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White scout car
The famous M3A1 White scout car was used for patrolling, escorting, command and control, ambulance and
artillery tractor, and armed with the 12,7 mm Browning machine gun. 20,918 units were built from 1941 to
1944.
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M6 anti-tank gun
Used with effect in the later stages of the Second World War against enemy armour and strongpoints, the
M6 (Gun Motor Carriage) mobile 37 mm anti-tank gun had the gun's platform made from the Dodge WC-55
truck 4 x 4 chassis.
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Dodge command car
A classic American 'soft-skin' command vehicle of the Second World War, the Dodge 4 x 4 provided quick
and efficient transport for staff officers in many of the famous campaigns of the period.
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Dodge weapons carrier
Known affectionately to American GIs as the 'Beep', the Dodge ¾-ton truck was a widely used supply
vehicle of the Second World War.
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1½-ton personnel carrier
This versatile six-wheel Dodge was widely used by Allied forces in the Second World War. It belonged to
the Dodge WC series of light military trucks, which included weapon carriers, telephone installation
trucks, ambulances, reconnaissance vehicles, mobile workshops and command cars.
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Bedford QL 6-pdr AT gun portee
The Bedford QL was the British Army's most common 3-ton truck during the Second World War, and the gun
Portee version modified by the 8th Army proved to be an ideal answer to the menace of the German tank
units.
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Chevrolet 15-cwt truck
One of the workhorses of the British and Commonwealth armies was the famous Canadian 15-cwt truck. It
was to be found on almost every war front used in a wide variety of roles, and formed one of what was
known generally as the CMP (Canadian Military Pattern) range of vehicles.
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Field gun tractor
Another member of the Canadian Military Pattern range of support vehicles, the Chevrolet Field Gun
Tractor saw widespread service with the British and Commonwealth forces in the Second World War. Used
for towing artillery, this tractor accommodated both the gun crew as well as equipment.
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Dodge ¾-ton ambulance
The Dodge military field ambulance was one of the most widely used vehicles in the Second World War. Its
durability and performance were attributes that saw its continued use in the Korean War and later in the
service of numerous foreign armies.
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Steyr tractor and Nebelwerfer
An unique fully tracked supply vehicle, the Steyr RSO/01 was developed in 1942 for the German Army in
Russia, where road conditions in winter were extremely poor. As well as replacing many of the more
conventional wheeled trucks in the supply role, this vehicle also acted as a tractor for the six-barrel
Nebelwerfer 41 artillery weapon.
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2½-ton cargo truck
Numerically the most important army truck of World War Two, the 2½-tonner is distinctively American.
Over 800,000 of these vital supply trucks were produced, the majority of them by General Motors.
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