehicles, traveling through hostile territory—moved thousands of tons of materiel to combat troops and firebases daily. Such road travel was inherently hazardous.

The Truck, Cargo, 2½-ton, 6×6, M35 is a famous softskin heavy vehicle of the cold war, with 200k manufactured until 1980 in three main versions, still in service today.

The M54 was the primary heavy truck of the US Army and US Marine forces during the Vietnam War. It was used to haul cargo, and was also modified to serve as a gun truck by adding armour and various weapons, including double, or Quadmount .50 caliber machine guns.

It was designed to transport a 10,000 lb (4,500 kg), 14-foot-long (4.3 m) cargo load off-road in all weather. In on-road service the load weight was doubled. The M54 was the primary heavy cargo truck of the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine forces during the Vietnam War, and was also used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and ARVN forces. [2]

The M35 family of trucks is a long-lived vehicle initially deployed by the United States Army, and subsequently utilized by many nations around the world. A truck in the 2½ ton weight class, it was one of many vehicles in U.S. military service to have been referred to as the "deuce and a half...

Several vehicles were damaged by enemy fire. Both convoys increased speed and moved through the kill zone. A 54 th Battalion driver was killed and his 2 ½-ton cargo truck ran off of the road...

The Gama Goat was a six-wheel drive semi-amphibious off-road vehicle originally developed for use by the US military in the Vietnam War. The Goat uses an articulated chassis, so that from distance it appears to be a four-wheel drive vehicle pulling a two-wheel trailer, but it is a single six-wheel vehicle with a four-wheel steering arrangement ...